Dino Mavrookas

What you can do is limitless if you're doing the right thing.

But it goes back to your point of if you're doing what you're supposed to be doing, right? I can't go and do anything in the world and be the best at it, right? If you want to be the best at something, I can't do that in every aspect of everything.

But it goes back to your point of if you're doing what you're supposed to be doing, right? I can't go and do anything in the world and be the best at it, right? If you want to be the best at something, I can't do that in every aspect of everything.

But it goes back to your point of if you're doing what you're supposed to be doing, right? I can't go and do anything in the world and be the best at it, right? If you want to be the best at something, I can't do that in every aspect of everything.

But this is truly what I'm meant to be doing. And when you look at the decision to start Saronic, the first – decision point that I made was, I want to get back into defense. It wasn't, what company should I start? Where's the market gap? How big is the opportunity? Okay, this is going to make a bunch of money. Okay, now I'll go do it. It was, no, I want to get back into defense.

But this is truly what I'm meant to be doing. And when you look at the decision to start Saronic, the first – decision point that I made was, I want to get back into defense. It wasn't, what company should I start? Where's the market gap? How big is the opportunity? Okay, this is going to make a bunch of money. Okay, now I'll go do it. It was, no, I want to get back into defense.

But this is truly what I'm meant to be doing. And when you look at the decision to start Saronic, the first – decision point that I made was, I want to get back into defense. It wasn't, what company should I start? Where's the market gap? How big is the opportunity? Okay, this is going to make a bunch of money. Okay, now I'll go do it. It was, no, I want to get back into defense.

Okay, why do you want to get back into defense? Because I want to help keep people safe. That's what I did for 11 years of my life. That is ingrained in who I am. I needed a break from that. But now I want to get back to that. And if I'm thinking about my career and I'm thinking about the next 25 years of my life, that's what I want to dedicate my talent to.

Okay, why do you want to get back into defense? Because I want to help keep people safe. That's what I did for 11 years of my life. That is ingrained in who I am. I needed a break from that. But now I want to get back to that. And if I'm thinking about my career and I'm thinking about the next 25 years of my life, that's what I want to dedicate my talent to.

Okay, why do you want to get back into defense? Because I want to help keep people safe. That's what I did for 11 years of my life. That is ingrained in who I am. I needed a break from that. But now I want to get back to that. And if I'm thinking about my career and I'm thinking about the next 25 years of my life, that's what I want to dedicate my talent to.

And I didn't know anything else in that.

And I didn't know anything else in that.

And I didn't know anything else in that.

No.

No.

No.

No, the dream was there, right? We wanted to build a really big company, but big so that it could have an impact. Because you want to have a really big impact, and to have a really big impact, you have to be a big company. But going back to the time that it would take to do that, I thought if we're wildly successful and everything works, we're in year seven, year eight, maybe?

No, the dream was there, right? We wanted to build a really big company, but big so that it could have an impact. Because you want to have a really big impact, and to have a really big impact, you have to be a big company. But going back to the time that it would take to do that, I thought if we're wildly successful and everything works, we're in year seven, year eight, maybe?

No, the dream was there, right? We wanted to build a really big company, but big so that it could have an impact. Because you want to have a really big impact, and to have a really big impact, you have to be a big company. But going back to the time that it would take to do that, I thought if we're wildly successful and everything works, we're in year seven, year eight, maybe?

I thought this was going to be a decade-long thing just to get here. Now, when you look at where we're going to be in a decade, it's awesome because of the trajectory that we're on. And one of my favorite quotes, I think it's Steve Jobs or Bill Gates, one of those two, said, we always overestimate what we can accomplish in a year, and we underestimate what we can accomplish in a decade.