Einar Volsett
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I came at it from... Keep in mind his background.
He came at it from Google.
He was VP of Engineering at Zobny.
Very successful there.
Very process-oriented engineering type.
I came at it from academia.
So very like prototype heavy.
Let's just build something.
Who cares about tests?
Let's just throw this shit at the wall and see what sticks and then we'll fix it later.
So I think that was the main sort of difficulty in us working together.
I think that's a fair statement, yeah.
And also keep in mind, this is 2010.
And like, this is not like...
Even valuations for very successful companies that you would now probably expect to sell for $100, $150, $250 million, we're selling for mid-digits millions.
I, I just, I know I don't like their, no, I don't, I don't want to get in trouble.
I have lots of friends who work at Google.
Like, don't get me wrong, but that doesn't fit.
It's in general.
Like I've never worked for a big company, you know, like not really.