Harley Finkelstein

But this idea of thinking about things in sort of this like local maximum versus global maximum perspective creates a whole other surface area of which you can go and do crazy and cool stuff.

I do think that is difficult to do by yourself.

I think you actually are one of the unique situations where you hold yourself to such a high standard that you actually don't need anyone pulling you to get better at your craft because you hold yourself to this ridiculous standard.

Most people are not like that.

Most people need someone else to help them pull up to the next level.

And if you find someone like that and you sort of mutually commit to one another, I mean, that's real partnership.

That's how you build a $100 billion company, I think.

That's right.

And then you sort of, you know, it is ironic, though, and almost paradoxical that, you know, the people that you often hang out with in high school or school in general tend to be very much like you.

And what I've actually experienced is that actually the best partnerships, at least from a business perspective, are people that are totally not like you.

Totally.

I'm not sure Toby and I would have been friends in high school.

I was class president.

He was like taking apart computers in his bedroom.

The people you tend to spend more time with that you gravitate to, you tend to have similar interests with.

You tend to have similar skill sets with.

You're both into basketball.

You're both into debate club or whatever it might be.

But actually, if you're in high school right now and you're watching this and you want to start a company, my advice would be if you're in like drama club, go find someone like in the AV club and then go find someone in like the computer, like the coding club and go find someone like who's painting.

And those should be your co-founders because each of you now can bring different skill sets to the table and together you can build something remarkable.