Isaiah Taylor

I read it, wrote some programs.

And yeah, by the time I was 16, I was making really good money doing that for various people just on a contract basis.

So I thought, well, I've got a little bit of money here.

I can go start a business.

I can sell that one.

I could start another one.

I could sell that one.

And then I'll get to starting Valor.

So that was my plan.

What did your parents think about you dropping out of school at age 16?

They were surprised.

I don't know.

Maybe they weren't that surprised.

They were like a little bit hesitant, but I don't know.

I think, you know, my dad's like philosophy of life for us was like, by the time you're 14, like you're generally an adult and you know what you're going to do and, you know, you can do what you want.

So, I mean, he like explicitly told me that.

We were in a bunch of different schools all over the place.

My mom is a very, very intelligent woman.

She just finished her college degree a couple years ago, actually.

She dropped out of college to have my sister and then me.