Jason Kuhn

Even then, though, I struggle to understand why anybody... who has any ambition would think that they're going to achieve the same amount of stuff working by themselves than they will by working with a group of colleagues that you respect in a physical space together.

Even then, though, I struggle to understand why anybody... who has any ambition would think that they're going to achieve the same amount of stuff working by themselves than they will by working with a group of colleagues that you respect in a physical space together.

I don't know, but I'm saying like, when you look at the great thing that the world needs, that we are building and should be building, I don't see many good examples where those things are done in a remote way.

I don't know, but I'm saying like, when you look at the great thing that the world needs, that we are building and should be building, I don't see many good examples where those things are done in a remote way.

I see a necessity of people to be together, whether it's to design something together, to talk about something together, to debate something together, to learn from each other, to grow as a person. And you're robbing yourself of all of that.

I see a necessity of people to be together, whether it's to design something together, to talk about something together, to debate something together, to learn from each other, to grow as a person. And you're robbing yourself of all of that.

And so I just think that it is a short-term optimization that a lot of people will regret, not necessarily in the moment, but when their career doesn't go where they want to, or the company they work at doesn't go where it should go to or is capable of going to, they'll start to look for a scapegoat. But the real reason is that they've abandoned the idea that they need to be together.

And so I just think that it is a short-term optimization that a lot of people will regret, not necessarily in the moment, but when their career doesn't go where they want to, or the company they work at doesn't go where it should go to or is capable of going to, they'll start to look for a scapegoat. But the real reason is that they've abandoned the idea that they need to be together.

And I just think that that's a tragedy. And as it turns out, the best of our companies, like when I rank my portfolio, the ones that are doing the best are in total different industries. But the single consistent theme is we are all back together in person. Isn't that interesting? Makes total sense.

And I just think that that's a tragedy. And as it turns out, the best of our companies, like when I rank my portfolio, the ones that are doing the best are in total different industries. But the single consistent theme is we are all back together in person. Isn't that interesting? Makes total sense.

Or even just a senior executive.

Or even just a senior executive.

Can I just say something about mentoring? I also think mentoring can be described as capital M mentoring and small m mentoring. Capital M is where some person is assigned to you and they're going to imbue some magical phrase or saying or thing and all of a sudden everything is going to work out for you.

Can I just say something about mentoring? I also think mentoring can be described as capital M mentoring and small m mentoring. Capital M is where some person is assigned to you and they're going to imbue some magical phrase or saying or thing and all of a sudden everything is going to work out for you.

That form of capital M mentoring doesn't exist and has never worked for those that have tried it. The thing that's really productive is small M mentoring. And that happens when you model behaviors of really smart people and really capable people, really ethical people.

That form of capital M mentoring doesn't exist and has never worked for those that have tried it. The thing that's really productive is small M mentoring. And that happens when you model behaviors of really smart people and really capable people, really ethical people.

And again, that happens because you're seeing them on a day-to-day basis, not just in a meeting, but in the gaps between meetings. And they'll include you in certain things, or you'll have lunch with them.

And again, that happens because you're seeing them on a day-to-day basis, not just in a meeting, but in the gaps between meetings. And they'll include you in certain things, or you'll have lunch with them.

And this is what I mean by all of these people that are looking for an accelerant in their career, they've robbed themselves of the most powerful accelerant possible, which is capable people to surround themselves with. Yeah. I think it's so well said. They are going to look back on these decisions and they're going to regret them.

And this is what I mean by all of these people that are looking for an accelerant in their career, they've robbed themselves of the most powerful accelerant possible, which is capable people to surround themselves with. Yeah. I think it's so well said. They are going to look back on these decisions and they're going to regret them.