Jay Hoag
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I was reflecting personally, you were to say, well, go back to that time period.
So it's great that our bet on technology paid off.
It's great that our focus on growth paid off.
And the third thing we talked about is being a long-term patient investor in the best companies.
The last requires being invested in the best companies.
So there's a little hard work, but a lot of luck involved in that too.
But I was sitting here today, a lot older, 30 years older, obviously.
When I quit my job, I was 35.
And we closed our first fund.
I had just turned 36.
We had a son who was turning three, a son who was turning four.
And my wife is expecting our daughter.
We had just moved to Palo Alto and we're starting a new fund.
I'm trying to think if there are any other.
They say like there are four or five main life stresses.
You did them all at once.
Just get it all on the table.
In hindsight, it made no sense.
Yeah.
But thankfully it worked out.