Julia Collins

It matters.

So I think there was also maybe something that's in common for you and I. It was, there was never this expectation that someone was just going to come and save the day.

Right.

There wasn't this expectation that we were just going to have this.

Right.

Right.

And I never thought there's going to be like a job that's going to pay me or a husband that's going to come and fund me.

I always fundamentally believed in my own engine.

And what did you learn at MexiCube?

Ultimately, what I learned at MexiCube is it all comes down to the people.

I don't care if you're selling tacos or you're selling hamburgers or you're selling anything in the market, technology, software, clothing.

It always is about the people at the end of the day.

And I learned how to be a really good manager from the folks who were washing the dishes to the folks who were driving the truck to the folks who were investing us and like really developed my personal brand around people skills.

Because that took a little figuring out too.

When you're like a femme presenting kind of like high voiced curvy girl, people don't always listen, right?

And so then you can overreact and you're trying to like come on so strong.

And then that's a no too.

So it took me a while of sort of like swinging that pendulum.

between being ultra passive and ultra aggressive for me to find that middle place where people wanted to give me their best work and wanted to come every day and work really hard for me.

I mean, I always think very carefully now about like how I structure that early stage team.