Julia Collins

And then I had kind of refined and toned being at business school.

And so I was able to come in and be the first employee on an early stage team

do that for about a year and a half.

And that was what gave me the confidence to say, okay, this time around, I can actually.

That's right.

And then there's also a money piece of the equation.

And I don't think we talk about this enough.

So I am not somebody who has like a work back plan for my whole life.

But what I have done, because I know I like optionality, I like opportunity, I like to be able to switch it up.

If you're going to be able to play in that kind of risk space, the way that you balance it is having a really strong personal wealth strategy.

So for me, when I was in high school, I knew I wanted to save $10,000 before I got to college.

And I babysat and I saved my $10,000.

Then when I was in college, I knew that I wanted to save $100,000 between college and then eventually going to graduate school.

And one way or another, I saved that $100,000.

How did you do that?

I worked a full-time job in New York City.

I had an illegal bartending job in Harlem and I taught the SATs on the weekends.

And that $100,000 was because you knew that you needed that as like a safety and a buffer?

Yes.

Interesting.