Laney Crowell

Yeah.

And I think there's something about that when people immediately feel it, like, you know, they're your people when you don't have to, you know, really like dig in and over explain.

It's like they understand the space.

They understand what you're saying.

There's an element of belief in what you're doing already.

I'm interested just because you seem like somebody who kind of goes around learning and leveraging like everywhere you are.

How do you distinguish between what is useful information and what is just someone's opinion?

Because I've been in those meetings before when people have said, actually, I don't think that I think this, but I felt somewhere like deep conviction inside me.

So how did you decipher what was useful information for you to then like impact your pitch deck as an example?

That's a bold move.

Why were they telling you you needed a co-founder?

I was a first time founder.

Like someone to run the business for you?

Someone to run the business, someone who had done it before.

I mean, fair, fair point, right?

I mean, there's a part of me that goes, as a first time founder, you could well have been like, yeah, I definitely need that person.

But you had the conviction to know you could do it yourself.

Yeah, I think you're right about that.

I also think that if it's the reason to find a co-founder is to fill in for your blind spots.

Yes.