Michael Gilroy

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How I Invest with David Weisburd · E405: Why AI Has Made Venture Capital Harder (Not Easier) · 20 Jul 2026 podcast

What punishments of God are not gifts?

And then I'm most grateful for all the things that I wish had not happened to me.

And so when you look at those two things, I think early on in your career, you're taking risks and you have this perceived failure in life.

But as you get older and you take care of a sick toddler for three days and get on a red eye right away and you're very tired,

At that age, you're saying, man, I'm so thankful for all of those failures and the things that I did wrong because I'm sitting here today as a human who wants to take more risks because I've learned that, hey, these risks can lead to really good things like marathon.

And I think so often when, at least for me as a young person, every job I didn't get, like I, you know, I went through so many super days at buy side firms and I didn't get it.

And I just remember being so down and, but every single super day that I didn't get was leading me to the next thing.

And I ended up with Dan Saporn, who's one of the greatest mentors and friends that I have going to go to, there were two companies that we're invested in together and on the board of together.

Both of those companies fail.

but I went to a platform where I learned so much that changed me as an investor, my investor lens forever.

And so these failures, if you allow them to, and you don't allow them to consume you,

can be very positive.

And I think you hear those two quotes and when you really sit on them, you'll get to a point where you believe them.

And then suddenly you're no longer a victim, right?

You're a victim or a hero in whatever situation it is.

And if you're a victim, you can't grow.

If you're a hero, all you want to do is grow.

And so I think that is a long-winded way of saying, I wish I enjoyed the failures a lot more along the way.

Amen.

It is perhaps the most addicting thing in the world.

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