Noah Labhart

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I'm curious about scalability.

Where does scalability come into play for you guys?

I guess when it comes into how you're building the framework or deploying, but also the business and the people.

And have there been interesting areas where you've had to fight scale as you've grown?

So then as you step out on the balcony, you look across all that you've built thus far with Kinetic Data, what are you most proud of?

Okay, let's flip the script a little bit.

Tell me about a mistake you made and how you and your team responded to it.

Well, let's move forward and this will be fun.

You know, 13, 10, 13 months ago, however long ago you stepped into the CEO role.

I'm curious about the future for kinetic data, you know, for the product, for what you offer and for the team.

James, let's switch to you.

Who influences the way that you work?