Patrick Ta

Yeah, I'm really sorry for like, I am genuinely sorry for like the hurt and the frustration that I have caused and that for anyone who has ever felt like overlooked or not recognized on like their contributions, like that was never my intent.

My intent

was only to create a product to allow people to make this technique more accessible at home.

Thank you.

I'm so excited to be here.

Honestly, I am so inspired by you.

So honestly, I feel like I hope to learn something from you today as well.

I have always been a dreamer.

I grew up, I'm first generation Vietnamese American.

I did not excel in school.

I'm a high school dropout.

I was bullied.

I have a stuttering speech in impeachment.

And I never really felt like I belonged.

I was considered like the black sheep of my family.

Coming from a Vietnamese family, like my sister, my cousins, all really excelled in school and I just couldn't get good grades.

So I...

dropped out of high school.

And back then, my mom had a bunch of nail salons while I was growing up.

My dad did construction.