Puroon Shahada

So when we did actually really get to raise money, uh, we raised a hundred million, uh, last year.

Uh, that's a significant check.

I heard somebody saying here, that's exactly right.

Uh, everybody, you know, around you will suddenly actually call you, right?

What the hell just happened?

Right.

But that is actually really fundamentally a moment of truth in your life because you realize

you can pretty much do most things you've wanted to do now, right?

So I want to talk a little bit about, you know, how you prep for that cycle.

And then, you know, why secondary was important.

So taking some money off was extremely important.

I was just having this conversation with you back there.

The team had stayed with me for a very long time.

I wanted to take some real money off as well.

When you really find lots of folks around you in your team have made their first six-figure, seven-figure checks and they work with you, it will completely change the culture.

don't have to worry that there's a proven culture of financial rewards extraordinary rewards outsize rewards that can happen just by being in that company so people don't have to go work elsewhere i think for me it was actually also about um getting to you know swing with a heavier bat right you can really swing for the fences

So when you take some money off, personally, you'll feel I will actually really change, you know, the way board meetings are run.

What's the board meeting of 2030?

Let me go after that construct.

So those are some of the things to think about as you think about, you know, taking on some money.