Sam Hinkie

And I might get some of these other things, but those things are steps three or five or seven.

And if we don't get one and two right, there's no platform to build on anyway.

So this thing is a sort of a waste of time to spend much time on that now.

I don't think it's like raw intellect.

It can be grit.

It can be EQ.

It can be your ability to sell.

It can be your ability to inspire a set of people, to inspire people smarter than you in a bunch of ways, to join up.

To drop what they're doing and sort of be your acolyte on your path that you're trying to go down doesn't mean you have to be the smartest person in the group at all.

Maybe not even the most talented, but you have to have a way in which you can bring all these people together.

I do think you're going to need some really, really, really pointy skill that you can lean into.

And even better, if that skill will be rewarded in this game.

If it's not, maybe you should play a different game.

There's an example you've told me before that I'd love you to recount here of how you first came across the person who I believe now is the assistant GM still at the Rockets back in your sports days.

Because I think it's a great example of this breadcrumb concept.

And I'm kind of harping on this because I just think it's like a strategy that's mispriced.

I don't really know many people that do enough of this.

It's typically not the way that people or deals or investments are approached.

I think the world is making it more and more valuable to do this.

So could you tell us that story?