Sam Hinkie

I'm gonna have to manage my time way better.

I'm gonna have to manage teammates that are 10 years older than me.

And then someday 10 years younger than me.

And I'm gonna have to work my way through that.

I think that's wildly similar to being a startup founder.

It's not about your ability to get this product shipped the very first one and have this amazing idea.

Over time, you're going to have to get better at go-to-market.

You're going to have to get better at fundraising, at recruiting, at raising capital, at closing partnerships, and at evaluating people that you feel like currently you have no expertise in.

I don't know how to hire a CFO.

Founders say that all the time.

I don't know how to hire a CFO.

Okay.

Great.

There's a bunch of things you don't know.

Let's design some plan by which you can get better at that so that five years from now, you don't say that anymore.

You're like, oh, we need a new CFO.

It's time for that.

We need a new CFO to get us ready for the IPO.

Fine.

Let's have that be something that is...