Ted Elliott

And I wanted it to be a gift, not a sentence.

And that doesn't mean I don't have days when I'm hurting.

I haven't had a drink in two and a half years.

I can only eat chicken and fish.

And I was a steak eating monster.

And honestly, I love being here.

So Nathan, I know we're out of time, but I just wanted to have a follow-up with you because I was excited the last time I talked to you

Um, hopefully someone doesn't call and make us an offer to buy the company in the next two weeks.

And you're like, what the F Ted?

I thought this was your opus, man.

Yeah.

So, so anyway, um,

I had fun talking to you last time when you reached out to me, I was like, Hey, sure.

Let's get the band back together.

I had no money when I started the company.

I'm ready.

We actually started job science in 1999 before Salesforce really even took off in an original company that has nothing to do with what we do today.

That company was actually doing job boards for the healthcare industry.

And the Washington Post, the Tribune, and IBM offered to buy it from me.

when it was six kids in my parents' attic with a cocktail napkin.