Trey Ward

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263 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 13 Jan

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Right.

And so they're faced with an issue.

And this is a big issue is you've raised a bunch of money.

And it's actually the easiest off-ramp of all time, right?

If a company and the founders have been thrown through the ringer and you say, hey, we've got a chance to let you go at this a few more years.

If you don't believe in it, that's the time to quit.

And people will.

What we found talking with founders, I mean, you should look at some of the quotes.

It's my team are warriors.

I'm stronger than I've ever been.

Like I'm bulletproof right now.

We have hardened teams.

It's not the first year of a startup.

Everything's going to be going great.

You've been in it for six years.

And if you don't want, if you're not truly believing in where you're going, you're not going to sign up for the journey, right?

You just won't.

So what we believe and what we've seen actually in practice is this is a win-win-win.

So from the outside, you might say, hey, your ownership's going from X down to a lower number.

But put yourself in the shoes of that venture investor.

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