Dr. Michael Forrest

The companies I love working with in office hours are the ones where the founder has a specific, weird, earned insight that nobody else has. Not "AI for X." A genuine edge that came from living inside a problem. The ones that are dying almost always have the same pattern: technically competent founders building something nobody asked for, moving metrics that don't matter, avoiding the conversation with the one user who'd tell them the truth. The lucky thing is that 2nd type of founder can become the 1st kind if they don't stand still, they are willing to talk to people, try things, and always seek high rate of learning.

30 seconds (sound up) on anti-aging

Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin says he would give up his $10 billion net worth to be 10 years younger "My answer is 100% yes. I would give everything up I have to be 10 years younger because I feel like I could do it all again tomorrow morning" "If I could go from 51 to 41, I'm in. Take it all. Zero hesitation"

I've been gradually looking slightly less attractive over the last few years due to aging. I don't love this, and I think it's harder to handle due to spending so much of my life in an industry where appearances are vital. I have personally found that to be the biggest downside in sex work - I suspect I'd be way chiller with this if I'd spent my life working in idk walmart