Mike

"My situation's a little bit different because I went to vocational school, then joined the Marines, and basically did Marine stuff for 16 years."

"My role is really kind of flexible. I think what's more interesting is how I got there."

"I do a lot of traveling, I go to a lot of dinners, a lot of events and I'm pretty much working every night, up to midnight seemingly, so"

"the biggest thing is being resourceful. being curious and then being social"

"I work from home and I have unlimited flexibility. I can do pretty much anything I want; I can fly anywhere I want."

"Instead of having a one-year plan, I have five-year plans. It's more realistic."

"Every single day...there was potentially something new that we had to go solve."

"people that are really curious about things and want to know more and are Builders. They're thinkers or Builders. They're curious."

"I didn't even know what VC was when I got into it, which I'm totally lucky. I know a lot of people study forever and they network to get into VC."

"Internships are the best way to get exposure, to build those relationships, to get something on your resume that's demonstrable and demonstrates your ability to network which is extremely important."

"If you don't have a mentor you're walking through the forest and you can't see the path. It's much faster if you have a mentor."

"It's like the fundamental kind of psychology of how civilizations work. What do they do when they have our community and scarcity and all that stuff."