- The speaker enjoys constantly innovating and having 24-7 maker time
- They now have a lot of meetings and dinners, which leaves little time for strategic and maker time
- The speaker cherishes the early days when they had more freedom and time for innovation
- The lows were when nobody cared about their business and they had few customers
- Meeting customers in person is gratifying for the speaker
- They notice themselves becoming unhappy when they are too far removed from the customer

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Okay, in the beginning, 1 of the highs is just that you're constantly innovating.

Like, that 24-7 maker time is very precious to me.

By contrast, now my day is full of meetings.

It's like meetings, meetings, meetings, meetings, and then dinners.

And I have to fight for strategic time and maker time.

So I cherish that part of the early days.

Obviously, the lows are when nobody cares about you.

I'm just sleeping at our office or laying on our couch and I Remembered in some of the lows I just would put white paper all over and I'd like lay on the floor and I'd just be like a blank slate and be Like okay, what's next come up with it?

And so Those are the lows The highs now are it's it's really gratifying when people start to know you and you every time I meet a customer like in the wild it's it makes my day And when I get too far from the customer, I actually notice myself getting unhappy again.


Speaker 0: Okay, in the beginning, 1 of the highs is just that you're constantly innovating. Like, that 24-7 maker time is very precious to me. By contrast, now my day is full of meetings. It's like meetings, meetings, meetings, meetings, and then dinners. And so yesterday, I get home at 11 PM.

Today, we're starting at 8 AM. And it's really full. And I have to fight for strategic time and maker time. And we still need that to keep evolving. So I cherish that part of the early days.

Obviously, the lows are when nobody cares about you. You barely have any customers. I'm just sleeping at our office or laying on our couch and I Remembered in some of the lows I just would put white paper all over and I'd like lay on the floor and I'd just be like a blank slate and be Like okay, what's next come up with it? And so Those are the lows The highs now are it's it's really gratifying when people start to know you and you every time I meet a customer like in the wild it's it makes my day And when I get too far from the customer, I actually notice myself getting unhappy again. I think if You

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