Andrew Lacy

The reality is I don't think I would be successful if it wasn't for that experience. But for sure, you have a lot more energy in your 20s than you do in your 40s. You have fewer familial responsibilities. I still work quite hard, but I cannot work anywhere near as hard as I used to because I have a child to look after and I'm married and And I just don't have the energy.

The reality is I don't think I would be successful if it wasn't for that experience. But for sure, you have a lot more energy in your 20s than you do in your 40s. You have fewer familial responsibilities. I still work quite hard, but I cannot work anywhere near as hard as I used to because I have a child to look after and I'm married and And I just don't have the energy.

So I don't know, maybe getting started a bit earlier, but then probably expect to fail and then get back on the horse and do it again.

So I don't know, maybe getting started a bit earlier, but then probably expect to fail and then get back on the horse and do it again.

I do, but I less and less like what I see looking back at me in the mirror the next day compared to when I was 20 or 30 years younger.

I do, but I less and less like what I see looking back at me in the mirror the next day compared to when I was 20 or 30 years younger.

I feel pretty privileged because I sort of always had a pretty good banner. The next best alternative for me was always going to be something where I could put bread on the table. So I could always go back to consulting. I don't think I go back to law, but I could, I guess, in theory. For me, that's like a really privileged place to be. It sort of is very freeing and enabling of taking risks.

I feel pretty privileged because I sort of always had a pretty good banner. The next best alternative for me was always going to be something where I could put bread on the table. So I could always go back to consulting. I don't think I go back to law, but I could, I guess, in theory. For me, that's like a really privileged place to be. It sort of is very freeing and enabling of taking risks.

I mean, everyone should sort of evaluate themselves and whether that sort of fits them or not, or how can they organize their life in such a way that they can really take a chance if that's something that is going to be really motivating for them. It's funny, like I used to volunteer at a prison, actually in California, where we did this like entrepreneurial contest.

I mean, everyone should sort of evaluate themselves and whether that sort of fits them or not, or how can they organize their life in such a way that they can really take a chance if that's something that is going to be really motivating for them. It's funny, like I used to volunteer at a prison, actually in California, where we did this like entrepreneurial contest.

And a lot of these people that we worked with were people that they might've been in prison for like 10, 20 years, like their entire adult life. Some of them for quite serious crimes, but they all had this passion for the fact that their sentence was coming up and they had to figure out they don't want to come back in jail, which is what usually happens. So what can they do?

And a lot of these people that we worked with were people that they might've been in prison for like 10, 20 years, like their entire adult life. Some of them for quite serious crimes, but they all had this passion for the fact that their sentence was coming up and they had to figure out they don't want to come back in jail, which is what usually happens. So what can they do?

And so we taught them entrepreneurship. And they all came up with ideas. And they weren't VC fundable ideas. But for those people, it's very difficult to get a job. And becoming their own business owner sometimes is the best way. In fact, the lowest way to figure out how to put bread on the table. So I don't know. I think it's just such a personal decision.

And so we taught them entrepreneurship. And they all came up with ideas. And they weren't VC fundable ideas. But for those people, it's very difficult to get a job. And becoming their own business owner sometimes is the best way. In fact, the lowest way to figure out how to put bread on the table. So I don't know. I think it's just such a personal decision.

And I'm always very nervous to say, well, it's easy. Just quit your job and rent a house with five other people and just eat two-minute noodles. Because not everyone can do that. Hopefully many people have a time and place in their lives where that's possible.

And I'm always very nervous to say, well, it's easy. Just quit your job and rent a house with five other people and just eat two-minute noodles. Because not everyone can do that. Hopefully many people have a time and place in their lives where that's possible.

And if you're in that time of your life where that is possible, like I would think hard about whether that's now's the right time because you don't want to have those regrets when you are, you know, you have family or you have other commitments where it's like not quite possible to be able to do it.

And if you're in that time of your life where that is possible, like I would think hard about whether that's now's the right time because you don't want to have those regrets when you are, you know, you have family or you have other commitments where it's like not quite possible to be able to do it.

It is a psychological difference. But when I speak to my staff, I often talk about something that I truly believe, which is successful companies have entrepreneurs at all levels.

It is a psychological difference. But when I speak to my staff, I often talk about something that I truly believe, which is successful companies have entrepreneurs at all levels.