Andrew Lacy

It's as if you love playing chess. I felt like I got to play chess every day. There was always something that would be intellectually exciting and it didn't really matter what it was. It didn't matter that I didn't know anything about the sort of domain of the company at the time, which was like mobile and we sort of evolved into a mobile gaming company. It didn't really matter.

It's as if you love playing chess. I felt like I got to play chess every day. There was always something that would be intellectually exciting and it didn't really matter what it was. It didn't matter that I didn't know anything about the sort of domain of the company at the time, which was like mobile and we sort of evolved into a mobile gaming company. It didn't really matter.

I didn't know too much about product management or engineering. You know, I just had this insatiable appetite for learning and applying these problem solving skills to a whole bunch of new problems. And I think for me, that was a big unlock.

I didn't know too much about product management or engineering. You know, I just had this insatiable appetite for learning and applying these problem solving skills to a whole bunch of new problems. And I think for me, that was a big unlock.

I started to realize how actually I did have skills that would be really relevant to entrepreneurship and that my 10 years doing other things wasn't a complete waste of time.

I started to realize how actually I did have skills that would be really relevant to entrepreneurship and that my 10 years doing other things wasn't a complete waste of time.

A lot of scar tissue as well. Yeah. To be honest, there's just been so many. I mean, you just have to have such resilience because there's so many really low points. I never experienced more low points than I did building a company. I also never experienced as many high points. So you have this rollercoaster experience. You know, I've had low points where I've had falling outs with co-founders.

A lot of scar tissue as well. Yeah. To be honest, there's just been so many. I mean, you just have to have such resilience because there's so many really low points. I never experienced more low points than I did building a company. I also never experienced as many high points. So you have this rollercoaster experience. You know, I've had low points where I've had falling outs with co-founders.

The first time you get an inbound lawsuit and you just feel like everything is over at that point. There's been times back in those early days where we were building these apps on the app store and we got kicked off the app store and we had to work to get back on.

The first time you get an inbound lawsuit and you just feel like everything is over at that point. There's been times back in those early days where we were building these apps on the app store and we got kicked off the app store and we had to work to get back on.

And so all these things were just, I would go home and I would just stare at the wall and I was completely drained and just unable to feel like I could get up the next day and come to work. But you do. And then inevitably the next day is not as bad as the last day. And maybe something great happens that day and then turns into the best day.

And so all these things were just, I would go home and I would just stare at the wall and I was completely drained and just unable to feel like I could get up the next day and come to work. But you do. And then inevitably the next day is not as bad as the last day. And maybe something great happens that day and then turns into the best day.

And so there's this sort of yo-yo, which personally I feel is not great for health. probably why I'm working in healthcare now. But it's tremendous for like resilience. Because the more you go through these ups and downs, the more I've just learned that doesn't matter how bad it is today, I've seen enough days where the next day is incredible or better or affects me a lot less.

And so there's this sort of yo-yo, which personally I feel is not great for health. probably why I'm working in healthcare now. But it's tremendous for like resilience. Because the more you go through these ups and downs, the more I've just learned that doesn't matter how bad it is today, I've seen enough days where the next day is incredible or better or affects me a lot less.

And I do think that's one of those crucibles of learning that if you're looking to get into entrepreneurship, there's no shortcut. People can tell you it. You can sort of understand it academically, but you have to go through those lows and those highs to realize that it's a roller coaster. And probably the biggest skill you learn through this is resilience.

And I do think that's one of those crucibles of learning that if you're looking to get into entrepreneurship, there's no shortcut. People can tell you it. You can sort of understand it academically, but you have to go through those lows and those highs to realize that it's a roller coaster. And probably the biggest skill you learn through this is resilience.

And probably the biggest consequence for your health is a slightly higher cortisol level because you can't avoid that. It's very difficult to be completely stress-free when you're going through these big ups and downs.

And probably the biggest consequence for your health is a slightly higher cortisol level because you can't avoid that. It's very difficult to be completely stress-free when you're going through these big ups and downs.

I've always been a big believer in having more than one founder of the company. I think a big job of having a co-founder is to pick you up if you're not having a great day. And then when they're not having a great day, your job is to pick them up. So I think it's a very, very lonely... ride if you're taking it alone.

I've always been a big believer in having more than one founder of the company. I think a big job of having a co-founder is to pick you up if you're not having a great day. And then when they're not having a great day, your job is to pick them up. So I think it's a very, very lonely... ride if you're taking it alone.