Andrew Lacy

And if you don't have a co-founder, I'm in a number of groups now, entrepreneurial groups. And I think there's always people asking for advice, including myself. And then just having a community of people that have gone through that experience, I think is really valuable.

And if you don't have a co-founder, I'm in a number of groups now, entrepreneurial groups. And I think there's always people asking for advice, including myself. And then just having a community of people that have gone through that experience, I think is really valuable.

Co-founder is the closest relationship to marriage. 50% of all marriages end up in divorce. A certain number of marriages end up in accommodation, right? Where you sort of live together, but you're maybe not in love. And then some of them are really happy. And I think probably the co-founder relationship is similar, probably has similar stats too. So it's really hard.

Co-founder is the closest relationship to marriage. 50% of all marriages end up in divorce. A certain number of marriages end up in accommodation, right? Where you sort of live together, but you're maybe not in love. And then some of them are really happy. And I think probably the co-founder relationship is similar, probably has similar stats too. So it's really hard.

It's not a panacea of everything. And if that co-founder relationship ends up being a relationship of friction, it's almost the worst possible thing because then you don't have... This person that you would normally confide in, the problem is with them. But I still think net-net, there's something about going through that experience together.

It's not a panacea of everything. And if that co-founder relationship ends up being a relationship of friction, it's almost the worst possible thing because then you don't have... This person that you would normally confide in, the problem is with them. But I still think net-net, there's something about going through that experience together.

You're giving birth to a child that is a new business or venture. And I think just because a lot of those relationships don't end up well doesn't mean you shouldn't aspire to find that, I think, when you go out there and figure out what to do.

You're giving birth to a child that is a new business or venture. And I think just because a lot of those relationships don't end up well doesn't mean you shouldn't aspire to find that, I think, when you go out there and figure out what to do.

Because that sounds like... I was still on this path to learn things. And after we sold that company, I figured what I didn't want to do was jump into something straight away. I said, well, what can I do? What's that fun problem-solving thing to do that will help me be more capable in the future if I want to do another company?

Because that sounds like... I was still on this path to learn things. And after we sold that company, I figured what I didn't want to do was jump into something straight away. I said, well, what can I do? What's that fun problem-solving thing to do that will help me be more capable in the future if I want to do another company?

I thought, well, why don't I learn how to code because that's the one part of the startup business I never fully understood. So I was fortunate enough to just hire someone to tutor me one-on-one. Just like learning a language tutored one-on-one, you can learn pretty fast. And so I really sort of got into it. And I'm not really good at learning from books. I like to do things.

I thought, well, why don't I learn how to code because that's the one part of the startup business I never fully understood. So I was fortunate enough to just hire someone to tutor me one-on-one. Just like learning a language tutored one-on-one, you can learn pretty fast. And so I really sort of got into it. And I'm not really good at learning from books. I like to do things.

And so most of my learning was applied, which is like, hey, let's pick a problem and see if we can solve this problem. And so we picked a problem at the time, which was a vertical search problem, searching inside certain domains. And I just remember one day I looked up sort of six months into this process and I had a few other people working for me on this problem with me.

And so most of my learning was applied, which is like, hey, let's pick a problem and see if we can solve this problem. And so we picked a problem at the time, which was a vertical search problem, searching inside certain domains. And I just remember one day I looked up sort of six months into this process and I had a few other people working for me on this problem with me.

And I realized that I was sort of inadvertently had started another company. And that's sometimes how companies start to, you know, not with a lot of thought. It's just passion again for like solving a problem. Actually, not even with a particular amount of thought for like whether this problem deserved to be solved, which is, if anything, the problem with that second company.

And I realized that I was sort of inadvertently had started another company. And that's sometimes how companies start to, you know, not with a lot of thought. It's just passion again for like solving a problem. Actually, not even with a particular amount of thought for like whether this problem deserved to be solved, which is, if anything, the problem with that second company.

But that's how that came about. Back in those days, there wasn't a lot of entrepreneurship in France. So I found a bunch of misfits because it was not very common to get into entrepreneurship there. And we also hung out in a little office there and we cranked out code.

But that's how that came about. Back in those days, there wasn't a lot of entrepreneurship in France. So I found a bunch of misfits because it was not very common to get into entrepreneurship there. And we also hung out in a little office there and we cranked out code.

the French lifestyle is very funny because on the weekends or in the evenings, there's a lot of societal pressure to not be working actually. And I don't think this reflects startups today, but back then when we did that. And I remember, you know, if my website broke after like 7 or 8 p.m., it was like good luck finding any engineers on the team that could ever fix it.

the French lifestyle is very funny because on the weekends or in the evenings, there's a lot of societal pressure to not be working actually. And I don't think this reflects startups today, but back then when we did that. And I remember, you know, if my website broke after like 7 or 8 p.m., it was like good luck finding any engineers on the team that could ever fix it.