David Frankel

Oh, my God. I'm going to really have to give thought to that. Unmade decision. I literally have got to think about that.

Oh, my God. I'm going to really have to give thought to that. Unmade decision. I literally have got to think about that.

Oh, my God. I'm going to really have to give thought to that. Unmade decision. I literally have got to think about that.

Yeah, it's a great question.

Yeah, it's a great question.

Yeah, it's a great question.

It's a great question.

It's a great question.

It's a great question.

The unmade decision. Honestly, I look back and I go, every great decision was never binary. It was always weighing up scales. And I think getting to conviction is confusing for people because they listen to this and they go, oh, you're binary about that. Like you knew unequivocally. And the truth was like the biggest decisions, it was 51%. So leave South Africa and go back to live in Boston.

The unmade decision. Honestly, I look back and I go, every great decision was never binary. It was always weighing up scales. And I think getting to conviction is confusing for people because they listen to this and they go, oh, you're binary about that. Like you knew unequivocally. And the truth was like the biggest decisions, it was 51%. So leave South Africa and go back to live in Boston.

The unmade decision. Honestly, I look back and I go, every great decision was never binary. It was always weighing up scales. And I think getting to conviction is confusing for people because they listen to this and they go, oh, you're binary about that. Like you knew unequivocally. And the truth was like the biggest decisions, it was 51%. So leave South Africa and go back to live in Boston.

take up the offer to start Founder Collective with Eric. Was that binary no-brainer? Well, the seduction of wanting to be in business with Eric definitely was. But everything I was leaving at home, burning bridges and burning the boats, it's insanely difficult. And I think that the older you get, the tougher it is to take binary decisions.

take up the offer to start Founder Collective with Eric. Was that binary no-brainer? Well, the seduction of wanting to be in business with Eric definitely was. But everything I was leaving at home, burning bridges and burning the boats, it's insanely difficult. And I think that the older you get, the tougher it is to take binary decisions.

take up the offer to start Founder Collective with Eric. Was that binary no-brainer? Well, the seduction of wanting to be in business with Eric definitely was. But everything I was leaving at home, burning bridges and burning the boats, it's insanely difficult. And I think that the older you get, the tougher it is to take binary decisions.

And I think that the good part of that for a founder is when we give a term sheet, when I say, I want to be on your board, man, it is hard thought through. I do not do that flippantly. And when I do do it, like, do I have every single question answered? No. It's sometimes emotion versus intellect. And at some point you've got to go, I'm going to run with the emotion here.

And I think that the good part of that for a founder is when we give a term sheet, when I say, I want to be on your board, man, it is hard thought through. I do not do that flippantly. And when I do do it, like, do I have every single question answered? No. It's sometimes emotion versus intellect. And at some point you've got to go, I'm going to run with the emotion here.

And I think that the good part of that for a founder is when we give a term sheet, when I say, I want to be on your board, man, it is hard thought through. I do not do that flippantly. And when I do do it, like, do I have every single question answered? No. It's sometimes emotion versus intellect. And at some point you've got to go, I'm going to run with the emotion here.

And conversely, if you don't have that, like, I think about this as going up the mountain. Instantly, we have this incredible rapport. Like I just leave that meeting feeling like so energized. And then I go home and I sleep the night, I wake up the next morning, I go like, this will kill you, this will kill you, this will kill you. You'll never take them on, right?

And conversely, if you don't have that, like, I think about this as going up the mountain. Instantly, we have this incredible rapport. Like I just leave that meeting feeling like so energized. And then I go home and I sleep the night, I wake up the next morning, I go like, this will kill you, this will kill you, this will kill you. You'll never take them on, right?