Steven Bartlett

And then you have kids. Yes. Did you have kids? No. Because I'm in that region now where I'm thinking about having kids and I'm just, I'm wondering how disruptive it's going to be. It's another startup.

Which, do you think lowers your chance of being successful at a startup? Because doing two startups is more difficult than doing one.

Which, do you think lowers your chance of being successful at a startup? Because doing two startups is more difficult than doing one.

Yeah.

Yeah.

how did you have happiness wrong when you were younger?

how did you have happiness wrong when you were younger?

Not okay for me. And love. How does love come into all of this? You have a long-term life partner. Yes. In Seattle. What role has that played in your happiness and your professional success?

Not okay for me. And love. How does love come into all of this? You have a long-term life partner. Yes. In Seattle. What role has that played in your happiness and your professional success?

If two entrepreneurs come to you and they pitch the exact same thing, but one of them is in a long-term marriage, what is the difference between those two entrepreneurs in terms of how they'll show up in business in your view?

If two entrepreneurs come to you and they pitch the exact same thing, but one of them is in a long-term marriage, what is the difference between those two entrepreneurs in terms of how they'll show up in business in your view?

Okay. So it's somewhat evidence that there.

Okay. So it's somewhat evidence that there.

Not worth the headache. Yes. When I was reading Blitzscaling and I was watching the videos that you did, you've done several talks on it. I've seen pretty much all of them over the years. One of the questions I had as an investor myself is my early stage companies that aren't in the consumer internet space, they're selling, I don't know, they might be selling a drink in a supermarket or something.

Not worth the headache. Yes. When I was reading Blitzscaling and I was watching the videos that you did, you've done several talks on it. I've seen pretty much all of them over the years. One of the questions I had as an investor myself is my early stage companies that aren't in the consumer internet space, they're selling, I don't know, they might be selling a drink in a supermarket or something.

Should they all be pursuing this idea of blitzscaling where you go lightning fast to building a massively valuable company?

Should they all be pursuing this idea of blitzscaling where you go lightning fast to building a massively valuable company?

This is some of the techniques that you need to do. If AI is going to be so transformative, when you think about a country like the UK, where we don't have the blitzscaling advantages as entrepreneurs and founders that you guys have in Silicon Valley, if you were the prime minister of the UK...

This is some of the techniques that you need to do. If AI is going to be so transformative, when you think about a country like the UK, where we don't have the blitzscaling advantages as entrepreneurs and founders that you guys have in Silicon Valley, if you were the prime minister of the UK...

What would you do to give us a shot at getting some of the value that's going to accrue because of this AI opportunity?