And part of it is, you know, what you initially mentioned, but I also want to dive into your entrepreneurial story, you know, and why you guys started the firm.

Yeah, so if we start with the firm's why, building better together.

Those words, as I said, were all intentionally chosen.

We got together as a team as we were talking through our strategy and talking through how we wanted to articulate to the world our reason for existence as a firm.

So first word, building.

Everything we do is about backing ambitious leaders and building world-class platforms.

We love that word, build.

What are some of the, you know, when you look at the, your overall life like what are some of these key moments that have really defined you um and i think of my dad passing away when he was 60 from brain tumor my brother passing away at 30 when he had a brain tumor like those give me the energy to do what i do because i realize that yes life is long but you never know when it's going to change and so you got to get after it so i'm just kind of curious like what have been some of those defining moments in your life

W-what did the, what did the first deal look like and what made you wanna do it, if you don't mind sharing?

Yeah.

May-maybe I'll start by sharing just a little bit of our strategy.

Um, and I'll start with our why quickly, 'cause I think understanding our firm allows you to better understand everything we do, you know, downstream.

Um, we start with our why.

Simon Sinek wrote the book, Start With Why.

We love that philosophy, capture the heart, uh, win the audience.

When you've met all these founders over the years, um, s- specifically the last three, but what do the best founder-led businesses have in common before they take the next leap to scale?