Do you think that comedy crowds have gotten more sensitive?

Absolutely.

Comedy crowds have gotten more sensitive and I've gotten more...

My stance in not giving a damn has gotten stronger.

Why? Because I'm not going to be that guy.

I'm not going to be...

I didn't dream of this to get to a point where now you guys are moaning and groaning because I feel like I should address Trump or I should address racism or I should address...

about all that stuff?

do you think that

is? Because I'm not going to let the room dictate how I feel about something.

Like, if Trump says something in the media and I disagree with it, I have the right to disagree with it.

And now because he's the president, you guys feel like I can't say something about it? Or because white people are now calling the cops on black people at an alarming rate for just living their lives, you guys feel like...

I shouldn't address that.

A lady left my show in Sacramento and said, he's racist.

And I'm like, well, hold up.

about all that stuff?

Which means you

fire that nigga.

No.

So the firing story, Tracy Morgan's opening act, I got a strong 10 to 15 at the time.

A very respectable, man, that little dude did his thing.

I was that guy.

They coming out to see Tracy like, yo, your man, your little man got busy.

I really caught more of the Eric B. and Rakim and LL era.

And the first one was, Like right on the tail of this part of the convo, if exit planning should start years in advance, what can an advisor or an operating partner be pushing a portfolio CEO to put in place now?

Well, I'll start that kind of the highest level.

And so people ask, where does lever six come from? And this is from my high level.

I'm big in the frameworks.

You started consulting, et cetera.

You get the whole framework and methodology kind of first and foremost pounded into your head.

So lever six really looks at six different areas that I indirectly, when I'm looking at a company, kind of figure out where they fit.

And are there things that you see repeatedly that operating partners should be looking for in their portfolio companies? Like what's the longitudinal contextual thing that you see repeatedly that might get in the way of getting a deal done?