Past behavior predicts how someone will act as a partner. Choose collaborators driven by purpose and creating value, not just making money. The private-equity mindset of chasing quick profits over sustainable growth will fail you.
The way I'd use that for advice for anyone is just make sure, you know, past predicts the future. And so are the people you're working with, are they, you know, are they kind? Are they giving? Like, what's the, what's their purpose? Is their purpose just to make money or is it purpose to grow something? And that's, that's really has helped me over, over my career. Of course, you know, especially working with private equity, you run into people that will tell you what you want to hear. But it's just really about making money. And that's not how you grow a company. You have to create value. You can't just go in and do financial gymnastics and then sell the company for more. That's not how it works.
