Don't Elizabeth Holmes Me with Somer Baburek - Hera Biotech

One of the things that we finally equated the female founder experience to was the Dementors in Harry Potter. Oh no. But it's so true because it's, it's like you, you have these memories of when it worked or, or when investment went well, and then this investor comes up and asks you a question that every investor that's ever said no is asked, and it's usually like a blocking question. And it just feels like, no, you're feeding off my PTSD from all the other people that say the same stupid thing that you just said. And it's, oh, that's just how it feels. But I, I think it is, it's just nonstop and it can feel very, very overwhelming at times. It's exhausting because of that. You just feel like, oh my gosh, am I ever gonna get there? Is anything ever gonna just work out? But I think it's empowering because even if you're dealing with 6 months of nos, you look back and you're like, well, I'm still here. I figured it out. I made it work. Like, I'm creative. I'm dragging this thing through whether you think it's valuable or not. It is. And that is empowering to me. I always joke, like, I'll pat my shoulders and I'm like, I got big shoulders. Put it on there. Go ahead. Let's see. Challenge accepted.