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First and foremost I'm always flying in and out on these things so I don't get to see a ton of presentations but I catch a whole bunch kind of little something here and there I just want to clap up the last one one more time because I thought that was phenomenal

I was sitting up there and I was listening I'm trying to always maximize work so I was sitting there working and all the sessions really good I was actually able to get a bunch in today which made it fun but that was really good I was really like feeling it

And I was like this is really good I was like listening I was like I believe in all that shit I believe in every word that you just spit but then you got into the Michael Jordan part and I was like fuck Jason

Because I'm a diehard next fan and I fucking hate Michael Jordan

Period

Oh man that sucked and I'm a jet span I got Tom Brady I'm fucking miserable about sports anyway

Look I want to really take advantage of this format this is a fairly small group and we're really tight in here and this is just like how I love it

And so to be very honest I'll spit a little bit here but I'd love to do a little bit of Q&A I'm not sure how set up they are for it but I don't even need the mics I'll repeat the questions

So I think you know the beauty of technology is that so many of my current thoughts are on YouTube and Facebook right now and especially if any of you have consumed any of it I don't need to repeat the themes

I think they're basic I think I think at some level everybody has touched on it you know I think the thing that I'm most interested in is the notion of taking it right to me

The most interesting thing to me is the internet I think we grossly underestimate the internet you know the internet itself is ultimately the thing that gives us an opportunity to solve the thing that I think is really in our hearts and we're passionate about

Like I associate so much with so many because you know my story is I was born in Belarus I came to the US when I was three I lived in a studio apartment the size of the stage I'm on right now with seven family members

And so no matter what you look like as we all know it's about what you live where you come from and to be very frank I'll be very I just it's interesting I say this all the time and I'm empathetic that the system doesn't put everybody in the best position to succeed

But I'm a product where I think all my struggles have been my biggest advantage and and really I didn't grow up in an education system or VC system that rewarded me for being a white male I grew up in a very interesting path I was a terrible fucking student I was a DNF student so like most immigrants I didn't use education as my way out I was just a kid that's so shit right like I just sold flowers and I sold them in the middle of the world

I sold lemonade and I'm Jewish and I sang Christmas carols like fucking it was my last song like I was I what I did and really what I would love to leave you here with like I know the real answer because I've seen it in so many people's eyes it's self awareness

My biggest fear in this room is that you're trying to be somebody because you want to be them versus you figure yourself out and put yourself in a position to be that person

I think what you had when I watched what you were just talking about like that kid was that kid from the get he was self aware he figured himself out he was comfortable in that nerdy environment I was comfortable in high school working every minute every second and missing every party

and like I just I have not heard a voice in my own head but mine for a very very very long time and I think what is most interesting to me right now is if you really pay attention to what's happening the internet has absolutely done this incredible thing which is there's nobody who's flawed that can sit in between you and the end consumer who's stopping you besides the narrative in your own head

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