The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
01:10:50 · Harry Stebbings, Brendan Foody
[01:10:50] S1: lot of this. Final one for you, dude. What's the kindest thing that anyone's ever done for you? [01:10:55] S0: One that really stuck with me is I remember, and I'll probably attribute this to the entire prod community, namely especially a couple of people like Rob Walkin, Ben Spector, and Richard DeHaan. But Prob was this nonprofit that got started at MIT and Harvard, and I was sort of a blow in because I didn't get into those schools, but I went to Georgetown. And for the first year of the business, they would meet with us every week. Ben became a big customer. Richard would give us tons of money just to float working capital, and Rob gave incredibly valuable advice. And they had nothing in it for them. They took no equity. I tried to give them equity, and they wouldn't accept it. And Mercor wouldn't exist if it weren't for any of those individuals, I would say. I think that that is something that I'll always be grateful for for the rest of my life. [01:11:47] S1: Dude, I have to say, I loved having you on the show last time. It was incredible to see this in person. I'm so thrilled with how this conversation conversation went, and you've been amazing. Thanks so much [01:11:56] S0: for having me, Harry. Always great to come back.
01:12:00 · Harry Stebbings
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01:14:17 · Harry Stebbings
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