00:49:42 · Guillaume Moubeche, Pete Maldonado
[00:49:42] S1: To be honest, I started like another business. [00:49:45] S0: Yeah. I'm I'm I'm... [00:49:47] S1: Eventually, you know, like after a year or so, like, was... At first, I I felt like it was time for me to become like a a professional triathlete. So I did three Ironman. I trained a lot. Like, I was spending my life doing this. And then I realized, okay, I'm I'm too old for that shit and and not good enough. So after that, I was like, yeah, I need to to just do other things, like learn to invest my money, and I started working a bit more in the... On the investment side and now, like, launching something. But, yeah, it's a it's a journey. [00:50:22] S0: Yeah. So same same here. You know, I started doing a bunch of the direct investing. I started... I'm I'm an LP in a couple different private equity funds. I'll probably move into GP status. I'm one of them. I'm getting, like, my hands involved. You know, it's funny. The more companies that I touch and the more that I... I'm investing in and our boards that I sit on, I'm realizing just how special Chomps is. And I'm, like, realizing, like, oh my god. Like, this is, like, we... This is a... Like, it's a true unicorn. [00:50:49] S1: I agree.
00:50:49 · Guillaume Moubeche, Pete Maldonado
[00:50:49] S1: I agree. [00:50:50] S0: And unicorn status now. It's, like, it's wild. Yeah. But I also... For me, was one of other things. Have three kids, three small kids. Rashid has the same, like, about the same ages. So it's... Mine are nine, six, and three. And I felt like, you know, I I missed a lot, especially with my oldest son. And and then I feel like I just wanted to to be able to spend more time with him, just be more of a, like, a good dad and, like, be... I I want my kids to be able to look back and just be like, yeah. My dad was there all the time. And so... And, like, I moved I moved out of the... In a separate office. I'm in my home office now. So the kids, they're... Hopefully, they're not home yet because they're they're loud. But but, yeah, I'm just like, I want them to to see me all day every day. It's just like it's the memories I want for my kids. [00:51:32] S1: Yeah. It's... Must be a fantastic feeling. [00:51:34] S0: Yeah. Yeah. That's [00:51:35] S1: good. So good. I know we're almost out of time. So the final question would be like, what what advice would you give, like, to someone who want to build, like, a business that can do a billion dollar himself?
00:51:35 · Guillaume Moubeche, Pete Maldonado
[00:51:35] S1: good. So good. I know we're almost out of time. So the final question would be like, what what advice would you give, like, to someone who want to build, like, a business that can do a billion dollar himself? [00:51:47] S0: Yeah. Stay focused. Stay focused. Do one thing. Be the absolute best. Do not stop learning, and be... And you need to be as hard... Like, hard on yourself. Like, that's like... You need to be your biggest critic, and I think that's, like, one of those things that Rashid and I do really well, a little too well sometimes actually because we have a hard time actually celebrating wins. But it's... I would just say, like, that's why we're here, though, because we... The the pedal's to the metal. And I think that that's... Anybody that does that and keeps that mindset will be will be successful eventually. [00:52:23] S1: 100% agree. Pete, it was a a great conversation. I... Time flies. So thanks a lot for your time, and have an awesome day. [00:52:30] S0: Thank you, brother.