grew up in remote eastern Kentucky town of 2000 people - learned how to relate to (almost) anyone fell in love at 18 but didn’t tell her til I was 30 (around when I proposed) - learned how to “take a chance” - Newsy Johnson pitched a guy around a campfire with no experience to hire me at Spotify - learned how to tell a good story pitched a music exec legend to let me work for him - learned that there is no room for emotion in business left google after my first kid was born to work in crypto full time - learned i like to learn