Building a startup is like running a marathon.
I run marathons to build startups.
Last week, we launched the
@otter_ai Enterprise product suite. Then on Sunday, I ran the hashtag
#ChicagoMarathon 2025, my 10th marathon. Despite the pain, it was an amazing feeling to run through the beautiful Chicago streets in front of nearly two million spectators cheering for you.
Jensen Huang of
@nvidia said that he searches for hard problems, solves them, then tries to forget how difficult it all was. “It must be the feeling that marathoners go through … the entertainment value of pain and suffering can’t be understated.”
This is why we build startups.
Otter will go the distance.