“You can't predict the future, and you've got to go with your gut on these things, and I'm sure if you speak to a laundry list of CEOs and people who have gone through the startup process themselves, they'll say it's an endless hurdle race, and you are inevitably going to catch your legs on hurdles, and it's just how you roll with that.”

Canadian actor

Thomas Middleditch is a Canadian actor, best known for playing Richard Hendricks on HBO’s Silicon Valley from 2014 to 2019. That role brought him a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series. He has also done substantial voice work, including the title role in Disney XD’s Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero, Harold Hutchins in Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, Sam Coleman in Godzilla: King of the Monsters, and Terry Opposites in Solar Opposites. In 2024, he made his Broadway debut as Eli in Eureka Day, and he has also appeared in Verizon Wireless ads.