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James Beshara is an angel investor, founder, writer, podcaster, and a startup-helper in San Francisco, California. Over the years he's been fortunate to meet some of the greatest and brightest minds and it has been so valuable for him, he wanted to share this knowledge with the world. When you hear a story or a conversation with a founder in the news, you only get about 5% of the juice, but if you dive in and explore, that's when you get "below the line" and uncover all the hidden truths.

One day Chris Ohanian received a full-page fax, explaining that airlines were switching to a zero-fee commission. This was a final straw in already declining business, so Chris took a marker, wrote "FU" on it, and sent it back to the airline. However unwelcoming this change was, the business did not end there. Life is always changing and you have to adopt and make changes, so Chris did whatever it took to keep going.

Ambitious but inexperienced entrepreneurs tend to believe what they are told. As a mentor you should be upbeat and encouraging, but also find a way to break the hash truths. Manage the expectations and ask a lot of questions to the point where the entrepreneurs figure out the answers themselves.

Kristen and Conan talk about how they and their respective spouses have spent time together, and Conan asks whether this could translate into a real friendship. Kristen starts by saying “I think so...”.

Relax. It's all ok.

Being a parent is a pain, and no one has it figured out. Bigger the family equals more challenges, more anxiety in some ways, but more fun in others. Overall, it’s it worth.

She realizes she cannot opt out the special relationship she developed with Peter Rouse in their short meeting.

Communication and accountability tools have improved dramatically over the last few decades. 30 years ago physical messages had to be delivered to your desk. Now we have email, Slack, and an arsenal of other tools that enable seamless and instant communication with employees around the world.

Hiten says it was probably Blackberry that started this trend, enabling people to type emails on their phones. iPhone then came out with amazing hardware and made it 100x easier. Personally, Hiten Shah says he's typed up entire blog posts on his phone. It's so easy and fast, he feels no need to be tethered to a desk, or even to sit somewhere while working.

Simple API's are the way to go. There are no background checks in France, so Jonathan and his co-founder didn't even know the world. They discovered that the tech was archaic - there was no good tech. That is what sparked their interest, loving simple API's and only seeing 100 page documents for SOAP API's in the market.

"Haaaa..... haven't we had a lovely time!" (ALW forgot Hadley's name.)

Stop overthinking and start. Whatever you need to get done, just start working on it. You will get inspiration going once you get going.