Met one of my two co-founders during a project. In a room full of argumentative type-A personalities, she was the only one building bridges and moving the proje

Met one of my two co-founders during a project. In a room full of argumentative type-A personalities, she was the only one building bridges and moving the project forward. That really stood out for me as a huge asset in any team. The other co-founder and I met in a hallway at a database conference, then tried our first startup a few months later. It failed - but it was so much fun failing with him that I figured we should keep trying on other projects because at least failing wouldn't feel bad.