the profits away back into the company. i paid my first employee more than i paid myself for a good while. and it was just fun for me watching, i didn t want to do anything with it. i have a business and my very simple naive business at 22 years old was you sell things for more than you buy them for and then the company makes money and that is you know, i have now learned actually a very rare thing, especially in internet businesses. and something that the world is very surprised by. so i think there s something to learn from that. so i look at all of those kinds of pieces of advice, dress well, don t chew gum during an interview. it feels like you ve come to these pieces of very traditional wisdom the hard and long and complicated way. but you say, straighten up, smart up, and it s actually really