When I joined Google in 1999, it was a small startup with an electric atmosphere, and I was excited to work on big projects.

Leaving Google wasn't about starting a company; it was about personal growth and experiencing new things, which eventually led me to work with early-stage teams.

During my 12 years at Google, I focused on shaping a culture of creativity and innovation by training people in curiosity, empathy, and experimentation.

Working at a big tech company like Google can instill a mindset focused on scalability, which may not be helpful in the early stages of a startup where doing things that don't scale is often necessary.

After my treatment, I realized that my job at Google had evolved away from building products for users, and I wanted to work with people who were innovating the future.

I decided to stop working on my startup and joined Google to learn skills that would help me succeed as an entrepreneur.

At Google, I learned that you should focus on launching something today rather than getting bogged down in detailed designs.

I ended up at Google because they had a product I used and loved, and I was really into Linux, which was a key factor in my decision to join the company.

The early understanding at Google was that having enough data is the key to making things intelligent, rather than just iterating on algorithms.