More broadly, it just shows how important time is to any startup. You never know when some chance meeting will lead to a key hire, a biz dev deal, or even a ne

More broadly, it just shows how important time is to any startup. You never know when some chance meeting will lead to a key hire, a biz dev deal, or even a new investment. The longer you keep going and working at it - the more chances you have for this moment to happen.