“Because it's hard, because it's slow, because it's difficult, because it's tedious, because it's challenging…
If it's not fun when you do it—and if you don't get to do it with people you like, respect, and enjoy, people you can work with and can work through problems with, people you can storm with—Then I would actually say it's not worth doing.”

“Adults, who think of themselves as responsible and thoughtful, always ask, ‘Why?’ ‘Why would you do this?’ or ‘Why is this the way it is?’

But children? They always ask, ‘Why not?’ ‘Why not that?’ or ‘Why wouldn't this thing be the way it is?’”

“I always loved science, but I was more excited by the translational aspects of the work, and how to leverage science to make products that ultimately help people.”

“In the end, our ability to interact with one another, connect, understand, help one another–all during our brief time of being alive on this earth–just feels like a core thing we should be focusing on.”

“We're going to get through this. It's okay. And… It's not going to be fun. But then that quote comes back, ‘This too shall pass.’ It's going to pass like a kidney stone, but it's going to pass.”

“Being an entrepreneur and in an ownership position, you are the core function of the company, and that's important to me. I don't like doing things that I don't feel are moving the needle in any way.”

“I was really focused on bringing beauty and creativity into my life, and then hoping that something would come out of it. I wanted to try and merge tech entrepreneurship and flowers, and it all just kind of came together.”