Over two years ago, during a meeting with a big-time investor, I talked about my company’s vision to map the human immune system and personalized medicine, shared our growth plans, and what we were planning to do to get there.

I remember sitting in a small room with him, and he asked me if I knew what we needed to do in order to “map the human immune system.” I looked at him, and after two or three seconds, I plainly replied “No.”

No? I’m sure he wondered. “Then what are you raising so much money for?” He responded as he moved back in his small chair, and looked at me with a clear expression of surprise.

“Because I will learn, and because I believe I know how to bring the best team in the world to figure it out,” I said