On Meeting with Kaleil Isaza Tuzman

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to meet with Kaleil, about a month and a half after I heard him speak in late November. I thought the meeting went as well as it could've and lasted about an hour and a half. I thought that we were really able to connect based on the fact that we both had Polish, Jewish mothers and on the fact that we each have a strong commitment to spirituality.

We actually never spoke about Startup.com, but one thing I thought was interesting was that the movie really didn't do a good job of depicting his personality in my opinion. It must be annoying that the 40 million some odd people who saw the movie, have an inaccurate first impression of him. I guess that comes with the territory though.

One insecurity I had before the meeting him was that I didn't see clear, compelling ways that I could add value to him or for him to add value to me. Often times, I have a fairly clear idea of these two things. In this case, I was very impressed by his speaking engagement and I knew he had a new book coming out, so I just wanted to meet him, develop a relationship, and learn about and from him as an individual. At any rate, things worked out.