Lai says he has had no trouble finding opportunities or the money to back them, and he has a sharp eye for the indicators of a promising idea. If it's something that people need, then your customers will become your marketing department. Lai also evaluates the costs and obstacles to competitors in the same field and tries to estimate the lifetime value of the venture. Sometimes I don't even unpack. In California, he occasionally drops in to a local test track to try his hand at racing cars, a childhood dream come true.
Nothing comes close to the excitement of starting a new company and building it up.