Thank you.
By: Adam Choe
Tags: Startup, Minnesota, Thank You

I’ll start this with those two simple words.

The last three years went by in a flash. They say it doesn’t feel like work when you love what you do, and from the very first day as an associate and up until today, it’s truly felt that way.

I honestly don’t know how I pulled off the biggest social equity heist. I got paid to help people build amazing companies in the best state and I loved every second of it (okay maybe not every second, but pretty close). I’ve met so many incredible people along the way and can’t wait to meet countless more from our fantastic ecosystem. I know I sound like a broken record but to everyone that supported us, thank you.

We asked for a lot from the community and you never failed to deliver.

To the founders: I’ve learned from each and every one of you. I admire your passion and determination. I’m honored to have had a chance to work with each of you. Now I get to join you 100% and I’m equal parts excited and terrified. That’s how you know its the right time to make the jump!

gener8tor MN 2017, 2018, 2019 | gBETA Minneapolis 2018 | gBETA Medtech 2018 Spring, Summer, Fall

To the mentors: I’ve always been amazed at how selfless you’ve all been in supporting founders that you’ve never met. “How can I help” seems to be hard-wired in all of your DNA, and it’s energizing. It must be in the water. If I can ever repay that favor, you know how to find me.

Check out www.poweredbymentors.com if you want to see a very small subset of people who have supported our programs for the last 3 years while I was here…

To the corporate partners: thank you for taking a chance on us! I’m very grateful to have been able to work with you all and represent your organizations in a small way.

To the Minnesota startup ecosystem and the folks building it: Can’t wait to see what you all do next. The future is bright in Minnesota. Still here to help if I can!

To the g8 fam: keep up the hard work, thank you to all the past and current colleagues who made the mission so rewarding. I’ll miss our slack channel conversations filled with emojis and gifs. :surprisedcow:

To Eric, Kate, Sibi, Jeff, Mark, and the associates: thanks for putting up with my OCD/Type A tendencies. You all were amazing to work with and I couldn’t have asked for better colleagues. I’ve learned something valuable from each and every one of you. If you need anything g8 related, reach out to Kate. She’s 10x cooler than I was. Definite upgrade!

To my Co-Founder, Courtney: Thanks for being an amazing co-founder and for being patient with me… always… :)

Serendipity

I don’t know how it worked out this way. I truly fell into one of the best opportunities of my life. I reached out cold, he answered. I’ll be forever grateful for the chance Eric gave me as an associate and for the chance this ecosystem gave me to play a small part in it. Whether you believe me or not, I fundamentally think about that every time someone reaches out to me.

This is one of my last few chances I have to get on my soapbox so here goes!

Pay it forward, a small act can go a long way for someone trying to get started at any level.

What’s next?

So as you can probably guess by now, this is my official goodbye as MD of gener8tor Minnesota.

It’s time to put my full attention towards building Yonder with my Co-Founder, Courtney. Our goal is to make healthcare less scary for kids. My passion has always been to build and scale a healthcare startup. So now it’s time to get to work. We look forward to building our company in Minnesota. I started with two words and want to end with two more.

Let’s Yonder.