The best ROI I got this week wasn't from an AI tool or a sales call. It was a coffee chat with a student named Paris Dy. I find myself getting lost in the whole game of billion-dollar exits, the hottest AI wrapper, and whether SaaS is dead (again). I sometimes forget that the thing that actually keeps me going is simpler: solving real problems and impacting lives. For me, one way that looks like is making sure ambitious people like Paris have a path to time-rich wealth that nobody handed them a map for. Paris found my content on Instagram and reached out. When we met, she asked me: "You probably get a lot of these requests. Why did you say yes to me?" I said: "Because you remind me of myself." She's hungry and ambitious in the best way: - leading entrepreneurship orgs at school - mapping her path into tech - figuring out how to become a founder as a junior in college - already thinking about how to bring others along with her. She doesn't just ask "how do I get there" but "how do I make sure others find this path too." I love that for her generation 🥹 I know what I know because people said yes to MY coffee too. Founders, operators, builders who didn't have to show up for me but did. I can't say yes to everyone so I make content to scale my time. But every so often these conversations are a grounding reminder of why I show up at all. Thank you, Paris! Can't wait to watch your journey unfold. TAKEAWAY: Sometimes, say yes to the coffee ☕ --- I'm Mika, an exited venture-backed startup founder, now building a profit-first startup in public to $1M with just 2 people: me and my husband. If you currently hate Docusign, message me :) Follow for real talk on founder life, tech careers, and living time-rich. View original post on LinkedIn.