-: Ball State, I think, did a great job of preparing me.
I didn't realize it at the time, to be honest with you,
but they did a great job of preparing me
because I grew up in a smaller town,
not a lot of exposure to a lot of different thinking
or different types of people,
so I get to Ball State and I see all these different people
from different backgrounds, different ways of thinking.
And, of course, what I learned in the classroom
was invaluable as well, too, right?
For sure.
But outside of the classroom, Ball State,
it's where I learned that the right team
is critical to success or failure, right?
I mean, you get on the right team,
you realize that sometimes the sum is greater
than the parts, right?
One plus one plus one sometimes equals more than three
if you do it right,
but sometimes one plus one plus one
doesn't even equal three because something's falling apart.
You know, I learned a lot of that at Ball State.
That's where I learned that.
I learned that sometimes
there are more than one solution, right?
The solution I come up with may be fine,
but somebody else could come up with a different solution
and that may be just as good or better,
so those are things that I learned at Ball State.
In addition to the blocking and tackling of finance
and marketing, and that sort of stuff.