Founder & CEO, Teleborder
Guo: I know Teleborder was a pivot, but I'd love to go back to the beginning. How did you get started?
Richards: Sure. So I'm a lawyer. Michael, my co-founder at the time was not a lawyer, but he hated lawyers because he'd had to deal with them a few times. And the worst part about dealing with lawyers was always feeling like you're getting screwed on bills. Lawyers are very, very expensive. They're also very opaque when i. . .
Founder & CEO, Teleborder
Guo: I know Teleborder was a pivot, but I'd love to go back to the beginning. How did you get started?
Richards: Sure. So I'm a lawyer. Michael, my co-founder at the time was not a lawyer, but he hated lawyers because he'd had to deal with them a few times. And the worst part about dealing with lawyers was always feeling like you're getting screwed on bills. Lawyers are very, very expensive. They're also very opaque when i. . .
I fucking hate when I’m asked, “So, what do you do?”
I find it painful to explain my vocation. I’m not really an asshole; I just play one on TV. To someone just meeting me, it can be a risky interaction. Explaining my anti-nine-to-five lifestyle tends to border on arrogance. Is this all an act? Hardly. I think of it as more of a performance.
Because I don’t do; I am. This glorious, repellent, beautiful train wreck of a life is my own fabulous creation and gift to the world. You’ve . . .
I fucking hate when I’m asked, “So, what do you do?”
I find it painful to explain my vocation. I’m not really an asshole; I just play one on TV. To someone just meeting me, it can be a risky interaction. Explaining my anti-nine-to-five lifestyle tends to border on arrogance. Is this all an act? Hardly. I think of it as more of a performance.
Because I don’t do; I am. This glorious, repellent, beautiful train wreck of a life is my own fabulous creation and gift to the world. You’ve . . .
