i had lunch with patrick collison. 100% was about ambitious plans. that is like the best possible office hours. >> how involved are you, jessica? >> i'm doing all of the same things i used to do. i miss working with paula but i also love working with sam. >> he was the founder of one of your companies. people said he is not cut out to be you. >> it is a good thing. i was not cut out to run something bigger than y combinator. >> is sam going to be better? >> they're going to be different. sam brings a lot of things to the table that neither of us had. this amazing amount of energy and patience that is needed to broker deals with investors. y combinator is doing a lot of things. >> i want to talk about each of you and where you came from. your parents. >> my family came here from england when i was 3 1/2. and we lived in pittsburgh. when you design a nuclear reactor, he figured out if it was going to explode. >> what kind of kid were you? >> i was a bad kid. >> what did you do? >> i was always, always getting in trouble with everybody, constantly. i wa