Ali Partovi is a long-time investor in Ethena and an early backer of companies such as Uber, Airbnb, Facebook, Zappos, and Dropbox. He talks about how he identifies and invests in talent, emphasizing the importance of gender and racial diversity in tech. He believes that early-age computer science education can help address the gender diversity pipeline issue. Ali also shares a personal experience as a founder of a tech company, telling us about a significant mistake he made when trying to sell his company to Steve Jobs.