Tad Fallows bootstrapped iLab Solutions to 75 employees and a strategic exit, after noticing researchers at Harvard's Cancer Labs were spending more time managing freezers and lab mice than doing actual science. Built with no VC money, iLab ended up serving most of the world's top 100 universities across 17 countries before being acquired by Agilent. Today he's the founder of Long Angle, a private peer community for high net worth entrepreneurs and investors with nearly 9,000 members. Tad is also a Harvard grad, former McKinsey consultant, and a former varsity rower.

• How noticing an everyday problem at Harvard's Cancer Labs turned into a bootstrapped company
• Why he left McKinsey to try operating a business instead of just advising on one
• The advantages of bootstrapping slowly versus growing fast on VC money
• Why 90% of success comes down to execution, not the idea itself
• How knowing he gave his best effort protected him from regret, win or lose
• Whether health and hustle can coexist, and what changed with age
• The story behind founding Long Angle after his company's exit
• What it takes to join Long Angle, and how the community operates
• Why intentionality and being hands-on tend to compound into outsized success
• Redefining "superhuman" as being pretty good across every part of life, not the best at just one

• Website: longangle.com
• Podcast: Navigating Wealth

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