Dinner with Mike Smith: ✨ Humility Meets Precision

Why Mike’s “at the table vs. in the room” framework, PITA hires, and operator clarity should be in every founder’s toolkit.

I hosted Mike Smith, cofounder and GP at Footwork this week as part of Icons, and it was one of the most grounded, operator-level conversations I’ve seen from a VC.

Mike has this rare mix of Walmart.com / Stitch Fix operator DNA + investor clarity, and he shared frameworks every founder should hear:

Key takeaways:
• “At the table vs. in the room.” As a CEO…