Nic Baird was on track to become one of the best sailors in the world. He walked away to make a statistical bet on startups, and built Koah Labs, the ad monetization platform for AI tools, raising $26M along the way. In this interview, Nic opens up about: The decision framework he learned from competitive sailing: how to make the biggest bets of your life when you don’t have all the information Why starting a company is a "high variability, low risk" move, even if you fail How self-doubt loses to your environment, not your willpower, and the community that…

