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Who I am: Patrick - by Patrick Malone

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As a firm, the team at KdT has decided to publish long-form biographies to help the folks we work with learn more about who we are as people. Our hope is that the openness and vulnerability that comes from sharing our stories will help enable dialogues with all our partners, most importantly, current and future KdT founders. Cain, Mack, Phil, Rima, and Ally have previously published their stories. What follows is Patrick’s. Here goes nothing… My story, like many others, is one of trying to fit in and find my place in the world. Growing up in Akron, Ohio, I was a shy and quiet kid. I was fortunate - I was born into a happy home where my parents provided me with all the tools for a happy childhood. Despite this fortune, I often felt out of place and misunderstood. I had a small group of close friends, but I never felt cool enough to sit wherever I wanted at lunch and I often felt excluded in ways that, at the time, I couldn’t understand. In retrospect, perhaps I shouldn’t have been surpr

As a firm, the team at KdT has decided to publish long-form biographies to help the folks we work with learn more about who we are as people. Our hope is that the openness and vulnerability that comes from sharing our stories will help enable dialogues with all our partners, most importantly, current and future KdT founders. Cain, Mack, Phil, Rima, and Ally have previously published their stories. What follows is Patrick’s. Here goes nothing… My story, like many others, is one of trying to fit in and find my place in the world. Growing up in Akron, Ohio, I was a shy and quiet kid. I was…

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