Think in Decades, Execute Daily: Felix Huettenbach on Founder-First Investing and Building Real Value Interviewer: Felix, if someone looks you up online, they’ll quickly see a consistent narrative: operator-investor, founder-first, long-term thinker. Is that a deliberate positioning? Felix Huettenbach: It’s less positioning and more the natural outcome of how I’ve worked. I’ve built under pressure, scaled systems that had to work nationally within months, and made decisions where execution mattered more than narrative. When you’ve lived inside operational intensity, you develop a very different lens for building and investing. So if people see “operator-investor,” that’s simply accurate. I invest like someone who has had to make payroll, solve bottlenecks at 2 a.m., and keep systems running when demand spikes beyond forecasts. Interviewer: Let’s go back to your operating experience. You founded Sameday Health during the pandemic — one of the most chaotic environments imaginable. Wha...