I don't understand, at TipRanks (our FinTech startup) we have been busting our asses off to get a steady revenue stream and partners. We've been at it for years

I don't understand, at TipRanks (our FinTech startup) we have been busting our asses off to get a steady revenue stream and partners. We've been at it for years and we finally have something we're proud of and works well - but it was certainly not what I remember the .com bubble days as. We won a lot of big awards like Finovate (twice!) and Benzinga awards and we won sevaral events (like a large IBM Watson one) - but that doesn't translate directly to success. We're only now starting to see "real" success 4 years in but we're in no illusion that 'we made it' or anything like the "good ol'" .com bubble days. Working with banks is hard, working with brokers is hard, working with financial institutions is hard - contracts take over a year to sign and consumers are very skeptical when you ask for their money.