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Years ago when Garage.com was starting up, I applied and was rejected. No big deal as I was expecting it, but it did get me a signed rejection letter from the b
by catfish 19y ago
Years ago when Garage.com was starting up, I applied and was rejected. No big deal as I was expecting it, but it did get me a signed rejection letter from the big "Guy" himself.
As a beta tester it was a very nice gesture, to receive that letter with the comment "Prove us wrong!" hand written as a P.S. to the form letter. That letter hangs in a frame and every day I use it to remind myself that the only person that needs to believe in me, is me.
Today, many years later, I thank my lucky stars for that rejection. I went it alone, no co-founders, no frigging investor BS, and did not take a dime from anyone.
This year the 17 employees of MY privately held company drove our sales to 61 million dollars in online transactions.
The satisfaction that comes with proving investors wrong can't be bought, only earned.
Those that can, DO. Those that can't, find an investor.
- whacked_new 19y agoThis is good stuff. I hope more people get to read this, and please keep sharing.
- jsjenkins168 19y agoWow. This is up there with the more compelling examples of perseverance I have heard. Thanks for sharing your experience, you give everyone hope.
- rams 19y agoAwesome. Very inspiring. Thanks for sharing. BTW, are you the talking about Bottom Feeder, the news aggregator ?
- gscott 19y agoSometimes being tenacious and shear force of will is all that is required. If you want it bad enough, you will find a way to make it work.
- nanijoe 19y ago"Those that can, DO. Those that can't, find an investor." ..You mean those that can't such as Google and Youtube?
- nostrademons 19y agoThey DID too. It's just that an investor eventually came around and noticed they were DOING, then gave them money so they could do it better.
- jamiequint 19y ago"Those that can, DO. Those that can't, find an investor." I don't agree with this as a general rule. Sometimes you may need investment to get to market faster, to get intros to the right people, and to otherwise do things you may not be able to bootstrap. Certainly seems to have worked in your instance however, congratulations.
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- danielha 19y agoCongrats. I don't think that you can turn that experience into the rule you made in your last line, though. It nearly sounds bitter.