Think of how easy it would be to scale if you could say… “Google is one of our customers.” (Or an early adopter equivalent in your industry.) Right? There are some early adopters out there… And if you can sign them on as a customer (or strategic partner) they’ll bring all your other perfect-fit customers along with them. You go
“If it doesn’t matter to an 8-year-old, it doesn’t matter.” Back when social media was barely a thing. And when Zuckerberg was still coding in Harvard. Lane Merrifield was on a mission to change the world… His mission:
Imagine you’re the captain of a ship. You’ve recruited sailors. You’ve sailed out of the harbour in search of far away treasures… And now you’re caught in a raging open sea storm.
When Josh was 18, he saw a young entrepreneur in his town driving a lamborghini… A guy who lived in the rich part of town. “Wow, this guy is SO young, and so successful. I wonder what he does.” Josh was amazed. And that was it.
Imagine a stranger sent you a box of toys… So many you had to hide them from your kids because it’s more than you’d give them on a Christmas day! That’s the story of how I met Brad Pedersen. Random chance encounter in the Air Canada lounge several years back. We got talking. And then Brad dropped the question:
If you ever find yourself smashing your head against the ceiling… Wondering if it’s supposed to get easier as you grow… Then you’re not alone. A lot of entrepreneurs hope things get easier as they scale.
I don’t have many regrets, but if I could go back and change something… It would be back when I sold Spheric Technologies in 2008… Right after the exit, I took my foot off the gas.
Business problems suck. But know what’s worse? Inner demons. I’m talking about the self-sabotaging habits that creep up just when you’re getting traction… Or those low energy days when you get up from your desk and wonder “what the heck did I even do today?”… Or when you wake up to a boatload of head funk or brain fog…
Over the last 23 years, I’ve started 5 SaaS businesses and successfully exited 3 of them, making me a millionaire at 27 years old. I could have retired and never worked another day in my life…
I love doing hard things. I learned early in life that the more difficult a challenge, the more rewarding. So, call me crazy, but I deliberately seek out difficult challenges. My family motto is “We do hard things”… And last year, I did one of the most crazy challenges yet. I did #75Hard.
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