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Read This If You Need Some Motivation
It was only 9 months ago when I decided to write a blog every day for a year. I decided to do this, not only to share the stories of starting a company in the middle of a pandemic but to stay true to one of my passions, writing. And to see if starting a successful blog 12 years after the blog boom was still possible. After about 90 days the workload of my start-up became too much. I was working 90 hours a week and couldn’t take the 20+ hours it took me to create somewhat of a decent blog. If you met me in real life you know that I don’t half-ass anything. So I closed up shop(on the blog) and went all-in on my company. In less than 2 years we came from my aunt’s basement to 20+ employees with over 3 million in revenue. I am not here to brag or to make anyone feel bad. I want to write this post as an excerpt for those out there with their head down, grinding day in and day out, with no light at the end of the tunnel. This is for those people to know if you keep it up. One day, it will happen.
As a college dropout, I was looked down upon by most of my friends and family. I was a straight-A student and did more activities than I can count on my hands and toes in high school. But I wasn’t learning in school. Soon after I found my passion for entrepreneurship. I was never in this for the money, but the thought of building something from the ground up excited me. Building things with…
