Glad you found it useful. If you can isolate money and time fears into separate tracks and deal with them independent of one another, then it is easier to then deal with what’s left over…. That’s what I have found…

The drama has been intense and it’s gonna take some time for everything to be revealed and for us to see who has what chips left…

I think part of the fear is across a few areas: 1) you fear losing the money; 2) you fear you won’t get a job; 3) you fear you have wasted time; 4) you fear the sequence of startup experiences pain a picture of you as a failure; 5) you fear this company won’t be successful (sales are flat).

1. the money is gone. It’s not coming back. There is nothing to fear. It just is what it is. Can’t do anything about it now.
2. the only way you could have wasted time was if you spent it doing destructive things instead of productive things. You don’t know what you have prepared yourself for so you have not wasted time. You banked time moving things forward, learning fast, adapting. Nothing wasted.
3. the job thing is an illusion. It is super easy to sell yourself in your CV and your job. Have the best stories when someone says “why did you leave that job?” You will fly though - people live risk takers.
4. same as 2 - just work out the narrative and some key annecdotal stories and you will be fine. Dust yourself off. Ask ChatGPT for some help and learn to present yourself strongly and own your experience.
5. this company is not dead. If it is sales you need, then all hands to the pump. I have been at rock bottom with a company and within a couple of years it became a juggernaut and today it is worth $7bn. It ain’t over yet.

Big part is you owning your fear and then figuring out how to cut through despite that fear being present.

Appreciate the post - I think we all get something from an authentic post like this.

You are welcome!

No it’s a fixed fee.

It sounds like you know what you want and you are on your way to getting it. Do you have any more specific questions?

Pick a niche of content creators and eCommerce stores you love - or know a bit about … talk to them a bit and tell them your ideas and see which video portfolio idea pops. Then make something for them and use that as your portfolio. Convert them to a paying customer and then win more from the work you did. You are super close to smashing it.

I think the best approach is to try to stack the odds in your favour. Keep costs down, spend a lot of time with customers so you know their pain points and then just get started when you see the window of opportunity. Grab it and start moving forward - one happy customer at a time…

I don’t have the answers but the focus you have is awesome. I am sure you will make it.

What a great post. Thanks for sharing the journey you have been on!

Great to see you post this and good luck…

This is great. The key is to be able to sell this to Enterprise clients. Let me know if you get stuck with that (I have a Gen Ai Sales Academy for selling to Enterprise: https://www.kegai.io/generative-ai-sales-academy). What’s the pricepoint for this?

I think both are true - the idea is incredibly important and you can change to another idea if you realize that in the pursuit of your idea you find something better.

And the execution of the idea is the really tricky part where the rubber hits the road and you actually form all the aspects of what the service or product offering really is…

Risk everything in on what you love…. Just chip away at things without seeing the obvious payback…. This leads to greatness…. Where you heart is engaged you bring a delight to everything and your dreams manifest…

You are leveling up is all. This dissatisfaction that’s getting you feeling like a loser is making you really drive yourself to the next level. It means you have awareness. That fuels your growth!