Living the Startup Life

Yes, this is me sitting in my pjs, listening to music, and working my life away at 1:12 AM.  This is what an entrepreneur’s game face looks like.

So today we launched our private beta!!!  Woohoo!!!  It is actually a “Super” private beat, so you won’t get an invitation until next Monday.  Before today, I was in a real big slump.  We had no product, we just finished our website consulting client and there were no clients in site, the Machine Gun that I was working on was insanely mundane and boring, and I’ve been so far away from my team that at times I felt very alone.  When you’re in a rut, you become extremely depressing.  I swear I called Yu-kai a bunch of times just to get into random arguments.  I figured that if I could make Yu-kai miserable as well, then I would be happy.  Unfortunately, Yu-kai argues very well, so we usually end up in a stand-still.

Anyways… this is what you will have to deal with as an entrepreneur: no money, constant debates with your teammates, constant delays, and did I mention no money?  So why am I living this life?  Why did I give up my secure cubicle job to take on what seems like more than I can handle?

I take it on for moments like today

The feeling today was just so incredible! To actually have a product that you made online makes you feel incredibly accomplished.  All the months of planning, preparation, debates, and sleepness nights have finally turned into a tangible product - not a very well polished product, but we’ll get there soon enough.  Today I actually felt the possibility of succeeding.

So to all of you would-be entrepreneurs or currently struggling entrepreneurs, “The juice is definitely worth the squeeze.”  The struggling is, hard work, and sacrifice is worth seeing a product that you have made.

Now that the beta is up and we met our crunch-time deadline, I’ll be starting to post again on a consistent basis.  Look out for some more good stuff!!!