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Overtone turned 5 this month and I have such weird feelings. Most talk about entrepreneurship is very rosy and biased, so if you want an honest account here’s one:
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Building this business has been incredibly fun, and fulfilling, and rewarding in so many ways. It has also been brutal, and self-defeating, and collectively the most stressful thing I’ve ever done. I don’t regret it for a second, but god damn it has been hard.
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Creating a business model is easy. Problem solving is my favorite part of this job. Making money out of nothing is probably the thing I’m best at. None of these are the hard part. The hard part is everything in between. It’s everything you can’t put on paper.
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I have zero natural people skills. Before all this I didn’t understand humans on an empathetic level and I didn’t really care to. Overtone has given me an opportunity to see the very worst in people, but also the very best. Working for five years with a partner who is the complete opposite of me has taught me more about humans than most people learn in a lifetime. Liora likes to joke that I gave her a backbone and she gave me a soul. I think that’s about right.
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Anyway, to all of our team: you guys are amazing. You’re the best of us. You’re the reason this ship runs and you blow me away on a regular basis. I have all of you and Liora to thank for teaching me the power of people.
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To the earlier stage entrepreneurs: this is not a cautionary message, just an honest one. It’s worth it. If you can’t imagine doing anything else, you’re in the right place. Keep going. And get a good therapist.
The Asian Squat
Can you chill in a position like this? In Vietnam this is seen as a comfortable way to sit as its normal to see a bunch of people squatting like this at a bus stop for example. I kinda like it too. Maybe its the slav genetics in me.
Here I am squatting near the Hai Van Pass and Hai Van Tunnel. The pass is a coastal & mountain road, described as one of the best coastal roads in the world by Jeremy Clarkson and the tunnel is the longest one in South-East Asia. So, getting across the mountain has two world class options!
Fondasi adalah organisasi yang berperan secara aktif dalam memfasilitasi proses inovasi di Indonesia, khususnya terkait aspek pendanaan melalui kolaborasi dan sinergi yang harmonis antara investor dengan inovator dari seluruh Indonesia yang melibatkan pemerintah, perguruan tinggi, masyarakat, dan industri atau yang biasa disebut quadruple helix model.
Kami akan berperan menjadi portal informasi bagi startup anda untuk mendapatkan pendanaan berbentuk hibah selama anda bootstrapping, dan menjembatani anda ke untuk mendapatkan funding ke Venture Capital, Private Equity, hingga Angel Investor dari seluruh Indonesia.
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