No problem @jimbo, i do really hope we can still keep talking, I'll add you to my follow list (btw you can see who you follow and more cool info on steemstats.com, not spamming haha)
There's a lot of people that just want to cash-in in steemit... for me... it's an opportunity that i've never had before... to be heard, listen and help others, without borders, or false sense of national belonging. But I digress...
Thank you for listening to my ongoing story, it's really happening all too fast. But thankfully I have a wornderful supportive family, and a Kickass co-founder. (I had to experiencie the departure of 4 co-founders until I met the one.)
Regarding your questions, i'd be glad to share my responses:
- Financial Position: Right before I was about to finish my contract and decided to quit my job I was having paychecks of 640 USD per month, not much really, but it was enough to get by and.
- I had enough funds to support myself for 6 months, plus I decided to borrow a personal loan from Bancomer (at that time it was a really good deal because I could ask for it from my mobile app of bancomer, with no background credit checks or anything too rigoruous, I borrowed 3,990 USD so that I could buy an upcoming powerhouse mining rig for bitcoin - It may seem financially unresponsible but life is for the risk takers right ?
- I incentivise my team by making them believe in me, plus equity, the same equal equity for the cofounders involved. Until now I haven't been able to pay my cofounder, only a dev practitioner, pay him small amount for a month, with a LOT of flexibility. The power of my carefully selected words to convey my message and vision of a startup that could be a gamechanger for problems that could be solved... that made me more believable.
- There's really not much to say, I'm using lean startup method, trying to figure out every possible key partners and key resources, A/B testing and see what works best and for the less cost. LOTS of trial and error. I haven't acquired investment yet.... investors in Mexico are not keen for high risk decisions and investments (sucks) but they do this for a reason, they believe in traction and validation. Still, my accelerator has access to funds, so they will made the right connection at the right time for funding.
- At first it made feel liberated, focused, i really could do anything. I used that momentum for building the startup. But then my feeling of anxiosness, and impotence became a 10x-anxiousness/nervous/and panicking, i felt lost, lonely and discouraged.... many many times. By desire to succeed with my startup clashes with my desire to have a good sanity. Still I try to feed the good wolf with positive and wishful thinking... here comes to play the family, spending time with them listen to their good supportive wishes and inspiring words makes me feel happy and keep going forward. Friends really don't care at this point, they say they "do" care, but they won't understand your path, until they think you've reach your goal, although we both know our journey never ends.
- Still feel the need, it's a good driver. Always keep at it, pivoting as long as I need to, building as many startups as I need to. I'd say that I need to push "smarter" rather than "harder", I'm always thinking of ways of doing things differently, and see the best outcome. I would not consider going back to work for somebody else, unless I need desperate funding for my startup. Last resort.
- At first it was really hard for them to understand, they thought that I had a really good job that I had to take care of...always making sure of not getting myself fired... instead of thinking about growth and legacy. I prepared them with months of anticipation and valid arguments until I took the leap, and they've grown supportive... father, mother, grandparents and the like. "Friends" really don't give a damn. True friends have supported me by giving me good wishes also, and when going out sometimes they offer me to do things or go to places that are not expensive and equally fun.
Thank you for your wishes my friend, I do have a website and a facebook page of two of my startups: the big one ( Payzi - it's on spanish because of my target market being on Mexico) and the other one is Emprendevision. I'd love to get your feedback. Also if you could drop by to my posts and tell me what you think about my content... that'd be great.
Cheers.
Wow, steamstats.com is incredible. Thanks for this and for sharing your journey, very interesting. I love the look of your site, bootstrap rocks :) It's comments like these that give me the encouragement to pursure my ambition.
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hahah it's not 100% finished. But I really appreciate your feedback. We'll improve ! Keep fighting the good fight
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