The Spinning Wheels Of Fastness: A Startups Burst

Now that's almost like what Paul Graham would name one of his essays. "The Spinning Wheels Of Fastness by Paul Graham" I can see it now on his funny, easy to use blog of essays, and his life as an entrepreneur and VC, as well as his former life as the head of Y Combinator.

This is my blog and I get to tell you what the title means. It's that oh so wonderful feeling every successful founder stumbled upon when they finally found the startup that was going to be a success. 

For me, the wheels of fastness are happening now with Passdown. It's like I do one thing hardly creative and it goes BOOM! People react in a way that they never did in my last startup build. I am taken back and shocked by this. I usually have a stunned look on my face while in my mind I process the reaction. 

Hmmmm. What did I say that was so different from my last startup I ponder. To me, I keep expecting people to react the same way as they did my last startup. " Oh, that sounds nice" No one ever was excited about my last startup, but now, it's different.

It seems to be that the spinning wheels of fastness are upon me. I also seem to be landing on every inch of luck that I can. To me, I think, that the startup idea itself takes on some sort of living power. It becomes some monster outside of myself, grabbing up all the life it can, then it returns it to me like a dog who fetched the ball. 

This monster wants me to be happy it's finding the ways to excite people with it's puppy floppy ears and a smile to lure in the disbelievers. 

All the days are spinning fast. The foundation build is quick, swift, and overflowing. Every stone that I needed to find, popped into the build as if, it had been waiting for me for years, ready to claim it's place amongst the bricks.

As a struggling founder of failed startups, I'm am spinning, with my arms stretched out, gathering in all the amazement of this surprise, this build is giving me. It's life all around me, reaching out and grabbing towards the beautiful gift Passdown is going to give humanity. People want it, and that want is leaking into my world, and I am gratefully receiving the response.

Soon I will be telling all of you what Passdown is, and how it will bless your life. To me, I am in the Startup Burst. The place where I have to accept the truth, that I helped build the path to create something great for humans. It's sort of a humbling place to be. And for now, I can only handle little bits of success.