A year has gone by and so has the startup I applied for. I have a brand new startup and it's so very new and crisp. It's hardly out of my brain and it's wowing people. I have spoken about this reaction I am getting to this startup as a reaction like no other startup I have built. I have said that it seems to make people get this sparkly look in their eyes and a magical expression on there face.
As a trep building failure after failure, this is a very odd place for me to be standing. Is it I have figured out how to sell people? Or is it that I have been blessed by the startup gods to create something people will want? Yeah, they might not know they want it, but when a person experiences the awe of it, they, usually, SPARKLE. It's really weird to me. Cause I've always lived in the world of rejection. The world of people wrinkling their forehead at me. This startup does not have that effect at all. It's an effect I have never seen.
I was at my day job today and I ran into Myra whom was the first person to light up and announce "I want to be a part of Passdown." Here she was again so lit up, tell me about your presentation! I told her how explosive perfectly it went, and she looked me dead center in the eye again and said "Cause this is supposed to be" "it's supposed to be"
In a weird way I think "I wish I knew what she knew" cause to me Passdown seems like all my other ideas, just some desire to make the world better,a passion built in me. Just something I chase, like I always have.
Yet, Passdown is breaking down paths on it's own. Blasting into life, it is. When I change the website, when I figure out how to say it to the masses. When people fully can walk in the light of what Passdown is. Yeah, they will be like Myra, and so many others. It's something for all of us. It's something amazing, that will impact the world. I do know that. The thing is I have the failure list on me. What if I can't reach people, and show them how cool Passdown is? What if I fail at the traction part? What if this beautiful baby dies, cause I didn't know how to be a successful entrepreneur? These thoughts haunt me as I pursue on.
I am in the process of applying to Y Combinator. I would like it if I could turn in my application right now, but I'm fine tuning. I want to present Passdown in the best possible light. Yes, they want to know about me, blah! It's Passdown that carries the shine. It's Passdown that makes people sparkle. I'm just the vessel it chose to deliver it. And I want to deliver it best I can, for you. Cause if Passdown gets built all people will enjoy it's gift. All people will be grateful. I can't rush, on building this gift for you.
Therefore I am not worried about jinxing this years application to Y Combinator, with weird ritual fantasy's my mind creates. My team has the same chance as any team. I do believe that the people of Y Combinator read every application. None of us are trash to them. They give every idea respect. If your team and my team are not chosen. Go forth and keep building, cause a different path awaits! There is always a path, even if it's not the one you wanted to go down.
Personally I started a thing on my blog about Y Combinator, I thought I should apply every year to Y Combinator until I'm 90 years old. It think this will be a good thing to blog about. "The woman who applies to Y Combinator every year, and never gets in" Then finally when she is 90 she gets in. Now that's a story!
Why Not? I learn something about myself and others each time I apply. Lets keep a good thing going ~ I'll let you know the day I hit SUBMIT. : - )
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