Working On Making Something Out Of Nothing

I have come back from the crippling effect of grief. I'm pushing forward on the the very idea of a startup. The idea. We have that in place. Know that, ideas of a startup change. That is our beautiful gift. We surge forward with the idea, and it changes and grows.

I took this photo. Pretty amazing Colorado I'd say.

We are working on things that might be small. Ways to get this startup to the next milestone. It's beautiful. I'm engaging with people who can help Passdown grow. To me as a founder I'm honored by the people who have said "we want to help in this project" I feel really blessed. 

It's a bunch of high school kids, and they believe.

I have chosen a traction channel that is not listed in the Traction book that is in my top ten list. (picked by you) The thing is that book has taught me something. Traction is gained by many different ways. Not just the nineteen traction channels in the book! It's any way you can get it,if you ask me.

This means you do the scary unthinkable. Get Traction no matter how.

We are doing a very old school channel, but I'm adding my twist on it, and the young high school adults are so, into it. We are using art infused with personal. 

Totally happy I am, that I can give young people the opportunity to learn about startup building, as well as the gift of raising money for their summer mission trip to Japan. Yes, they will succeed at going to Japan and spreading good will, but Passdown might not succeed.

Most startups ultimate demise. Always seek to not be this.

I will be meeting with these young kids and discussing the project in a few days. To me I am so happy. They may help a startup to become immense in growth, or they will see what happens to ninety eight percent of us. Failure. No matter which way it goes, people learned something. That's important.

Grow your startup with ways that others do not. It's a crap shoot. Roll the dice and take action on things you think would not help you. Cause maybe it will. 

Can't say if this will work, but be assured I will tell you about it all the way.

Keep building your startups ~ it's important

Denver Startup Week Rehersal

On September 16th, I will be presenting Passdown, during the Denver Startup Week. So here is my confession. I have not spoke in front of an audience since eighth grade. Gee, that's a long time.........ago

Of all the things a founder must do, public speaking is at the top of of my list of the most frightening things to do. Yet, this is one of the nineteen traction channels I have read about in my most favorite book of the moment. TRACTION by Gabriel Weinberg and Justin Mares.

Traction is even a bigger problem than running out of money for your startup. One of the reasons I believe this to be true, is that many of the things founders must do to get traction, are extremly horrifying experiences, like public speaking. Most of us treps are introverts, or at least, we like the comfy little shell of just creating. We have no skills to tell the world about what we think is the greatest thing ever and that they need it. 

During tonight's rehearsal for the upcoming presentation, yeah, I went totally BLANK on lines I knew. I would be going along explaining Passdown, and then complete and utter darkness came over my mind and what I knew was an empty space of nothingness. Not good. You see this public speaking is like being an actor and you have to know your lines. Yet, I did know my lines, but where did they go? They alluded me to a room of emptiness. They left me standing there all alone. 

I hope that when I present Passdown at Insight Night, that I will be able to not freeze and have blank spots in my speech. I want so deeply for people to learn about Passdown. I suppose if I totally screw the presentation up, one can always go to the webside passdownapp.com and check it out. I still have yet to launch it,( launched! now live) as I have been working on this 'surprise' traction channel that fell into my lap. 

Pray for me, to not screw it up, and to NAIL IT. Because Passdown is for every connected person. It's free and it's super smoking awesome. When you understand it, I bet, you will get all magical and sparkly. That's what it seems to do, to people who get it. May you be magical and sparkly!