Why NO Doesn’t discourage me

I wrote this in November 2016 after I decided to fully focus on PopCom (then Solutions Vending) and I was pitching to investors to raise seed funding to start developing the software. I found this in the notes section of my phone and was inspired to share. So much has changed since then, I have now raised $2.5M+ but this reminds me that it was my tenacity and resilience that got me this far.

I respect your no, but it won’t stop me. It actually fuels me, it excites me because I say yes, I invest in me. I put everything I have into this.

I wake up every day and say ‘yes’ to my dreams and goals. It’s the absolute hardest thing I’ve ever done but if I don’t say yes every single day then the yes I am looking for from someone else will never come.

Someone told me “…the helping hand you seek is at the end of your wrist”.

I am helping myself. I have been preparing for years for this.

My network is amazing. I am proudly one degree of separation between some of the most powerful and influential people in business, politics, sports, entertainment, and venture capital. I know many people who could make a phone call or cut a check and change my life and my business in an instant. I have close relationships with people who have the wealth and influence to make things happen for me. But I never ask, because…