I’ve reviewed a lot of resumes on here that asked to be roasted and have even helped a few people who DMed me their resume for private critiques. (No, I don’t charge, but I don’t always have the time to help when asked.) I also tend to do well on interviews: my last three face-to-face interviews resulted in three job offers. But I still get flustered, frustrated and impatient with the application to interview process. Should it be useful, and I hope it is, I’ve decided to share my reflections on my current campaign for better employment.
Mini bio. 2 years as an FA at F500 tech company, plus multiple stints in accounting at mid-sized companies. Total comp at an SFA level for my region, which is typical for tech. Bored, skills underutilized, and looking for an opportunity to add greater value.
Resume. I did multiple tests in April and May to see if my resume was effective. Each time, I applied to a dozen or so positions that I was qualified for and got 3-5 interview requests. All of them came within a week of applying, so I would assume more than two weeks without an interview request means the company isn’t interested.
Applications. LinkedIn is a garbage dump when it comes to their “Easy Apply” job postings. 95% of those postings are from external recruiters for jobs that may or may not exist. Their general listings for SFA have been light of late and I’ve had to page through pages of “related opportunities” that aren’t. Having said that, I have gotten almost as many interview requests from LinkedIn applied positions as from Indeed. Also, I have a couple thousand connections on LinkedIn, so odds are there’s a 1st connection at the company who I can inmail my resume and that I applied for the position: if you are a 1st connection with an HR director or manager, there’s a greater chance of getting an interview request within one day of your inmail.
Indeed’s “make your resume public” option got me one decent outreach from a company when I first did this, but since then it’s just been emails from recruiters pitching random crap. It’s a useful app and I appreciate that they show the estimated salary range for most positions: a lot of interesting opportunities if money wasn’t a concern, but it definitely is.
Company applications can cause me to pass on completing them. I got an email reminder this morning to complete a 45 minute assessment they give to all applicants, regardless of the position or whether you’ll even get a phone screen. Hard pass. It doesn’t have to be an Indeed easy apply application but ffs be reasonable.
Interviews. I started interviewing this week.
The first interview was for a Senior [Business Unit] Analyst and was heavy on preparing reports and effectively communicating data to drive business decisions over the business unit. I therefore used the “Tell me About Yourself” question to provide examples from each job of how I effectively used different communication approaches (emails, spreadsheets, visualizations) that resulted in better business decisions or needed action. It’s all about selling from the first minute. (They wanted to bring me in for an interview but when I found out that the pay for this “senior analyst” was equivalent to the high-end of an FA pay range, I passed.)
The second interview was with a software company. It was for an FA role, but it was tech and they reached out to me on LinkedIn, so I figured the comp might be acceptable. The incoming phone number said “Scam likely,” which wasn’t a promising sign. The HR recruiter said they’d already hired a half dozen FAs in the past month, which is never a good sign: either there was a mass exodus of staff or everyone’s new and it will be the blind leading the blind. The nail in the coffin was the extremely low salary range and only a 6% annual bonus.
Rejections. I’ve gotten some lovely rejection emails from some very fine companies. Not exactly sure why companies bother with this: it used to be extremely demotivating to receive these earlier in my career. Now I just file them and may search for them if I’m applying again to the company and want to know how long it’s been since my last application.

First
Capes and Conundrums
“Alright, watch and learn kiddo.” Deadshot says as he brings his gun into position. “Most people think that a rifle is a point and click answer to their problems. Point, pull the trigger and problem solved. Those people are idiots.”
“Oh?” The Merc beside him says. Since Deadshot was categorically a solo act and maybe on occasion has some mooks to do the heavy lifting having someone hang around close would be an issue. So the excuse was he was training another sniper. Franchising as it were.
“Okay, really quick out of character.” Silicon says.
“Yeah?” Pavel asks.
“How the hell are you going to cause half of that construction to come apart with a bullet? I understand it’s not massively up to code, but at the same time. A bullet is small. It has only so much kinetic energy it can carry and if you bring Axiom into this you’re setting up a flare.”
“Architecture and physics.” Pavel says as he adjusts the gun and then leans away from it. “Look down the scope. It should start to make sense.”
“That’s one of the main cables of that sign. But there’s at least one more and it only needs one to stay upright.”
“Look at the angle, also remember I’ve got a reinforced bullet for this one. It’s designed to stay intact and ricochet.” Pavel says and Silicon rises up to look at the back of the sign again and mentally trace where the bullet will go.
“You’re going to shatter one support and weaken the other.”
“Yes.”
“That is an absurd level of accuracy.”
“When the Undaunted claim to be better than the best of the best, it’s not idle boasting.” Pavel states as he takes a full shooting position again.
“So what’s the event in question?”
“We’re going to move along five positions and they have to find our ‘safe house’ in the point between them all. For that we’re going to need to leave some clues at each one. This first position to let people know they need to look is going to have the bullet casing, the bipod and of course the imprints we’re leaving on the roof gravel. For the next one we’re butting a type of polish on our boots that will get easily rubbed off so they get that, the casing and the imprint.”
“Are we leaving three clues at each place?”
“Yes. Some more obvious than others. Which reminds me.” Pavel says before digging out and tossing a wrapped bar at Silicon. “Eat that. It’s the third clue for the third location. Each one gets a bullet casing and the imprint of us hanging around.”
“What’s the fourth clue then?”
“A novelty sticker from a nearby business. It’ll let all the girls on the case know that Deadshot is staying nearby and has at least a hotel room, if not a full on base of operations.”
“And the last one?”
“Hardest one of all. Only two clues. The imprint and the casing.”
“And the ultimate place is in the middle of all of it...”
“Not exactly middle, but a place where you can reach all five locations without being spotted on a camera. Which is why we’re going there and then back out to relocate each time. So I hope you’re ready to take the stairs, because we got cardio in our future.”
“Oh joy.” Silicon says before a small timer goes off and Pavel grins.
“Show time.” He says as he double checks the wind, tastes the air and then slowly squeezes the trigger on his rifle.
The rifle is silenced and therefore the first sound that the danger makes is the calamitous clang as the grip of the frist cable is shattered and the still very active bullet goes careening downwards and slams into the base that holds the second cable. Cracking it ever so slightly.
Even from their position on the building, both men can hear the screaming groan as the metal slowly gives before the sign suddenly collapses forward and slams into the ‘civilians’ that Deadshot was hired to kill.
“Time to go.” Pavel says rising up as he disengages the bipod mount.
“Really? We’re just going down the stairs?” Silicon asks.
“The elevators have cameras, and the stairwells only have camera’s above the doors. However, the five buildings we’re using are in the middle of a maintenance upgrade that was massively overbooked as about fifteen different buildings decided they wanted the upgrades all at the same time. So these five are at the end of the list.” Pavel explains as he walks down.
“But the older security networks...” Silicon says.
“Pardon, I should have been more clear. The removal of the old equipment is already done for these five buildings, the actual replacement parts are not currently available.”
“And since the stairs are rarely used the security cameras in here are the last of the last priority.” Silicon says and Pavel nods.
“That’s right. Now we need to be able to get to our next location in a hurry. So time to skip some stairs.” Pavel says as he jumps down one flight and then flings himself down the next.
Silicon teleports down to the bottom but only has a few moments before Pavel arrives. He then waves for Silicon to follow him and then leads him through the building in a very strange, roundabout manner.
“We’re avoiding all the cameras they have left aren’t we?” Silicon asks and Pavel nods as he casually exits the building. He also points up and Silicon sees many Sonir in the air, a lot of them in Batman outfits of some kind and clearly scanning the upper areas and completely missing the two men casually walking around dressed like Deadshot with one of them lugging around a gun roughly as big as he is.
“Hey! Hey hey hey! You’re one of the actors right? Playing a bad guy?” A young Sonir girl asks flapping up to them. She’s tiny, dressed in all pink and clearly has gotten into at least a small amount of glitter lately.
“That’s right. Is there something you want?” Pavel asks in amusement.
“Can I take a picture?” She asks holding up her communicator.
“Sure thing little lady.” Pavel answers and she all but throws herself at him and turns in midair.
“Say boogers!” She exclaims.
“Boogers?!” Pavel demands before he hears the little camera go off a few times and she slides down with a giggle to examine her new selfie with the supervillain.
“Thank you mister badguy! Have fun!” She says rushing off with a laugh.
“Well that was adorable. Let’s keep moving.” Pavel states before they cross the street and make it into an a mall. A mall where he immediately leads Silicon into a side passage that’s lacking any kind of signs whatsoever.
“Where are we?”
“The building layout had some design fails. There are unregistered rooms back here. Well... not so much rooms as unused space, gaps between the stores. No security, no cameras, not even on the registration.”
“So is this tresspassing?’
“Even if we hadn’t informed the owners and legally rented the space? No. The place isn’t technically on the building plans so even if we squatted here it wouldn’t be a crime. But since we’re renting it, as is, we’re not only allowed in here, but are the only ones allowed.” Pavel explains as he opens a semi-hidden doorway to reveal.
“A sniper’s lair.” Silicon notes.
“That’s right.”
“This is an almost unfair test. They have to figure out that you weren’t spotted because you avoided the cameras, then look at a building’s blueprints and find out that there’s one place with none whatsoever.”
“That’s right. This is what level four puzzle challenge is about. If they catch us, it’s a win. But catching us is the hard part.” Pavel says and Silicon considers.
“I mean... this seems a little... I don’t know? Unfair?”
“It’s a riddle. Not every problem is solved by shooting things or using brute force.” Pavel replies as he fetches his replacement bipod. “Alright. Time to go. After I fire my shot the girls will all be given a warning about the second crime scene. They can then trace the bullet trajectory to our new location.”
“I still say it’s asking a bit much of people.”
“It’s far more data than Batman in the comic gets.”
“I don’t think comparing people to a person who’s superpower seems to be hyper-intelligence and a hefty dose of denial is fair either.” Silicon notes before Pavel leads him out.
“Probably not.” He admits and they’re shortly out of the mall and climbing up the stairs of another high rise.
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She rushes to the scene of the next crime. It’s just like the last one. Massive collateral damage, one shot. A single attack, a single actioan and dozens of lives are done. It’s meticulous, it’s brilliant, it can only be Deadshot with that kind of aim and...
“Hey we got one too deep here!” Someone calls out and she’s pulled out of her head.
“What? That... I what?” She asks and looks around. The mannequins in a state of placement. The ‘explosion’ caused by the perfect unleashing of a gas valve that was sheered by a bullet. It blew out the front of a restaurant and left it a mess with all the mannequins in pieces.
“You were brooding girl! I could tell! You were forgetting to pull yourself out!” The other Sonir says and she holds her head.
“I was, wasn’t I?” Damn that’s not good.
“You alright there Batman?” The Undaunted playing the part of Jim Gordon asks.
“Fine, I’m... fine...” She says examining the area again. She lets out tiny pulses of sound and hears the place. The tiny hole where the bullet went through. The scalpel precise sheering of the pipe. No actual restaurants here used gas stoves, so it HAD to be part of the entire event. But still...
She lets out a little click and then imagines a straight line going backwards. Directly from the hole. She turns and sees the top of a large building nearby lines up nearly perfectly with it. “Up there!”
That said she takes off and gains altitude fast. Climbing upwards on the ash flecked wind until she crests over top. Empty already. She lets out a supersonic pulse and there’s a shape far different from the rest among the gravel atop the roof. A little cylinder. One that still stinks ever so slightly as she leans in close.
She steps around the slight indents suggesting where Deadshot laid and sees a slight smudging of some substance on the gravel as well. She doesn’t know what it is but...
“This... what is the puzzle?” She asks herself out loud. “There has to be some kind of answer to this.”
“There’s something up with you isn’t there?” Another Sonir asks as she alights on the landing. She looks back to where more are joining. “If you want it to stay private, keep it in your head. We all have good hearing sister.”
“I...” She begins before swallowing it.
“If you’re not up for these challenges then you’re not up for them and that’s that, there’s nothing to be ashamed of. These are for fun. No one’s lives actually depend on them. There’s no one getting hurt if you don’t do them.”
“Except maybe her ego!” One of the other Sonir calls out and there’s laughter from a friend that lands beside her.
There’s another indicator of the next part of the scene in just a few minutes and they all get the address. A police dispatch stating that a vehicle has had it’s tire shredded and gone wildly out of control.
She stays behind a bit as she thinks. Before sighing and deciding to fly away. Not really feeling her best today. Although completely unsure as to why. Something’s up, but she can’t figure out what.
She sends a message that she’s bowing out of the rest of the little context and will not be taking part of any more for the rest of the day. There’s a brief moment where she smirks as she confirms that no, it’s not something The Undaunted have done, she’s just not at her best.
She swoops downwards and lands at street level in a few moments.
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“Excuse me miss.” Pavel says as he moves around the freshly landed Sonir woman and she outright stares at both him and Silicon as they move towards the next sniping positin. “Something wrong?”
“I bow out of the competition and I stumble on you moving?”
“Life’s funny isn’t it? Sorry, but I have to go.” Pavel says before rushign away with Silicon in tow.
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PS: I really need to figure out what's killing my motivation. My mind keeps wandering and I just can't focus. I don't want to start guzzling caffeine again... but this is getting out of hand.

Heya Everyone! ✨
Figured I would give it a try making a post on here. I am a college student and my hobbies are music, reading, anime/manga, and gaming. I live in the northeast of the U.S also known as the New England area and I am only looking for someone in the area to befriend and hang with. Not sure if this sub reddit is for dating or friends but my primary reason posting here is to make friends locally whom I may have the opportunity to meet some day. I'm not put off by the idea of dating, as I am bisexual and have been with a guy before. But dating to me comes with time if we really click as friends for a bit. ~
Description 🍥
For the most part I'm pretty introverted but I'm not too shy. I just need time to recharge alone if I was hanging with someone for awhile. To give a little description of myself I'm pretty short for a 26yr ol male. I am like 5'2 last I checked? Skinny and I have long black hair that is naturally wavy/curly that goes down to my shoulders. My face is clean shaven but can't exactly say the same elsewhere, though it's not like I'm hairy either I don't think, but it's not like anyone notices since I'm covered up in a hoodie or long sleeve shirts n such. I'm Hispanic/Latino. PR 🇵🇷 to be exact if that matters. (Yo puedo hablar poco de español pero yo me prefiero ingles si esta bien)~
About Me/Hobbies 🎮
When I'm not busy with college assignments I often enjoy listening to music. When it comes to music I love taking turns sharing and listening with someone. It gives an opportunity for us to be introduced to something new. Lyrics in music often encompass a lot of thoughts and feeling I have trouble communicating. They often encompass and reveal a lot of how I kinda think, feel, and process many things in life. If u are similar to me in that regard, it may make for some interesting convos if u are a curious individual. Curious people are very comforting for me to talk to, so by all means if u are comfortable with it, say whatever u would like to say. I love going on about ideas and tangents with someone for a good bit. It leaves me feeling refreshed in gaining new perspectives and learning from someone.
With gaming there's not much to say. I really love fighting games and would ideally love someone who is just as into them to play with! For sure one of the easiest ways to connect with me but not the only. Guilty Gear is my favorite fg but with the release of Street Fighter 6 recently, I have been playing that game a lot! I enjoy attending locals often to hang with some friends and enter in some bracket tourneys. Outside of fighting games I love playing Yu-Gi-Oh or relaxing playing various games on my PS1 and PS2 emulators.
With anime I like a variety of generes and have watched many shows. Perhaps I can I send u my MAL or Anilist. But my favorite has to be Spice and Wolf (all time fav) and my current favorite anime/manga has to be Call of the Night. (current fav). ~
Wrapping things up 🎁
To wrap things up here, I apologize for giving u so much to read. But if u did I really am appreciative of that! I value communication and let's just take these step by step and feel each other out and go with the rhythm. I am still new to same-sex dating so I apologize if my texts seem bland or come off as if I'm disinterested. I am used to my last relationship with a guy being like a very intimate friendship or bromance of sorts if that makes sense? I have a discord and would prefer that as the main platform to communicate. If we connect with each other over text, I would not mind possibly hanging out in a call and from there let things work its own magic. 🪄 Thank u so much for reading! Chao! ~💖

I had no clue, cause my work’s been busy and I haven’t been able to go… that’s so sad, man. I wonder when it happened. It was only feasible for me to go cause it was so close to me. North Monroe is a stretch, so I may just be cancelling to go to Seminole Strength.

Hey everyone! So I’m a new student to microbiology, and also a sufferer of around 2 1/2 years ongoing of severe GI disorder symptoms. I’m currently working with a doctor on identifying the issue and beginning treatment, but she discussed with me that she met with a panel of doctors about my case and one of them was adamant that while my test did not pick it up, he was sure I have Entamoeba Hystolitica (“textbook case” was the term used, he said it’s rare that it is detected in GI maps).
I’ve tried researching pubmed and finding firsthand accounts of this infection on Reddit, but there are only a total of like 5 posts that mention it. I really can’t seem to find any solid info about it at all, let alone what a longer-term case of it might look like.
My questions are: - what do you know about Entamoeba Hystolitica personally?

• What are the usual symptoms, and is it possible to have it go somewhat dormant but still have it for 2 1/2 years?
  
• Is it difficult to get rid of, and if so, how would one get rid of it without the use of antibiotics? (I realize that’s a ridiculous question for most, but antibiotics are how my gut became this vulnerable in the first place - about 4 months before I got extremely ill, I was put on 3 rounds of antibiotics - same when I was an infant - I simply can’t afford to take them anymore and need creative solutions).
  

Extra context: I’m pretty sure what triggered my illness was food poisoning. I now have severe food intolerances to the point where I v*mit everything up that isn’t lean chicken, bone broth, and a small amount of cooked down vegetables. I have to take digestive enzymes with every meal or it all comes back up. I have IBS-C/SIBO.
Heart-attack like symptoms come on when I engage my core even the smallest amount, and within 10-15 minutes my vision blacks out, hearing goes out, loss of sensation in limbs and numbness, vertigo/dizziness, abdominal pains and back pains, extreme flue like symptoms, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, need to vmit and dfecate at the same time but can’t, cold sweats, impending sense of doom, etc. I always end up in the ER and they always tell me I’m perfectly healthy on paper.
between episodes I feel tired and bloat a lot after meals but otherwise feel somewhat normal. I still have some weight on me somehow. heightened IGG4 levels as well despite no clear autoimmune disorder. I just really don’t understand how my symptoms can be so severe and then level out for weeks or months as though I’m just mildly ill or tired. I’ve had every scan, x-ray, mri, etc and everything except my liver scan, stomach motility scan, and ovary scan came back completely normal. I have unexplained NAFLD (doctors’ words), low stomach motility, and PCOS. Obviously I know these conditions link up somehow and are likely due to the infection, but I’m not asking about that.
I just want to know more about Entamoeba Hystolitica specifically, how it shows up usually as an infection, and how it is usually cleared. Is it likely that I even have it? If not, what could I have infection-wise? I’ve covered most other bases with my doctor and addressed my other health issues, including hormone imbalances and adrenals.
Just very confused about all this and figured I should give this subreddit a shot. Thanks for reading if you do !
I received all my vaccines as a kid and got the covid vaccine 6 months before I got sick with these symptoms. I received a booster around 4 months into it. The booster did not seem to impact me negatively.

My bike was stolen from a supposedly secure bike shed in my building where I stored it with locks. I pay a monthly fee to use the building’s common areas, including the bike shed. The building's security is questionable as anyone can enter and it's easy to access the bike shed. Can I hold the building accountable for my stolen bike? If so, how?

So I got a message that account is suspended with no time written on it. On the internet it said suspensions were 1 to 2 days and usually you had to have had multiple to get disabled. However for me it says, login and message within 180 days or account will be permanently disabled. Can anyone tell me what happened and what can I do ? How to appeal this ? Does the appeal work ? Has it worked for anyone yet ? Any help is much appreciated.
For context this is my original account, I have used it all my life and my family and friends I talk to them on this. It is my memory of my entire youth and life I don’t want to lose it. Is there any chance for it to be recovered ?
Thanks. I am kind of freaking out

So I'm a adulting and job noob. I was wondering how much of my paycheck I should be aiming to actually put in my bank account after factoring all of the costs per month such as taxes, investment in 401k, groceries, gas, rent etc.

For reasons I'm sure I don't need to explain on this subreddit, I struggle with spontaneity. I don't like last minute changes to my routine or agreeing to big plans without time to think. Positive or negative, I need time to cope with a change of plans or to commit myself to going somewhere. I cancel plans a lot, because my social battery self destructs or anxiety takes over. I say all of this because last week I very spontaneously agreed to fill in for a coworker in 5k one week away. Another coworker I want to impress asked me to join up because she genuinely enjoys spending time with me and they needed someone. I said yes on a whim but had to fully commit within minutes because my schedule would have to be changed. To be clear, I am not a runner. I have recently been getting a lot fitter (I lost 20 kg after a lot of hard work), and I have an active job, but I had never even gone on a single jog when I agreed to do this. I wanted to bail basically every minute afterwards, but I thought it could be a really good test for me and how far I've come. I did a very minimal amount of training this week and just hoped for the best. Yesterday was the big day and I was incredibly nervous. It was a team relay and I was the last one, so I had already watched 4 of my team members complete and look completely exhausted by theirs. I was brimming with anxiety for hours. Everyone knew I had no training and they were nothing but supportive, with no expectations for speed or anything like that, but I was still so scared of not being good at something I'd never done before. But I did it. It was one of the hardest things I've ever done physically and mentally. Less than a kilometer in I was already telling myself I'd made a huge mistake and wouldn't be able to finish, but I kept going. I sped walked a good portion of it, because I didn't have the endurance to keep a steady pace at a higher speed. But i never stopped. I talked myself through it, I used the cheering to bolster me, and I ended strong with my wife and coworkers there to support me. Two of my other coworkers that had already run 5k themselves met me by the last kilometer marker to run alongsidr me and cheer me on and motivate me to finish. I cried for the longest time afterwards from the exhaustion but I DID IT. I did it. I'm crying as I'm typing this, because I'm so overwhelmed by how proud of myself I am. I'm still early in my journey toward diagnosis, I'm still figuring things out, but I pushed myself to do something so huge. I didn't bail or pretend to be sick or give up. This is very rambly and unnecessarily long, so if anyone was kind enough to read this far, thank you. On top of it all, I managed to finish in only 40 mins, and I'm damn proud of that too. I thought for sure I was the last person to finish, but I wasn't 😂

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"Hello,
I'm a US citizen currently operating a small and local sewing shop in Turkey. Our product line includes socks, t-shirts, and shirts, among other items. I'm interested in expanding my business to sell our products in the USA, but I'm unsure about how to proceed. I have several questions regarding the whole process: - What are the key steps I need to follow to import clothes from Turkey to the USA for commercial purposes? - What are the specific regulations in both the USA and Turkey that I need to be aware of? - How do I determine the import duties that will be applied on my products? - What's the process for dealing with customs in the USA, and are there any resources available to guide me through this? - Are there any legal considerations I should know about? - Are there any general tips or pitfalls I should be aware of when importing clothing to the USA?
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I'm very new to international trade, and I appreciate any advice, resources, or guidance you can provide to help me get started. Thank you!"

In 2013 I moved to NYC with big dreams of making it somehow, someway, in something. I knew nobody, had no connections, my English was good but not great and I had never before started a company of any kind.
Company 1: in 2014 I launched Beyond Neutral it was an organic cold pressed alkaline forming line of fresh juices (when juicing was a real trend). Our problems were: 1. Saturated market 2. Short shelf life 3. Some were high in sugar 4. Needed refrigeration 5. Pricey
Company 2: In 2015 we pivoted to Shotco. A line of organic shots. Meant to be taken at diftimes of day like a vitamin. These shots solved many of our previous problems but they created one big one. At the time it wa only us and maybe 2 other companies, we were going to need to do a lot of consumer education. We raised a 6 figure seed round but ultimately after 2+ years we shut down the company.
Company 3: 4 Months before Covid hit I had this idea to eliminate single use cups in coffee shops. The idea was a cup that would connect to an app, you would pre order your coffee, and the barista could scan and make your desired cup. I raised a small pre seed of 50k, found a manufacturer in China but right then Covid hit and we hit a wall. Our biggest issue was that coffee shops would not under any circumstance accept cups from outside and China was a big issue as well. Bye Bye coffee business.
Company 4: This was more of a little side project, Lettair was a way to write someone a lettair online and we would create and mail the actual thing on your behalf. Bad idea, bad execution, i shut it down pretty quickly.
Company 5: 2021: Wilder a marketplace for booking outdoor guides. This was crazy, I managed to get a decent amount of hype with people who wanted to join the company, people who wanted to invest and I was able to create a waitlist of a few hundred ppl before we even launched. however within a few months (as we were building) my cofounder left unexpectedly (family issues was the official story) and after that everything kinda dissolved fairly quickly with a couple of months. The momentum, the hype, the inertia, all gone.
Company 6: 2023, I reconnected with a childhood friend who I hadn’t talked to in a longtime. We had a long conversation and at the end decided to both make a list of potential idea we would like to work on. Which is how The Woof was born. While its still early we are both really into it, enjoying what we are dong, enjoying working together and solving problems and learning how we grow & scale. So far we are happy with our progress and hope we can hit our end year goal.
Conclusion: While I still do not have that fairytale ending (yet) I never let my failures dissuade me from trying again, learning my lessons and improving. Dont listen to all the overnight success stories you see on social media they are either lies or outliers. Most of the entrepreneurs I know and have chatted to have taken the long hard road. If you fail 3 times, you get up 4 times. Dont let the fact that it didn’t go your way today, stop you from trying tomorrow, that's it.