Awakened (Bound Kitten Book 1) by Madilynn York

Author:Madilynn York [York, Madilynn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9798516264481
Publisher: All the Love
Published: 2021-06-14T16:00:00+00:00

May 17

Alright, David’s plan worked. She snapped me out of my funk. I’d wasted too much time already, nor could I worry about how much time I had wasted. Sunk cost. I’d wasted a month, what, would I waste another? I might remember the past, in order to best move forward, but I couldn’t afford to wallow in the past. Better to worry about the present and, to some extent, the future.

I offered to take a pay cut and to actively raise money. I could run crowdfunding projects for our clients, etc. It trickled in, at first, but as we grew and gained credibility, the investment sums became larger. I stepped up in every other way possible. Funding, as with any startup, remained our main concern. We had acquired a few new clients. I actively took a role in our fundraising efforts and did my best to head every initiative possible. I closed my first angel investor deal for the company and felt quite pleased with myself.

We moved through a series of potential, over the next few weeks, until we settled on this promising new project that could lead us to real stability, not the prospective stability like before. I broke further out of my shell. I had to, in these circumstances. I became the face of the company. The first impression. I faked confidence, and it turned out, faking it is indeed making it. I grew to love the glitzy networking evenings, flinging out business cards like confetti, and rubbing my sore feet each night before I crashed.

I learned more, faster. I learned subtleties of leadership. I learned to manage meetings (first rule of meetings, always have a reason to meet that can’t be accomplished through email or phone calls). I learned when to recognize the tone of someone ready for a phone call or meeting to be done.

I had to put together my team. Good things tend to do that, if you’re patient. Bad things happen simultaneously, but they’re easier to manage when good happens, too. That took some time to arrange. I learned from my mistake of hiring young and unreliable. We searched and found good, solid experienced team members.

I remember the first meeting I held. I pretended I knew how to lead. Fake it till you make it— and then keep faking it and keep making it. It took place at our headquarters. I had about as little clue as I do, six years later, but I learned that is normal. I had set up a conference call with members of our internal team, plus I spoke with professionals from across the country. Most of the people in the meeting were ten to fifteen years older than me.

Over the next few months, I would lead our Vegas team the best I could.

I wasn’t born yesterday, but I’d picked up a few things. I understand far more about starting a business, after helping others start theirs, than I ever had. It’s different, of course. The difference between caring for a child and raising your own.

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