What's your biggest regret? 🙃
Frank Sondors
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For me, it's not starting my own startup earlier.
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Mark Sachintha@marksachintha
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Zapmail : Slack as an email service
Not launching sooner, but we are launching Zapmail tomorrow
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@marksachintha Hey Mark, What are you going to launch?
We are launching our product in a week!
Not fighting for my dreams because I looked at them as something unrealistic to achieve.
Tbh, Losing the balance between developing my career and improving myself.
Not structuring our org and forecasting cash flow sooner
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@shariexyz cashflow is important. Can you elaborate on the org part? Like dividing responsibilities and conquering the market?
TapRefer
Not Failing Fast⏩
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Mailforge
Not following my heart when it came to my dreams
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Mailforge
No regrets so far.
If something has happened in the past differently, I wouldn't have been in a place where I'm now.
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A big regret would be getting stuck on those regrets. Spending too much time in the past won't let you move forward. Your past is a series of lessons to help lead you to a future of success. Lessons, not regrets, are great motivators.
I didn't fight for my dreams because I believed they were impossible to obtain.
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@jayphelpsme and now?
Waiting for something to happen, That would be my biggest regret.
Giving up with my project as soon as I got a few problems
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Mailforge
@alexandre_santos6 did you start a new project?
I try to don't think to my regrets for not become sad. Mind Is tricky.
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@alex_tiglas agree. How do you switch off from that?
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I guess not learning coding when I was choosing career path?
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Mailforge
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Waiting over a year to go from idea to launch. I just launched today. I could have launched as recently as 60 days ago but didn't.
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@trevorwhite why didn't you? What took you so long?
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hey there bro! ah, the question of 'regrets'. quite a perspective, isn't it? 🤔
i like to think of it this way: regrets are simply lessons dressed in hindsight. yes, we might look back and wish we’d made different decisions. but each step, each detour, every moment spent seemingly ‘in the wrong place’ led us here, to who we are now.
your journey to starting your own startup wasn't just about the moment you officially launched. it was about all the experiences, lessons, failures, and triumphs you had along the way. they've shaped you, made you the founder you are today.
instead of thinking of 'not starting earlier' as a regret, consider it a part of your unique path. we tend to glorify the idea of being an early starter, but truth is, there's no universally 'right' time to start. your timeline isn't someone else's. your journey is yours alone, and it's uniquely valuable.
take this perspective forward. embrace your unique path, with all its twists and turns. use it to fuel your startup’s growth. and remember, the only 'right' time is the time that’s right for you.
keep creating. keep growing. your journey is just beginning. cheers to the adventure ahead! 🚀
My biggest regret is not building content sooner. For the 3 months leading up to launch we only relied on paid google ads to build our waitlist. Started content only post launch - just 3 reels generated as many signups as our entire $5000 Google Ads waitlist.
@adi_tango That's some real talk. what kind of content have you found success in?
I should have give up and started fresh. instead i kept moving ahead which lead me nowhere
Not going freelance sooner. Now I work for myself and set my own rules.
Choosing the safe path as my Plan A