3/10/2024 0 Comments Garrett gee and jessica wedding![]() But on Saturdays.Saturday was the 1 day where I got to spend my time however I wanted. Sundays were busy with church and Sunday school. ![]() As a child growing up, I had school and homework and practices and chores and jobs on all the weekdays. “Every day is Saturday” is a motto I came up with. I had become heads down in my own business, neglecting my marriage, friends, and personal health. Yet, I found myself doing the exact opposite. My main motivation was and still is - FREEDOM.Īll my efforts in building this company, moving to San Francisco and doing the Silicon Valley hustle were to eventually earn ultimate FREEDOM to live my days how I choose. I realized why I was in Silicon Valley and why I was working so hard. It was time for me to figure out my own definition of “success”. The man I thought was my idol was nothing of the sort. I was lucky enough to sit next to him for the entire game, and baseball games are NOT short! I was so excited to learn more about who he was, what his interest were, hobbies, family life, etc. He was a designer like me, had multiple successful startups, and I thought he was the epitome of success. I idolized this guy and the company he created. One special day, I was invited to a San Francisco Giants baseball game to watch the game in a suite with probably the most famous tech-founder in Silicon Valley after Steve Jobs. I don’t know this as a fact, but I tell myself that I might just be the first ever collegiate soccer player to have his own company sponsor his own team, and wear both his captain band and his company logo on the same sleeve :) We started doing other things to “act like a real business” like hiring an assistant and setting up a hip swanky office space and sponsoring my soccer team to have our Scan logo on the jerseys. I remember getting my first ever paycheck and being very proud of myself that we created the company that is now paying ourselves. So there we were, our small school project had turned into a business and we were running with it. I’ll be here when you finish your business meeting. ![]() He dropped me off and I told him to drive off somewhere (because I was embarrassed) but he said, “No worries. The only car I had access to was a stick shift and I didn’t know how to drive a manual so my dad had to drive me to the meeting. I’m guessing only 1 or 2 of those names sound familiar to most of you so let me tell you, they are some of the big dogs of the investor world and I’m grateful I didn’t realize just how big they were during our meetings, or I woulda shoulda been waaay more nervous )įun side story: I had a meeting with Troy Carter at the Beverly Hills Hotel. But when opportunity knocks.Įventually, I learned how to speak the foreign language of “investor pitching” and we received our first funding of $1.7Million from investors like Naval Ravikant, David Krane, Shervin Pishevar, Ariel Poler, Jonathan Triest, Christ Redlitz, Troy Carter, Jim Pollatta, Lady Gaga, and others. We did our best to pretend like we belonged in those business meetings but the truth is, on the inside we were just some small town nerds that would have been stoked with our initial goal of $5k. The app exploded in popularity and downloads, and soon we were flying out to San Francisco to meet with potential investors.
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