You Can’t Start With a Million People
“What those organizations are generally doing is post-poning the day they need to say to a customer ‘please pay me money’.” — Seth Godin
We celebrated them before they’d even begun.
Because they’d set out to change millions, and that narrative always excites us.
And so they asked for a lot of our time, attention and money.
$5 million. $25 million. $50 million.
Then they disappeared as quickly as they started.
Have you heard of Clinkle?
What about Color?
And Airtime?
No, their ambitions were too great.

Instead of setting out to change a million, they should’ve started with just one.