The Honeymoon Phase is Over and I’m Thrilled

When the glamour is gone, the only thing left is your grit

I am not infatuated with Fugen anymore. I am not waking up every single day thinking that it’s the coolest thing in the world that I am working on a startup. I don’t think our idea is the greatest idea in the history of mankind anymore. I don’t stay up until 4am writing down different ideas for us anymore.

Sound like a bad thing? No. This is fucking incredible and if there is anything I am infatuated with, it’s this feeling. Let me explain.

It’s easy to work on something when it is glamourous. It’s easy to work on something when things are going well or you are in your “flow”. I’m an idea guy. Always have been. It seems like I get one month into every idea then I find the next holy grail of an idea. Well for THE FIRST TIME EVER, I have an idea that has come to life. Travis (the messiah of all developers) has developed Schmooz. It’s literally done and on my phone right now. Do I have a smile plastered on my face because an idea actually happened? Nope.

If a tree falls in a forest when no one is around, does it make a sound?

If an app is created but no one knows, does it actually exist?

I would say I am not freaking out because we haven’t won the race yet. We just got to the starting line. Travis got us into the race and let me tell you, NO ONE gets into this race. The fact that he got us here is magical. But now that we are here, it’s time to put on the hat I have been crafting for the past year and half of my life. It’s time to be a businessman.

Enough with the analogy BS. What I am saying is for some people, this would be the endgame. In a month, Schmooz will be on the app store. That is the endgame for many developers..by choice or not by choice.

For us, it’s just the beginning >:)