Startup is obsessed with ideas. They ignite the founders and rest is a script of history.
But, not everyone is fortunate to be a part of folklore. Mundane people demand a kick to go beyond the cubicle. They need one word, two phrases and few sentences to ignite the inner flame.
Some chase books. Others dive in YouTube videos. Alpha male tweets with #hustle and #motivation.
What if we have a minimal option? Where I will not be showered by the flood of thoughts and infectious energy, but with a sweet yet sturdy message?
Sounds like Utopia? Welcome Gapingvoid. One who has inspired me greatly and even organisation like Microsoft.
Eyes rolled? Sharpen them before I welcome you to their world-
The beauty of them are in the message and the minimal approach to deliver those messages. In our world of boasting and bragging, showcasing and showering of false statements, their messages are of big resonance.
Messages that are simple yet hidden as we go for something illusory.
Messages that can inspire us to start something new or figure out the loopholes.
Messages that does not pretend but help you to master the truth.
If you are a hustler, want to do great things inside your cubicle or beyond it, trust me you will love them, if you aren’t already one of their loyal followers.
In retrospect, Gapingvoid is trying to build office culture. Trust me, they are not paying a penny to write on them. Unlucky me!!!
Why illustrations of Gapingvoid are real deal for startup founders?
They talk about the culture: Now, when everyone rushes into the office and many perceives the job 9–6 as mundane task, when companies like Uber gets affected with harassment, when most of the corporate people drain with the inhuman pressure, a sudden color, few uplifting words can make your day or night worth to fight for.
In your bad day, they can help you to ignite. In good days, they can help you to see the larger picture and take the next step.
“You” are the ones who want to start a startup.
“You” may be you who value the organisation and ready to take the onus.
“You” are you who want to breathe out and live a life of nomad but with some purposes and zeal.
“You”, of course, you who will not settle before changing the world and lay the foundation for better culture.
Gapingvoid talks about the leadership, the dream, the blur line between rational and insanity, the recruitment and everything that comes in between your idea, startup and business. Their biggest strength is discussing the greater good and bigger picture which we often miss and misread.
In your initial days, those posters are the muse. Once you set up, they act as the oracle guiding you to build the empire and the culture for future.
They talk about the change: How many days you want to kick off with new resilience and fail miserably? Gapingvoid knows and here they don’t offer any overnight remedy.
But, with every gaze and every mumble before their posters, you start to find your conviction. They help you to visualize. They tell you the code to decode the complex puzzle of idea phase to customer retention phase. Of course, they are not your go-to-book for business solution. But, when you bury yourself into frustration, they can help you to pull up and push you to create your best work.
A muse is known to drag you to unknown and help you to create the epic. Make your startup epic. I presume, you know whom to invoke now.
All Image Courtesy — Employee Engagement and Change Management Blog
What’s have been your startup muse? Who has helped you to see the bigger problem? What has inspired to dive deep into problem and introspect the problem and offer the disruptive solution?
Educate me your story and help me to connect with other visionaries by clapping and sharing my thoughts, only if you think it’s worth of your labor.
All the best for your startup. Keep amazing us. Keep saving us.
