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Diary of a Crypto Startup
The adventures of a first-time crypto entrepreneur
Written by an anonymous entrepreneur
As I sat on my uncomfortable hard wooden chair biting my nails I prayed that the last few months hadn’t been a total waste of time. Well of course it wasn’t. I reasoned. I also castigated myself for blowing all my spare cash in yet another one of my business ventures.
This time I couldn’t afford to lose my money. Before I had money to burn. Literally coming out of my ears. Every idea I had got an airing. This time things had changed. Divorce, lawsuits and failed businesses had all taken their toll. It was the last roll of the dice I said to myself. Bullshit! I screamed to myself, you will go again, failure is never an option. And so the wait started.
Was I going to raise the $30,000 I needed for my new cryptocurrency business? Time would tell. The deadline was fast approaching. If I came up short it wouldn’t be over but I would have to have a serious rethink. Rethinks are a good thing most of the time. It gives you time to reflect. But it has to be said they are a pain in the ass. It would be good to get it right the first time this time. As I cast my mind back I realized that nothing had come to me easily. Success usually only emerged from a long line of failures. I usually got there in the end. There…