Don’t Let Anyone Stop You From Following Your Dreams
People will project their fears and limiting beliefs onto you
The year was 2010 and I was in my 3rd year of undergrad in Canada.
I was standing on a stage pitching a startup idea at an elevator pitch competition.
The idea was simple — a food delivery platform where you can order from any restaurant in the city and our local fleet would deliver it to your home or office.
At the time, nothing like that existed — no Uber Eats, Deliveroo, DoorDash or Foodora.
One of the judges who was a highly successful local entrepreneur told me my idea will never work. He said it was complex and expensive to test and had too many uncontrollable factors.
I didn’t agree and he clearly didn’t see as far ahead into the future as I did.
I never pursued the idea though, because at the time I had just turned 20 years old and I wasn’t in the mindset of starting a business — I was just excited to pitch my ideas and participate in a challenge.
But that moment taught me a very valuable lesson in life:
Just because someone doesn’t see the potential in your idea, doesn’t mean it’s not a good one.
