Never quit! Rejection is not the end

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We will all experience good and bad events, whether it’s life or death, marriage or divorce, successes or failures. For example, look at the Great Depression or the Great Recession of 2007-2009 and the collapse of the housing bubble. Think about the early 2000s collapse of the dot-com bubble, or the coronavirus pandemic happening as I write this book. All of these recessions and economic collapses can make you stronger, smarter, and better at your job. On the other hand, they can also make you poorer, weaker, and worse at your profession.

Your attitude and how you embrace times of adversity will mentally make you or break you. The best part is, you get to decide! We can be grateful for these events and learn from them, both good and bad. Or we can hate the things that happened to us and think the world is against us. What will you choose?

Rejection Drives Future Success
I’ve had hundreds of venture capitalists pass on investing in Seamless and our vision to positively impact one billion people. The feedback from all of these venture capitalists was the same:

“Your market is not good enough.”

“That idea is not good enough.”

“Your team is not good enough.”

“Your education is not good enough.”

“This product is not good enough.”

“Your development background is not good enough.”

“You’re not good enough.”

Their Excel financial projection scorecard told them we “weren’t good enough.”

They were protecting their investors, which I have benin telegram data grown to appreciate. Having said that, I got rejected by hundreds of investors and VCs. After hearing, “Brandon, right now it’s a pass, but keep up the good work. We’ll look at investing in the future,” it hurt badly. It was terrible. But I always asked them why they weren’t interested.

Then, I wrote their response down and learn from all of their honest feedback. I went back to the office and continue selling, building, iterating, optimizing, hustling, and developing. Fast forward, and today we are growing 50 to 100 percent, month over month. Now, we are turning down multimillion-dollar venture capital investment offers.

My advice for all of you out there with sales career goals or an entrepreneurship dream is simple:

of a road; it is a sign you need to adjust your strategy.