May 19th was the beginning of Internet Week this year and even those we discussed the game plan the week before, we were not prepared for the exhaustion that was to come.
The Beau Exchange girls started with an event at AlleyNYC on Monday, XO Group Tuesday, Startupfix on Wednesday, Closing party and after party to the closing party on Thursday. Disrupting Stereotypes panel by AintIlatina.com on Friday, BeautyCon Saturday and our Tech and Social Good Wedding that Sunday. Now if you are a social butterfly on radiation this chain of events would suit you just fine, but to go to all of these events in addition to the panels during the day and actually working... This is something you could only do every once and a while as we are still somewhat young. Of course the point of participating so heavily was to engage ourselves in the community and to soak in all of the information that will help our company function smoothly and with significance, with the help of experienced techies
We met great people, gathered a lot of information and learned a lot of what we needed to function better as a business and an entity.
The biggest lesson was knowing that we were not crazy to start Beau Exchange. Those who lack fear in fighting for their dreams and passions will overcome obstacles without realizing the challenges were even challenges at all. This feeling we have of working so hard to make our idea a reality and the frustration, anguish, sleepless nights, loneliness and self doubt that may occur every so often is just a feeling and not some sign that we are in over your head.
Dream big and just leap, the net may not be there at first but just enjoy feelings out of control, light and free. That net will appear but by then you would have experienced one of your most thrilling moments of your life.
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