A Smart Bear » It's a Torturous Chaos Until It Isn't
Robert Pirsig’s book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance was rejected by 121 publishers. How do you keep going after “just” 100 rejections? After 20, even?
Then it was published by William Morrow & Company in 1974 and stayed on best-seller lists for decades, with total sales of over 5 million copies. For comparison, Dr. Seuss’s Green Eggs ... See more
Then it was published by William Morrow & Company in 1974 and stayed on best-seller lists for decades, with total sales of over 5 million copies. For comparison, Dr. Seuss’s Green Eggs ... See more
Jason Cohen • A Smart Bear » It's a Torturous Chaos Until It Isn't
That is not a growth juggernaut. In fact, that sounds downright bad. Like, maybe you should shut the company down because it’s obviously not working. Or at least, there should be an existential struggle about whether to continue.
Jason Cohen • A Smart Bear » It's a Torturous Chaos Until It Isn't
I still forgot that success is slooooow
Wait, how long did it take them to get their first 500 customers? Two and a half years?
Yes. In fact, after ending 2006 with just 3 (three!) customers, they ended the next year with only 48 (source). That’s less than one a week on average. For a year.