selling my second company part 1
It’s nearly 5 years ago since I sold my last company and what a roller coaster ride it was. I’m guessing that through my reminiscencing through rose tinted glasses and 20/20 hindsight, I’ll paint a more rosy picture than that of the reality I lived.
That may be so, but I think it’s always really important to keep yourself grounded and know from where you come. To remember and acknowledge the highs but also to not forget the lows and to know that, no matter how far you reach, you can always fall.
That being said, I never thought I’d fall or fail. This wasn’t borne out of arrogance or blind faith but the fact that I had nothing to lose and if I did fall, it wouldn’t be far. Here’s a video of my first TV appearance, a few months in to my new online real estate community.
It was nerve wracking being on live TV but I believed in what I had created and had driven myself to make it a success.
I sold the company after 11 months for an offer I couldn’t refuse to a Canadian business listing company. I was thrilled at having created a brand, a busines and a solution to what was a very frustrating and difficult process of buying or selling a house in North America.
I have never been a realtor or related to the property industry in anyway but I had a need; I had a problem. I was incredibly frustrated at the process of buying an apartment in Vancouver and I thought I could make it better. Here’s what I did:-
