Alex Smereczniak
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But you know, they do that strategically when pork prices are low.
So I, I felt like we had left meat on the bone.
at the laundry thing in college.
It's like, we got a couple no's, but what if we tried commercial laundry or residential, like busy families and this other customer subset?
And so I tried, I made the mistake almost again that I made in college where I tried to work on this with other consultants from Ernst & Young, more of me.
This is where it really stuck with me this time.
I was like, I don't need more of me.
I need someone who aligns with me on my values and I think my beliefs in life broadly.
But from a skill set has completely different, completely complementary skills.
So we had tried at another school.
We got a couple no's.
Those no's turned them off.
Like, oh, it's not going to work.
They said like two no's.
I was like, come on.
Really?
That's it?
We're going to get like a hundred no's.
Come on.
A hundred no's before.