Daniel Priestley
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Podcast Appearances
Yeah.
And the fear of will I be able to provide for the family and the fear of will my business ideas be valued by anyone else other than myself?
Am I doing something stupid?
Am I doing something
that will fail again.
So it's been a lot of fear.
But you know what, it's been a wonderful journey that every time I've pushed through that fear, we get to the other side.
And actually, it's better on the other side.
It's even better.
And the reason for that is I kind of like the roller coaster.
I feel like I needed to go through boom, bust, boom, bust, boom, bust because I secretly didn't want a straight line.
I think I actually want the more interesting story.
At 24, I was offered $14 million for my company and
and I blew it.
I screwed up the negotiation and we ended up all walking away from the deal.
I think it would have been the worst thing possible had I had $14 million at age 24.
Well, if we just talk objectively what other people would have seen,
I do this nightclub party and that's amazing.
And then I go and I get a job with a mentor and then we build this business that's like $6 million in its first year and I'm like right close to it and we go from zero to like 60 employees.
And then I have a fight with my mentor and he tells me, go start your own business.