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Sian Murray

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
447 total appearances

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KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

So yeah, we really appreciated that.

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

We were quite worried about it.

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

But yeah, everyone was really understanding.

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

But it was really, the hardest part for me was letting people down.

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

Because like, you've got shareholders.

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

you have family, like my partner, his family, like he had put money into it.

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

My family, that crowdsource funding campaign was literally me calling my community, being like, I've got this, believe in me.

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

And then I didn't.

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

And I lost, like, I know I didn't, but it feels like it, that, yeah, their money in a way, which is, and I know one of the biggest reasons

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

Like I was impacted so much, but these are people that I asked to believe in me.

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

Oh, yeah.

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

So that was, yeah, the hardest part.

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

Yeah, I was, we were really scared.

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

Amy was really scared.

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

I was really scared a bit differently.

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

So a lot of the bigger shareholders and people that invested more was from Amy's network.

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

And then a lot of like the customers and community were my network.

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

But also I was the one that was front facing as the face of the brand.

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

So it was, I was more worried about the like,

KICPod
How it feels to close down a business - with Pleasant State Co-Founder Sian Murray

um impact from our customers and the response on social media yeah um and so I was just blown away though by the response I was so scared and as soon as we put it out there and I like you said earlier it's which thank you but it about like how transparent we've been I just never felt that there was another way like I just felt we had built this if not