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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

And I just remember that was like a breakup.

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

Like I was in the car, I was like sobbing.

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

And then I got to gymnastics and we spoke for like, it was the first time in ages I'd been on time to gymnastics, of course.

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

But then I was in the car park.

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

And, yeah, and then I just had, we both had the realisation that, like, we can't do this anymore.

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

We don't want to, like, we're so tired.

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

I don't see a way out of it.

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

We could raise capital again, but if we don't believe in it, like, is that really reasonable to expect others?

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

Like, all our family and friends and everyone has already put so much in.

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

We just couldn't ask again without knowing how to get out of it.

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

So, yeah, we had to make the call and I remember going into gymnastics and, like, I looked like a mess and I don't know if you've ever... It's just, like, crazy, like, nursery rhymes and stuff.

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

It was not where you want to be after that.

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

No.

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

But I put on a smile and I danced with Seve and then I went home and dealt with it.

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

Yeah.

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

Yeah, that was it.

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

So it was like...

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

October last year when we realized and then we had to start like just that was when we realized we probably needed to start thinking about it and then obviously we've got so many shareholders so there's a whole process with that and notifying them and we had to have a special resolution like everyone they had to vote to wind down the company and we had to really explain the circumstances and that was really scary too because you just feel terrible yeah was that okay though

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

Yeah, yeah.

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

Everyone voted in favour.