Hey friends,
Sat with an email for a minute before I opened it last week. I'd been quiet on social media, fewer posts, fewer updates, wondering if anyone out there was even still paying attention.
Someone was. A reply to last week's newsletter: "Your cheerful persistence and faith in your concept will make me walk in on day one!" I read it twice. Needed that more than I realized.
Good news on top of it. We picked up a second founding member this week. Two now, out of the 200 we're after.
Had an investor call too. Wasn't the one that closes, that part became clear pretty fast, but it was good practice walking someone through the whole pitch start to finish. There's another meeting on the calendar this week with someone I'm genuinely looking forward to talking to.
The count: 2 founding members, 21 of you on this newsletter.
Loneliness doesn't usually look like being alone. It looks like a room full of people, everyone close enough to touch, nobody actually talking. You can be surrounded and still be the loneliest person in the building.
If you're looking for an actual room instead of a screen this week, the Boise Public Library runs many free events to connect with others. Check their events page for this week's time.
Here's the one small thing. Call somebody this week instead of texting them. Just one person.
Behind the scenes, this week was mostly outreach that doesn't show up here yet, emails about real estate and how to structure the raise the right way, plus prepping for this week's meeting. None of it looks like much from outside. It's what gets us to opening day.
If you've been thinking about becoming a founding member, this is a good week to do it. Two of us in so far, and every name on that list makes the next conversation, with a landlord, a lawyer, an investor, a little easier to have.
Thank you,
Jonathan
