- Me to Jen Medbery, founder of Kickboard. Sometime in 2010 @ Launch Pad

Boy was I wrong.

I just don’t think this is going to be your big thing.

- Me to Jen Medbery, founder of Kickboard. Sometime in 2010 @ Launch Pad

Boy was I wrong.

Jen recently reminded me of this conversation we had a few years ago when she was embarking on her first capital raise for Kickboard (then Drop the Chalk). She’s since gone on to raise 3 rounds of capital, recently a $2MM series A.

The important thing to me here is that investors love it when you prove them wrong (or at least they should). We should celebrate any entrepreneur who succeeds, even if we didn’t have the foresight to make a good bet on them. And founders, you’re going to get a lot more no’s than yes’s, take the rejections as inspiration to keep building and stay focused on customers, revenue, & growth. It’s an awesome feeling to prove someone wrong.