Tara Hunt

“When you helped the butterfly out of the cocoon, you prevented it from developing the muscles it would need to survive.”

The VRM panel from SXSW Interactive with Doc Searls, Chris Carfi, Adriana Lucas an I.

It starts with a tingle, then a wave of something I can’t quite describe sweeps through my entire body. At those moments all I think about is how perfectly in flow my body is.

I believe more in strategic thinking than positive thinking. Affirmations only go so far. Action is where it’s at.

The customer and the future of the customer’s data is at the center of everything…we are just trying to make it meaningful and interesting for people to gather it.

This is not really the most epic startup story ever. It’s a startup story. It’s what we all go through. Because truly groundbreaking startups all go through this. They are all crazy enough to believe in something that is difficult to ‘elevator pitch’.

Sure, sure. We don’t want to live unrealistically and haphazardly! That would be downright foolish! Or would it? The minute I stopped putting false ceilings on my growth, I grew.

It took me years to actually approach the world (and especially business) in a way that feels right and genuine to me. Somber isn’t me, but believe me, I’m 100% serious.

I’ve heard that in sales, you have to hear 99 no’s before you get to a yes. That, to me, sounded like the most painful process in the universe and something I mentally noted that I wouldn’t attempt in a million years.

Nearly almost verging on just about approaching bordering on *egad* just a little more and I’ll have that ring.