This content was created by GHION.AI . This content was uploaded by GHION.AI . This is a YouTube video titled "Carlos Perea: Don't Lose Faith in Your Start-up" created on December 10, 2010. It features Carlos Perea sharing personal experiences and insights about the challenges and rewards of running a start-up, including anecdotes about customer interactions and the impact of their products.
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When you start an endeavor, and whether it's a clean tech endeavor or it's an IT SaaS company, whatever it is that you think you want to start up, it is going to be tough. There are going to be days where you think the whole world has conspired against you. There are going to be days like I have where I get out of bed and I think, oh, my God, we're heading off a cliff. It's just the way it is when you have a small enterprise, it's very fragile. And it's those reminders that you get from time to time that keep you in the game and keep you fighting and keep you working crazy hours and traveling all over the world, et cetera. And sometimes it happens in the form of a key customer win. And we've had some of those. And actually, I was fortunate to have a really good stretch over the last several months. We'll get a big order, and you breathe a sigh of relief. They usually last about an hour or two. And then the investors remind you that that's now the new expectation. But sometimes you just get reminded of this when other people come in and see the value that you can bring. And the last story that I'll share with you was a few months ago. Actually, I guess it's now about six months ago, because it was in 2009 when things were still kind of shaky for us in terms of some of the customer orders that had been delayed. We got a house call or a company call from a doctor, and the situation was this was a personal physician of one of our employees whose spouse was pregnant. And they explained what myox was doing. And the doctor said, hey, I'd love to come in and just get a tour. So this doctor came in and was looking at some of our new products, and she remarked to the employee who was giving the tour, wow, you must be really proud to work at myox. And I was kind of standing over there. It was in our labs. And so it really caught my attention. I thought, wow, that's an interesting comment. I wonder how my employee is going to respond. And they looked at the doctor and they said, well, yes, I am very proud to work at miox, but I'm curious, why do you say that? And they said, well, I became a doctor to save lives, and I can do that one at a time. But the products that you've created and are creating can save thousands and even millions. So talk about an energy recharger.
