A startup founder walks through a day when Dropbox and YouTube uploads failed, threatening client data and marketing assets. Despite the chaos, the team recovered and shipped deliverables. The real challenge: scaling fast enough to handle growing demand without burning out.
It needs to be some way. It has to be. So twice the proposed value? Yeah, potentially. Morning was good. We came in, everything was flowing okay. I don't know what the hell happened. Uh, one thing went wrong and it just threw the day off entirely. I now face issues with our Dropbox, uh, with YouTube uploading some of our first videos, and I spent the better half of the morning trying to troubleshoot. So it's been stressful and chaotic because we can't get what we need, and there's like a lot of data on Dropbox box for us and clients. So fingers crossed I can find a resolution. We'll see by the end of the day. It's about midday right now. We'll see at the end of the day how far we've actually come. I will share with you the feedback and what I've learned through this in case this happens to you. Hopefully you can find this video and it can assist you in actually getting back the data you have lost. And I'm really, really hoping it's not lost, it's just gone somewhere that I can't see. The goal of this morning before all this shit happened was to come in and finish workflows for our marketing team and also send out scope of works to some of our clients who have been waiting a few days longer than they should have, and everything was actually going to plan. We just got thrown off by that. I'm now actually fixing that issue and then progressing. So we're back on track for the day, but we've had that new issue arise. But by the end of today, a good day would be a problem solved that never should have happened, and the other thing would be that we've sent out the 5 scope of works for people that were waiting. I can be fun and send out when I see you and we play soccer. That is fucking dandy. That's so sweet. I don't even want to mention how you did that. Sure. Um, I've got to go, go, cuz I've got a 3:30. No, don't catch you, bro. I'll see you later. Bye-bye. Emergency or internal timeline, if you want. For each one? Internal due date. What a day. Let's go. So this morning was chaotic. Um, got in super early, had a bunch of stuff planned that I wanted to do. Checklist just kept getting bigger, tasks just kept getting delayed. And then to top it all off, we had some issues with some of our software. We looked like we'd lost some files. By way of update, we're still in recovery, hoping that tomorrow— hoping that tonight or tomorrow there's a resolution. The day's been super, super fun, super, super fast, and again, chaotic through it all. But just breathing through it and having an awesome team has been a saving grace in many ways. So yeah, optimistic for the day, really, really tired, but looking forward to get some of this stuff resolved. So we had meetings backed with meetings with clients who we're looking at doing some work for Some of these clients have been talking to for a number of months, so it was amazing to see it actually come to fruition and start becoming something. It was a very rewarding feeling. There was lots of hugs and high-fives and smiles in the office today throughout all the stress. We can finally see that the work we've done and the building blocks that have taken us 12 to 18 months have really set a foundation and really laid or paved the way for what's to come. So we're really proud of the achievements we've had internally, and today we're seeing the solidification that We've actually on the right path. We've been on the right path the whole time. And it's been a great reminder that it can be challenging, it can be difficult, and many times it's not rewarding. But do not stop. Do not give up. Just keep going. You will get there. Just take a longer time horizon. Take a step back and remember to breathe and also appreciate what you're learning through the journey. So great news. We've got, we've won projects. We've got a lot more projects in the pipeline that are coming. Now the new issue that's become is how in the world we build our team fast enough to actually keep up with the incoming work. And we're really grateful. We've got some amazing staff who are putting in the extra hours to make it happen. They're working remotely, their hands on deck when we need them. So more important than any of this is the people that are on this journey with us for the whole way. It is because of them that we're able to get where we need to go. And thank God we haven't lost sight of what's important, and that is always putting the clients and our people first. So for us, Empire Blue Pit, it's always been like the center of our universe has been the person. And I'm proud to say that through the difficult times times and the challenges and the frustrations that we face, particularly today, we didn't lose sight of what was important. And for us, it's the who. For us, the person is what's important. Everything else, if they're okay, we will come good. So it's, it's been awesome. Tiring, but great. Thank you.
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