Newsletter #63 - Expectations

Antler is like a reality show without cameras

People disappear from the program all the time and nobody know where they went or what happened

The whole thing kinda fizzles out

At least if you’re not in a team, like me, and so have no outlook on an investment two weeks from now

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I shouldn’t care so much but I seem to be kinda sensitive to this

Why do I feel bad people are leaving?

Maybe because with less people there is less energy, and I like being surrounded with an energetic vibe

Maybe cause I miss the energy of the people I did like working with

And probably because the optimistic vibe from the start has been startled by a confrontation with reality. Some people came out shell-shocked when their lifelong pet idea didn’t fit the criteria for investment.
I’m often moderate (or realistic, or critical) in my expectations so I’m less sensitive to this I presume.

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Anyway I don’t consider it a failure, it was a lucky shot of finding

• The right person
• The right idea
• The right execution

All at the same time.
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Especially finding the right person kinda depends on who’s in the cohort (now it seems I’m blaming others …)

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I wanted to be surrounded with people who founded companies

I wanted to take action on building my own company

And I lived up to those expectations

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I didn’t find a dream technical co-founder I was looking for

I didn’t find a dream technical idea I was looking for

And that’s ok, for now

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The latter has probably been my mistake,

If I ever want to do something like this again,

I have to have the killer idea beforehand.
And when I do, I need to check the relevant cofounder profiles beforehand, put in some work before it starts.

I think that’s what I’ve seen the successful people doing.

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It’s actually not finished yet, there are still two weeks to go

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I’m sticking around for serendipity,

while the amount of people still in the program is very limited, who knows what kind of luck can happen in the last two weeks…

have a great weekend ahead!

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