I got laid off.
Twice.
Once after the 2008 crash.
Again in 2010.
I took the hint.
Corporate wasn’t for me.
So I stopped playing the game.
No title. No salary.
Just 18-hour days trying to build something.
Anything.
Three years.
No income.
No applause.
Just rejection, anxiety, and people laughing behind my back.
Eventually, I packed my life into a bag.
Left with $150 and a one-way ticket to Zurich.
I was done.
My good friend Alessandro let me stay.
Also makes the best pizzas I’ve had,
which definitely helped!
Didn’t ask for a penny.
He even helped me apply to a few jobs.
His kindness changed everything.
Two weeks later, I had two job offers.
I declined both.
Because deep down, I still believed in my idea.
December 2013, I made $80,000 in one month.
The thing I’d been chasing finally worked.
And it kept growing—for 10 years.
The success was real. So was the cost.
(But that’s a story for another time.)
If you’ve just been laid off, read this twice:
You are not done.
You are not broken.
You’re just in the middle of your story.
Keep going.
I believe in you.
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