Product & Startup Builder

2020: Pride And Frustrations

Added on by Chris Saad.

It’s 2020. A new decade. Time to take stock of the past and look to the future.

Like everyone, I’m very proud of some of the things I’ve done, and frustrated that I haven’t achieved/grown more or better in some other areas.

Proud of...

- My time and experiences in Silicon Valley

- The invaluable lessons and insights I’ve learned about building things that affect change (movements, companies, brands, products, narratives etc)

- The support I’ve received and given to my family

- The amazing friends and connections I’ve made with some of the most amazing people on the Planet

- The beautiful and life changing loves and losses I’ve had with some amazing women

- Finding and marrying the love of my life, Aliya

- Finding a small amount of financial success to protect my current and future family from desperate struggle (not all struggle though!)

- Helping and supporting as many people as I could along the way

Frustrated by...

- Not having built anything that will outlive me. A legacy that will last beyond my death. Yet.

- Being so far away and so passively engaged in the lives of my #foundfamily. We live in so many different places around the world. I want to grow old with friends I love and admire who share a decades+ history. Still not sure how to address this.

- After a decade of feeling like SF was my home, I now feel spiritually homeless. I hope to rectify that this year.

- Scale. I need much more of it.

I look forward to making progress on these frustrations and much more in the decade to come!

Originally posted on Facebook