Ryan & Fran: By some accounts we're normal guys. By most accounts, we're slightly insane. We have to be. We're driven by the same formula.
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” - Mark Twain
This is why every day is a 16 hour work day (I'm really not exaggerating here). This is why we continually make the tough decision to spend more time towards DeliveryCrowd than we do with our families. (note: This is because we believe reaching our goals will allow for more time with them... someday.)
Truth is there are plenty of sacrifices to make; everyone reading this makes them. Why do you do it? It's more than collecting a paycheck, isn't it?
Two months from now I'll hold my baby girl in my arms and welcome her into the world. She'll know what love is from day 1. And when she reaches up and grabs our fingers for the first time, Caroline and I will know a new kind of love. We will do everything we can to make her world amazing.
(note 2: Then from Day 2 and onward she'll have a healthy dose of music theory à la Caroline and business acumen à la yours truly... poor girl.)
Excuse the awful analogy, but in some ways this is what DeliveryCrowd is. Ryan and I are creating an entity we believe in. If you talk with us about it, you'll see it too. And while I'm not suggesting this company is on the same tier as creating life, I am suggesting this is a labor of love. The better DeliveryCrowd does, the better life shall be for those involved.
Our business clients will have the ability to do more business and scale to the right size, real time. Our drivers ('crowdies') will make good money and be treated well. Consumers will have access to food and products, anyway they want it and when they need it. (We just had ourselves a little Journey moment... sorta.)
We are building a company to make the changes we want to see in the world. In fact, we won't stop until we make it. We may be 75 years old when it happens, but you'll at least recognize the drive in our eyes and the satisfaction in our hearts.
