Last year in December I wrote:
“One thing that I hated about the company was that we were always focusing on sales. Â We didn’t focus enough on having fun, creating a great company, product and service. Â We focused on the sales but we didn’t focus on whether our customer’s loved our product and company. Â At this cafe I made an agreement with myself that I would completely dedicate myself to the company again, only if I was having fun. Â If I decided I was no longer having fun, I would sell the company.”
I can’t say that things have been perfect this year, but I am really and truly enjoying myself. Â Everyday we are getting better at doing what we do which is manufacture custom products. Â The quality of our product is continuously improving, our service is improving, and our processes are getting better.
Our company grew 50% last year. Â We will grow between 50% to 100% this year. Â The company employs over 70 people. Â We are attracting really great people to work with us. Â And our team that is actually growing at the fastest rate is our US team.
These past few months have been extremely tiring, and I don’t have any time to rest.  But its the exhilarating sort of busy, where you can’t believe so many good things are happening all at once.  And probably the part I am enjoying the most is that we are really growing our management team so that I only need to focus on what I’m good at and what I enjoy.
Of course there are still areas that we need to improve, but the momentum is in our favor. Â The other scary thing is that we are growing so quickly that we are constantly having to add staff, and when I look at our accounting its sometimes scary the numbers we need to put up just to break even. Â However, I get scared for 3 seconds and then I realize that we are already at the point of no return and there is no going back. Â We either blow up or I go home (literally).