I should have come up and write more. I know.
In the last 9 months or so, you might notice that I have written less articles here. I used to be able to keep it like once a week or so but since like the second half of 2023, I stopped. I didn’t write as many articles, I didn’t show up, no nothing.
I think I owe everyone here an explanation about the last 9 months… so that is why I am here.
In the last 9 months and especially the last 3 months, I poured my heart and soul into Re Pillow Co. This is my baby. I started this in 2020 as a passion project and in the first year I do not know how to run a business. But that is OK because I was just doing it on the side while I was studying. I wanted success, but I could not have them.
In the second year, I started to gain some momentum as I take the project more seriously and launched the second generation pillow, Re Pillow 2. Some local media groups accidentally discovered me and interviewed me. Finally, a few more people started to try my pillows and started to fall in love with them. I have my first taste of success. I graduated from school in I guess what I would say is a high point, amongst all these. I thought I was doing great.
In the third year, because of all those “successes” I had in the second year especially towards the end, I thought I have got something, I opened two retail stores and set up some foundations for the business. But looking back I can see that I do not know how to actually run a business well. All the so-called success in the second year was a bit of a mirage and in the third year, I have let in bad culture slowly build inside the company. I did not focus on the right things I did not put in the effort. I take full responsibility of all the things that happened to us. Even if that is someone else’s mistake, it was me that let these people in and it was me that did not kill the bug when it was small. There are no big fatal mistakes or bad things that happened to our products and customers, but the sales been slowly going down. I was in pain and pressure most of the time and I felt helpless. By the end of the third year, I know I have to change.
In the fourth year, which started about 9 months ago, I slwoly regained control over the business. There were some very hard decisions but looking back they are right decisions. There are also some really great people that helped. I was humbled by the third year’s experience and I looked back to the first year, the beginning of Re Pillow Co., why I started all these. I give no tolerance on bad culture, and I worked on the right things, and learn the foundations of a good business again. I got happier. I also learnt how to deal with success and failures better. In the last 9 months, I have been through a lot and I don’t know how things would go but I will continue to give it my all.
Because of how much more time I spent on the business, I wrote less on here.
That is the story on the last 9 months.