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Going to need to write much, much more about this, but I had meeting #2 with the potential new company and the guy who is my friend - who I’d be working with directly in an office here in town. I gotta say, I’m going to have to change my strategy here. For the second meeting in a row, “Fred” has been late. Not just late, he’s like, GONE TO THE WRONG PLACE both times, even though I have sent him the address, Google mapped it for him, told him multiple times, etc. I’m mostly OK with being late-ish on a friend level, but on a business level (and maybe I’m a nasty woman or something), I have no patience. We are not starting this business relationship out on a good foot. Our friendship is in a jokey, storytelling, drinking and laughing kind of level, but I clearly don’t play that well when my career is on the line. He tried to play off being late by joking about it, texting while driving (ughhhh), and acting like no biggie, but it’s a bad omen to me.
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To make matters worse, he showed me part of his strategy deck. Guys, it’s bad. From his thought process down to the COLORS of the presentation, it didn’t make ANY sense. I had to ask him a million questions (even interrupting his long, focus-less rambling), and I could tell he was getting frustrated. The dude thought it was an awesome strategy, and I poked holes thought the whole thing - without even feeling bad, because, clearly he’s looking for someone who is going to roll out this half-hatched strategy, and I just don’t believe in it the way he is looking at it. Here’s the thing: I can make it into something beautiful and awesome and understandable, and I know it…but I truly believe he’d stand in the way of this! And look, it’s his baby…he’s looking for help in bringing it to fruition. But I’d really want to change almost everything about it.
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So the question becomes: do I fly out to CA to meet with the owner of the company and participate in a BBQ on the Ranch or do I call it now? My approach/thinking is that I go…and present something that’s more along the lines of what I think it could be, use this as an exercise, network and make connections, and potentially get a consulting gig out of it? Or make connections for a different possibility? I have already decided that I don’t want to work for/with Fred, my friend. What’s the best way to do this? Do I go?
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Next topic (or dilemma?) is that I’ve been invited to a very “fawnsy” party, by a socialite friend of mine - and I need a date. Now. I need not just any date. This party is at the stunning MANSION of a semi-famous philanthropist in my city. It’s going to be fancy clothes, fancy drinks, fancy people. I want to blow it out…dress to the nines and have a super sharp-dressed man at my side. Problem is, I barely know any guys now as it is! I did reach out to the Opera Singer’s friend to see if he had any suggestions (he’s also the boyfriend of one of my friend’s), and he might be able to go with me just for show! I don’t know. It would be SO NICE to have an impeccably dressed boyfriend for this gig. But I guess I’ll take what I can get.
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And one last thing: why is my Instagram being bombarded with Russians? Is this a thing? Should I be worried?
Ok - onward with Friday!!
xox,
GS
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