This is What I Signed Up For

Our CEO was in town this past week for meeting and such. Having a team spread out between San Francisco-London-Amsterdam definitely poses it’s unique challenges, but it makes times when we all can get together that much better and more valuable.

We had a week packed full of meetings, brainstorming sessions, interviews, meet and greets, and a lot of fun in between. Reflecting back on the week, it’s amazing to see what we accomplished in just a week when time is limited.

We had a final lunch Friday afternoon with the entire team including our newest hire who will be starting with us in November. By then, we were all a little burnt out of discussing hard strategy and deal flow, and conversation naturally turned towards dreaming about the future of the company.

We talked about the future design of the office, funny marketing tactics, and ridiculous swag that we all wanted. We joked about Silicon Valley, billboards, and shared hilarious hypothetical situations.

I remember sitting there at that lunch table after an hour of good laughs, and thinking that this is what I signed up for. We worked our ass off all week. Made great plans and strategies for growing this company. And now we are sitting here on a sunny Friday afternoon celebrating our wins and discussing the future dream goals of the company.

There’s going to be a lot of hard work ahead and we need to execute, but that Friday afternoon was a great reminder of why I made the right decision to join Secfi.