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Chapter three

People ask how I knew it would work. I didn't. We were three months from running out of money. I remember sitting in the car outside the office, unable to make myself walk back in. Then my co-founder called: the client had signed. I didn't celebrate. I sat there in the quiet and let it land.

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Yeah so, um, the thing people always ask me is, like, how did you know it was going to work. And honestly? I didn't. I mean — we were, what, three months from running out of money, and I remember, um, sitting in the car outside the office, and I just, I couldn't go back in for a bit. And my co-founder calls and says the, the client signed. And I think I just sat there. I didn't even, you know, I didn't celebrate or anything. I just sat there.

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