I got a big kick out of the entry in Kirsten Osolind’s re:invention blog today:
Spoke to a 45 year old young friend and angel investor today about re:invention’s growth objectives. I want to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony, I told him. But I don’t have the money for the staff, the aggressive national marketing expansion, the beautifully furnished office space…
His advice: “You have bark face, Kirsten.”
“Bark face?” I asked.
“Everyone knows the old saying you can’t see the forest for the trees,” he told me. “But you are allowing yourself to become so overwhelmed with the cash flow limitation details that a tree has actually left bark indentations on your face. Back off — cuz it ain’t pretty.”
Now I know what I have been seeing in the mirror for the past 15 years in my own face!
