Diolog founder Amy Benson. Source: SmartCompany.
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This time last year, my ‘explosive’ pitch won SmartCompany‘s the Pitch — an early-stage startup competition — and won Diolog a whole lot of AWS credits. Here’s what I wish I could’ve told myself then.
Embrace the risk and stay focused
Amidst the whirlwind of media and investor enquiries, LinkedIn engagement and messages, the Pitch escalated our profile beyond what we ever expected. The chaotic victory dance temporarily took over the ‘where-do-we-need-to-improve’ part of the building. I’ve always been someone to ask for the tough feedback first, I should’ve asked for more feedback generally (stopped and smelt the roses in a sense to make the most of an opportunity).