I cried at our last Karisma event

Kreator Letter #13. The founder letter I write for our Karisma community. The raw journey and the learnings.

Last time,
I shared how we’d simplified the entire business.

No more coliving, app, Montenegro project.
Less but higher quality events. All-in on Selekt.

The goal: do one thing extremely well.
Suddenly I had time to travel again and the business was thriving.
I hadn’t felt this good in a while. I was thriving.

Until last week...

Out of nowhere, I started getting triggered for the most random things.

I was not grounded at all.
Something was off.

Then on Tuesday, I went to one of our Karisma events led by Thijmen.
He’s a coach that works with very, very successful founders,

who despite all the successes still feel empty inside.
(often due to past traumas we’re not really aware of)

I decided to participate because why not.

As I started doing the exercises, this wave of frustration came up.
Then it turned into sadness I couldn’t explain.

Thijmen helped me dig deeper, and slowly, it all became clear.

All those triggers...

It wasn’t about the business.
It was about me.

Some old story from childhood.
That feeling of not being good enough, not being smart enough.

Here’s the truth, we hadn’t just simplified the business...

I made Stavros my co-founder and fully in charge of all sales & marketing
Brought in Dory, who’s frankly more experienced than our entire team combined.
Added an events manager who completes in one day what takes others a week.

So there I was.

Suddenly, I wasn’t overseeing every single part of the business anymore.
I was letting go of control.

And if I’m being real... I started feeling irrelevant in my own team.

But here’s what I realized in that session:

Your business and personal growth are inseparable.
The biggest limitation in your business is usually you.

And if you really want to go far...

First, you need to become the best version of yourself.

That’s what we profoundly believe at Karisma.
We don’t just help you build better, bigger businesses.

We help you unlock your full human potential.

Our mission is to help growth-minded founders design and live their dream life
by becoming the most aligned, unstoppable version of themselves.

As a team, we’ve never been hungrier to transform lives and support founders.

The second half of this year will be the real before and after.

When we go from a cool entrepreneur community in Barcelona to a serious global business.

Thanks for being part of this journey that has only just begun.

Life is good,

Marc