The year we built two businesses and I burned out twice
Kreator Letter #2. The founder letter I write for our Karisma community. The raw journey and the learnings.
Hey kreator, Marc here!
The last few months have been CRAZY!
Let me tell you why:
In 2023, we accomplished the unthinkable, launching both a coliving and social club in 8 months, while building one of Barcelona’s most thriving communities.
From the outside it all looked like rainbows and flowers, but inside... there was so many moments of doubt and uncertainty and even more pivots and experiments than I can count, leading to 2 burnouts (I’ll get into this in another letter).
And at the moment I followed my intuition – which, for the longest time, told me to pivot to the social club and go all into community building – everything started to flow.
Despite getting to work on my dream project, it still felt like we were building the plane mid-air, chaotically figuring out each part as we soared.
The plane isn’t fully built yet, but since we launched the social club in September, we’ve managed to get it to fly.
We have set 4 big intentional goals for 2024 and made our vision crystal clear and the biggest one is this:
We want to create an even bigger social and creative space,
A space where creators and entrepreneurs come together to foster collective growth across all aspects of life.
A space that creates a new precedent in the world of social clubs.
That’s all I’ll say for now.
I’m not the manifesting type of guy, but it totally blows my mind how many opportunities have come our way this past month alone and the unstoppable momentum we’ve built.
I have my dream team on board and growing,
A huge real estate developer wants to partner up with us to create something big...
And so opportunities are just popping out of nowhere.
I remember a goal setting workshop back in November.
When I visualized this iconic space, it was hard for me to believe that we’d be able to pull something off like this within a year
And this goal is now vividly right in front of our eyes.
Growth and expansion are not just on the horizon; they’re here.
Not just for us but for everyone in our community.
We push each other non stop and this energy is nothing but contagious.
Most importantly, we’re not just dreaming of success – we’re living it, right here, right now.
Success is getting to be on this journey with such incredibly supportive people around me.
2024 is shaping up to be a year for the books.
Thanks for being part of this incredible journey.
The best is yet to come.
Catch you in the next update. Life is good!
Saludos,
Marc