I've watched entrepreneurs go through hell.

Rejection after rejection. Pitch deck version 47. Another "no" from an investor who seemed so interested just last week. The co-founder who walked away. The customer who cancelled right before closing.

The sleepless nights wondering if you're delusional. If everyone else can see something you can't. If you should just pack it up and go back to that corporate job your friends keep telling you about.

And yet. Here's what I've learned watching the ones who make it.

They all have one thing in common. They understand the math of entrepreneurship. It's not about batting average. It's not about how many times you strike out.

It's about that one swing that connects.

That one customer who says yes when everyone else said no. That one investor who sees what you see. That one product-market fit moment when everything clicks and the world suddenly makes sense again.

Ask any successful entrepreneur about their journey. They'll tell you about the 99 doors that slammed shut. But they'll light up when they talk about that one door that opened.

Because that's all it takes. One win. One breakthrough. One moment when all those losses suddenly become the foundation for everything that follows.

The losses don't disappear. But they transform into lessons. Into resilience. Into the exact experience you needed to handle the win when it finally arrives.

Here's to those still swinging. Still believing that your one win is coming.

Keep swinging!

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