When you feel at rock bottom... When you're crying like a lost child... When you feel like giving up... ...but you're finally ready to keep going without changing the direction. And then suddenly wonderful things accumulate.☀️🙏

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It's been a very wild journey. WT started as a small coding project I made for a friend and exploded into a phenomenon I never expected. At our peak, we were trending daily on Twitter, and we were the number one company in our industry and the first of its kind. Unfortunately, we had too many issues after being suddenly kicked off Stripe. We've now had to shut down. This is a downside of being bootstrapped. After one of the many crazy behind-the-scenes issues, I asked a consultant, "What would you do if you were me?" And they said, "I would contact all my investors and have them contact everyone they know." But I had no investors. Bootstrapping makes it harder to survive significant issues, not just because of funding but also because you lack the support and connections investors provide. I miss the days when my team was steeped in making fun memes and new features. We built so many fun features that never saw the light of day! I will miss working with this community to solve problems. Building WT taught me a lot, and I will never forget it. It's been a defining part of my identity for the last four years. Closing it down is very sad and difficult for me. I've been offline for a while. Sharing my journey here had been a joy of mine; I'd been doing so since I learned to code publicly in my van when I started building WT. However, it became too hard to deal with the negative attention I received when WT went into beta testing. Some of it was just harsh repetitive criticism, but some were rumors that spiraled out of control about me and personal attacks. It made me understand why some founders choose to be more private. When you are a public founder, and things go wrong, all those problems are associated with you. It can lead to people you've never met to have extreme personal and emotional feelings towards you. There were points when it led to me having bizarre stalkers and death threats, something a lot of people in this community are unfortunately familiar with! Regarding the rumors, I would love to grow a thicker skin because I struggled with this, probably more than I needed to. I hope to return and start sharing my journey again because I know it helps many people start on their journeys. Thank you to everyone who was part of my WT journey. So many of you helped me along the way, and I'll always be grateful for that!

When you feel at rock bottom... When you're crying like a lost child... When you feel like giving up... ...but you're finally ready to keep going without changing the direction. And then suddenly wonderful things accumulate.☀️🙏