new york, new york – $10 billion – fast growth 50

as i lay in my bed to write this blog it is 22:15 local time, 03:15 gmt.

local time is new york city time.

i am in new york speculating.

speculating on what might happen.

you’ve gotta dream right?

so rewind a little bit.

to protect the innocent, no names will be used here.

someone i know (mr x) introduced me to a friend of his (mr y).

mr y committed a cardinal sin, he asked me what i do.

after eventually unlocking the door, mr x let mr y out the door, poor sod, “well, he did ask” i retorted.

mr y actually was very interested in our beloved bigmoose, and said he wanted to help.

fast forward two seasons, and mr y introduced me to his friend (mr z).

mr z and i got on from our first call, and he said he would help us get funding through family offices, and other high net worth individuals he knew.

mr z messaged me last week and advised me to attend this event in new york, where the organiser, a big wealth management guy, has vowed since his own mental health crisis some years ago, to work tirelessly to inject $10 billion into mental health by 2030.

a very big dream.

i like him already.

and his plan is to get a lot of his rich connections in a room with people working in the mental health space, and let the magic happen.

this is the landing page on the website:

so today i met some very powerful people.

and i pitched.

i pitched like people’s lives depended on it.

because they do.

and i learnt a lot.

this is the most daunting room i’ve ever been in.

but i loved it.

i told our story, and you know what?

people listened.

and they lent in.

and they cried.

we, and i include you in this, have built something pretty amazing, and as i reflect i am very excited at what the future holds, but as i always say i think the universe has a plan.

so wish me luck for tomorrow, and i will report back on what happens.

to wrap up this international blog, two quick things.

1. while i’m here chloe and our team went to the international conference centre tonight to receive the news that we are the 31st fastest growing company in wales, how fracking cool is that?

2. i’d like to apologise to my mate will, who arrived at the restaurant we had arranged to have lunch in some weeks prior, and i completely forgot to tell him of my hastily scheduled trip, and only saw this in my diary whilst flying over the atlantic, which prompted me to get the plane’s wifi to whatsapp him my cock up.

he found the funny side to it when the waiter found it comical that he’d been stood up by somebody, letting him know via whatsapp on their way to new york, sorry will.

until next week,

blue skies.

jeff

p.s. r.i.p. a dear friends dad.