Although this simple question may seem superficial and insignificant for most, it left my team and I delighted.
Noticing the impact that the company WE created is already having impact on our community is amazing. This simple and unthought question was proving that -- already -- we were accomplishing our goals as a company; we were adding value to our community, we were desirable, and people were looking forward for Thursdays as it is a “CrepeZ day”.
After the whole creation of CrepeZ and two successful sales, I can say that I am in love with the company. After a class discussion we this week about Z Corporation's purpose, I realized that I am in love with CrepeZ not only because of how amazing it is, but specially because it’s OURS (team CrepeZ). It’s OUR creation, it’s OUR baby, it’s the little seed WE planted in our community. Raising with baby and watching how it grows and how it creates an impact is impossible to describe with words. It’s like the science behind the love between mothers and their babies; it’s impossible not to fall in love with your own creation.
This week we were not able to have our promised usual Thursday CrepeZ sale as we had to take very important decisions and deeply work on our businesses before launching them for real. We didn’t expect it, but my team and I were actually sad about not selling this Thursday. We missed it and we wanted to be there on Thursday's lunch selling so bad -- this feeling was amazing. But what was even MORE amazing and delighting was the reaction of our community. It was not only us -- the “in love” and eager creators of CrepeZ -- who were “down” by an omitted week of crepes, but so was our community -- the one we intended to add value to -- and now, it was so clear that we were doing so.
My team and I are super proud about our company. We would have never been this proud if an existing company would have just been passed on to us (BlendZ). We have definitely discovered the huge value in starting a company of our own from scratch, of adding value to our community, putting theory into practice, and getting over ourselves -- just as Z Corporation’s purpose states “launch a business from scratch that challenges us to add value to our community, put theory into practice, and to get over ourselves”.
Alex, Gaby, Rafa and I are IN LOVE with CrepeZ and we are super excited about our next sales and future plans.