You're losing top level talent because your mission isn't clear.

The reason people leave your organization or not join your organization isn't because they have a better paying opportunity.

It's because your vision isn't bigger than theirs.

And he who has the bigger vision will always win.

The reason I stayed at a solar company for five years

that was started in somebody's house for $13 an hour was not because I wanted to get paid

$13 an hour. It's because the mission and the vision was painted so big and so clear to me that it would

have been a disservice to my own story if I wasn't a part of it.

And that's how Craigslist changed my life.

I moved here in 2017 in Tri-Cities, Washington with almost no money in my bank account, trying

to figure out what am I going to do with my life after a failed business venture prior.

I was just homeless for six months when my best friend's family that I grew up with said that I could stay

with them and start over. So I hopped around from a couple jobs. I worked at some retail

jobs and eventually stumbled into car sales. I've always been a pretty good salesman, but I hate

cars. And being in a used car salesman environment was completely toxic. It was awful.

It was one of the few jobs where I actually hated showing up to work every single day.

I was so desperate to find something that I could be a part of that I started scrolling through Craigslist.

I eventually stumbled upon a Craigslist ad that was posted that said,

startup company, need help now, call me.

That's all it said.

And then there was a phone number at the bottom.

I sent in my resume.

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