Confession time…we seriously fcuked up! 🫣
On Monday evening Team ProspHER sent out an email to our email subscribers to share the exciting news that said:
“OUR BRAND NEW WEBSITE IS NOW LIVE!” 🥳
Except it wasn’t.
Due to tech issues we couldn’t get it to go live…
…We were just met with the dreaded buffering wheel of doom 🤯
Working deep into the night, our CMO Sandra said it was “like watching paint dry” seeing the files gradually (and very very slowly) transferring over to the live site.
But, after we all had fallen asleep, the transfer failed ❌
On Tuesday morning, we all woke up confused, expecting the site to be live…
Instead of flapping about like crazy chickens 🐥 we made a plan, and have pulled together to unleash the site to the world (we even called upon the big guns – aka our CTO Taylor – to upgrade our servers to help sort out the problem!)
As all that techy stuff goes over some of our heads, we trusted our team mates to do their own parts and get s#it done 🤪
And, finally the beautiful new ProspHER website is NOW LIVE (for real!) 🥳🥳🥳
So, why are we telling you all about this epic fail?
Well, because even though you may think this situation was utter chaos…
especially as we already told everyone on our database to visit our stunning “all-singing-and-dancing” website…
Throughout this process we’ve all kept calm, stayed grounded, communicated openly, and learned through the experience 😁
You see, in business things like this are out of our control…
It’s often how we deal with these challenges that keeps us in control 💪
And, by staying sane and focusing on solutions, rather than problems, we know what we would do differently in a future similar situation, including:
- Playing on our individual strengths and working styles.
- Planning for when things go wrong.
- Definitely not sending emails until we know things are in place! ✉
Running a business or leading a team is never smooth sailing for anyone…
There are always issues, challenges and obstacles, and there are learning curves around every corner 🤦♀
So, the next time you are faced with a moment of madness where things feel like utter 💩 remember that things like this happen to everyone at one time or another…
And how you deal with these things, and what you learn from the journey, is more important and valuable to your success than you will realise 😉
Sending love and high vibes,
The ProspHER Team ✨
P.s. we hope you love our new website as much as we do 💜 (we promise it was worth the wait!)
P.p.s. In the spirit of fcuking up, our Founder Serena, launched her new book ProspHER(ish) on Monday that talks all about this sort of stuff (which did actually go live on Monday! 🤣)
ProspHER(ish): The diary of a fcuked up female-founder
Hi, I’m Serena Fordham, Founder of ProspHER and Author of ProspHER(ish)…