99 Rejections to First Yes: Resilience for First-time founders
The NOs come first. That's just how it is.
Stay motivated & keep going until the first yes.
The first 90 days are the stretch nobody puts in the pitch deck: no revenue, no validation, some chaos.
You send the outreach messages. You get silence, or "not right now." One good week, then nothing, and you can't tell what's actually working. Somewhere in there, the voice starts: maybe I'm the problem.
The good news: this valley is a normal part of starting a business.
In this workshop, you'll learn to read every rejection so it tells you what to change, and how to keep your motivation and conviction alive on the tough days when rejection piles up and there are no results.
You'll leave with practical workbooks and tools you can start using from Monday.
WHO IT'S FOR
Early-stage founders, first-time consultants, or agency owners
◆ Pre-launch or in the first months, no paying customer yet
◆ Often just left a job and are still figuring out what to build
◆ Have some product or service on the market, but no conversions or paying customers yet
◆ Getting inconsistent results: a win, then weeks of silence
◆ Doubting themselves, thinking about quitting or going back to corporate
IF YOU'VE HAD ONE OF THESE MOMENTS, IT'S FOR YOU
◆ "I built a product with AI in three days, quit my job, promoted it everywhere I could. Three months in, and I still don't have a single customer."
◆ "I've sent the outreach messages, gone to events, pitched my idea, posted the content. Still zero conversions. Something must be wrong."
◆ "Nine rejections in a row, and I'm starting to wonder if it's me."
◆ "One good week, then nothing. I can't tell what's actually working."
◆ "I know what I should do today. I just can't make myself do it."
This is a hands-on workshop, not a lecture.
Bring your real rejections. You'll work with them in the room.
WORKSHOP FLOW
◆ My personal story: building my business, the wins, the silence, and the inner voice that almost made me quit before my first customer.
◆ Surviving the valley of death: realistic expectations for no revenue and a shrinking runway, so you're prepared, not blindsided.
◆ Reframing the NO's: Why rejection is normal in the first 90 days, and how to read what a no is actually telling you.
◆ Hands-on workbooks: Build your own 99 No's Tracker from your real rejections, plus an intro to the Inner Work Toolkit.
WHAT YOU'LL WALK AWAY WITH
◆ The 99 No's Tracker: A one-page tracker to log every rejection: who said no, their exact words, what it really means, what you'll change.
◆ The Inner Work Toolkit: Three tools for the hard days: the Inner Critic Reply, a three-step script for the voice that says "I'm not ready"; the Minimum Day, three actions that keep momentum alive even on your worst day.
WHAT TO BRING
◆ Pen
◆ Notebook, if you wanna take notes
◆ Your smile & positive energy 😇
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Meet Your Facilitator: Your Host for Scaleup & Investment Stage: Darinka Burovska
Hey you, I'm Darinka.
I am a business strategist and founder partner for first-time founders & leaders. A decade inside high-growth tech startups, from idea on pitch deck, to a Series B unicorn, taught me how to take a business from zero to scale. My own inner work journey taught me the rest: what it costs to live in hyper-mode, and how to lead from clarity and conviction.
I've coached 100+ founders through this exact stretch, and I don't coach from the sidelines. I go through the hard days with you, the ones with no results and rejections piling up, until your business and your confidence catch up with each other.
This workshop is the first step. If it resonates, I also run the Founder Sprint: a 90-day 1:1 program from chaos to first revenue.
See you at the workshop! ♡