Trouble in Tampa

Day 281:

Well Conor, for the mere sacrifice of being away from you for a few days, this trip has ended on an exceptionally bad note.  While the willingness and effort were there in so far as saving the Tampa deal, we just couldn't get it done.  And from a relationship, commercial, and business sense it was all nirvana.  But from a technological point of view, we just fell short.  They had a very specific way in which they wanted to present their product through what we provide, and we just ended up not being able to support it, and so they showed us the door.

What's so difficult to accept about being told "no", is simply that I'd done everything I could to earn their trust and get that "yes". Though today, it wasn't to be.  In the world of software sales, as with everything else, you win some, and you lose some.  But you take what you can from it and use that in the next engagement...

Lucky for me I've got a few other things queued up and ready to rock an so I have a very clear direction now, though that direction may find me in the wind again on my way to Nashville next week. Never the less, I won't ever give up, Son.  You can never give up.

So here I sit in this airport in Tampa, Florida, AGAIN.  Only at least this time I had the time to pull up to a nice wine bar and get a few down before making the long flight home.  Still, I'll be home tonight, Boy'O.  And I can't wait to peek in on you while you sleep away the night and dream of the many, many great things to come... And they will come, Son.  So long as you never give up.

I love you, Conor.
-Dad