For 2020: Consider the Collective Power of 13,000 Startups

To the 13,000 startups in the GAN Community, thank you.

Running a startup is so hard. At every point along the way, it feels like you could go out of business. It seems like there are potential competitors emerging every second. It’s hard to hire and build cultures that last. And it’s hard to continue to build things that the world needs.

Still, even for all of the difficulties you encounter every day, you wouldn’t choose to do anything else, would you?

That’s exactly why we need you.

So, as we end the year and begin this new one, I just want to say thank you.

Why I’m So Appreciative

To close out 2019, I wrote about startup mission statements and how they’re so often focused on just making more money.

But GAN Startups — the more than 13,000 companies that have gone through a GAN Accelerator — are different. When I talk to GAN Startup founders, I’m so impressed. So many of them are focused on changing the world for the better.

They’re building and creating things that have a positive impact.

• They’re hiring great people, putting day laborers to work, and paying solid wages and salaries so people can support their families and…