Yumas - Neil Bergquist - Startups lyrics

[Neil Bergquist] Now, this is a story all about how My life got flipped-turned upside down And I'd like to take a minute Just sit right there I'll tell you how I built a tech startup in Seattle In Western Washington born and raised Fighting to stay awake in cla** most of my days Codin and dreamin of my next move Taking about life when I finally get cool When a couple of guys who were up to some good Started raising money in the neighborhood I wrote a few lines of code and my mom just scoffed She said ‘your gonna intern with your father over at Microsoft” I begged and pleaded with her day after day But she packed my brief case and sent me on my way She gave me a kiss and an ORCA pa** I put my Walkman on and said, 'I might as well relax' First day, yo this isn't fun Stack ranking and commuting to Red-muhnd Is this what the corporations are living like? Hmmmmmmm this won't be alright PARt 2 But wait I hear there's money, if you got ideas Can we talk to some investors over a couple of beers? Now I'm funded, money in the hundreds Keepin the burn rate low, with mom's sack lunches PAUSE Well, my round closed and I hired some buddies A couple google ads and Bezos is flashing money I ain't trying to get bought out yet I just got here I sprang to a basement like lightening n' disappeared I made a demo and built a pitch deck Some more investors said “great” and wrote me a check My mentor got tickets to CES in Vegas I said “We're ready, yo homes, release the beta!” PAUSE I. pulled. up to the trade show bout 6 or 7 And I yelled to my customers “yo homes, come and get it!” I looked at my kingdom I was finally thurr To sit on my throne as an entrepreneur