Power of the Pivot

Letting go and moving forward.

Building a tech business isn’t just about solving problems or delivering great products; it’s about making tough, often gut-wrenching decisions. One of the hardest decisions I’ve made as a founder has been pressing pause on something I am deeply passionate about: our focus on 3D, WebXR, and immersive web development through our spatial application Prysm XR.

For months, our team has worked tirelessly on Prysm, a platform that aimed to make immersive, multi-user 3D content accessible in ways existing tools don’t. It is innovative, technically challenging, and full of promise. Yet as we moved forward through the final months of 2024, we started to see that continuing in this direction would stretch our resources too thin and risk the sustainability of our business. No one wants to admit that something they’ve poured their heart into may not be the right path—especially when the work itself has been incredible valuable and taught us so much.

Ultimately, the decision to pivot isn't about giving up on the dream of Prysm XR; it is about being the kind of leader who can put the team, long-term survival, and growth of the business first. Our pivot toward launching Agenda Keeper, a tool designed to simplify recurring meeting management, has been an exercise in faith: faith in our ability to make tough calls, faith in the lessons we’ve learned along the way, and faith that doing our best will be enough to get us there.

Pressing pause on Prysm hasn't been an easy choice, but it was necessary. And the truth is, the experience of building Prysm taught our team more fully what it means to craft great software. We learned about user experience, the intersection of design and development, scalability, and what it takes to create something truly useful—lessons we’ve carried directly into Agenda Keeper.

This pivot has also been a personal journey. It’s taught me about resilience, adaptability, and what it means to lead in uncertain times. Being a leader isn’t just about pursuing opportunities; it’s about acknowledging when it’s time to shift gears and guiding your team through change with conviction and care.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned through all of this, it’s that pivots aren’t failures. They’re milestones of growth, markers of maturity, and opportunities to define what matters most. To anyone else out there struggling with a tough decision: trust the lessons you’ve learned. Trust the process. And trust that doing your best is always enough.

Agenda Keeper is our next chapter, and it’s already proving to be a meaningful one. We’re excited to launch it, not just as a product, but as a testament to the journey we’ve been on and the faith we have in what comes next.