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Kalvin Richan

Fascinated with Startups & GTM Systems | RevOps @ Forecastr

A few weeks ago marked three years at Forecastr. When I joined, my goal was simple: see it through. I’d built and abandoned too many things before. At 16, I started my first business with my best friend. We threw high school dance parties. It was scrappy but thrilling - handwritten budgets on napkins, counting heads at the door, offering $5 discounts to anyone who shared our events online. One night, over five thousand kids showed up. Some events cleared $25,000 in profit. Not bad for a couple of youngins. That was the spark - I fell in love with business. But when my friend left on a mission, I left too. I walked away from the first thing I’d ever built. At 18 I bought a one-way ticket to New York City - well, technically Newark, just across the river. I apprenticed at an incubator, learned fast, and through my own choices, fell into bad habits just as quickly. When things got tough, I left that too. Then came the Airbnb business - I was the boots on the ground operator for 20+ apartments scattered across Manhattan. On paper, I was finally getting everything I wanted. But I didn't like who I was becoming. So one day, I packed my bags and went home to Utah. Another thing I’d built - left behind. Back home, it hit me: I had a pattern. I built things, then walked away before I could see them through. Each exit left a residue of failure. Naval Ravikant once said that when you climb a mountain, you often find there’s a higher one beyond it - and to reach it, you have to walk back down the very path you came from while others point and say, “I knew you couldn’t do it.” That’s exactly how it felt. For a while, I worked manual labor jobs - quiet years that forced reflection. I went from 80% mind and 20% body to the opposite. But the pull of startups never left. I loved the idea of seeing things go from nothing to something. Breaking into tech wasn’t easy. No degree. Just a resume full of stories, not titles. Then I found Sales Dojo. They took me in, taught me the ropes of being an SDR, and through them, Forecastr took a chance on me. When I got the offer, I made a quiet promise to myself: see it through. Three years later, I’ve kept that promise. A little over a year ago, I transitioned into Revenue Operations - work that challenges me daily. I still have moments of imposter syndrome, but they’re balanced by gratitude for how far I’ve come. I’ve never spent more than three years on any project before this one. That realization hit me recently. For once, I didn’t leave. I stayed. I learned. I grew. I have vested stock options now - a small symbol of something much larger: Proof that I can commit. That I can evolve without abandoning myself or the people around me. Today, I live in Puerto Rico, working remotely on systems that help Forecastr grow. I wake up to the sound of the ocean and log in to work that genuinely lights me up. I’ve got a long way to go, but I plan to continue doing what I couldn’t before: See it through.

Kalvin Richan

Fascinated with Startups & GTM Systems | RevOps @ Forecastr

Nov 4, 2025