What do Ryan Gosling and I have in common?

Take 100 people and show them Ryan Gosling. Ninety-five will say: “We’ll never be as cool as him.” What they actually mean is: “Even if I start trying now, I won’t get the same results.” And the problem isn’t just the results — it’s the time: nothing happens overnight.

How do you become a star when chart-topping Russian pop singer SHAMAN and Taylor Swift already exist? How do you start making tables when there are already hundreds of manufacturers on the market?

Here’s the thing: the harder the endeavor, the thinner the competition.

Time for a proper introduction.

Hey! My name is Anton Konev. Today marks 2 years since I started building Recraft, and the company itself is just over two years old. In that short time, our small team (hi there, best teammate) has gone from zero to one: at the time of this post, Recraft V3 ranked #1 on Artificial Analysis’s Text-to-Image Model Leaderboard, we had over 2 million users, and more than 200 million images had been generated.

A lot of people are scared they won’t come in first. But between the foot of the mountain and its summit there are plenty of stops, and every one of them is worth something. Besides, you can always change direction. You wanted to be an astronaut and became an astronomer studying distant galaxies instead. Not bad, right?

The main thing is to stick with something long enough and track your progress so you can see the results.

So — what do Ryan Gosling and I have in common?

Charm! Also, he’s with us every day: every sprint on our team is named after one of his films.