# A rejection is a data point, not a verdict

- Category: mindset
- Author: Zoltan Szogyenyi (https://indie.md/people/zoltan/)
- Source: https://indie.md/journeys/zoltan-flowbite/
- Canonical URL: https://indie.md/advice/persist-through-early-rejection/

Bergside's first ThemeForest template was rejected, and the company that grew out of it now does 70k a month. The rejection was information about one submission, not a judgment on the whole idea. Most founders treat an early no as proof the plan is wrong and quit one iteration before the thing that works. Zoltan and his co-founder treated it as feedback, shipped the next version, and kept shipping. Separate the verdict on a single attempt from the verdict on the direction, and keep going.