59: We won the World Police and Fire Games 2027!
Apr 14, 2026
In this episode, Mitchell and Gavin finally unveil Project Rendezvous as the World Police and Fire Games 2027, share how the deal came together, welcome their first two developers to SixSides, and talk through the hiring sprint, website plans, LinkedIn content push, and why the next 12 months could change everything.
Links
Links
- World Police and Fire Games 2027 - https://wpfg2027.com/
Chapters
In this episode, we cover:
- (00:00) - Intro
- (00:45) - Project Rendezvous is finally revealed
- (02:44) - How Volunteering WA led to the police games
- (06:18) - What the deal means for SixSides
- (10:27) - Hiring our first two developers
- (13:39) - The plan to announce it to the world
- (17:58) - The bank account, burn rate, and payment milestones
- (24:56) - Posting to LinkedIn and building a content engine
- (30:06) - Why the website is now a massive priority
- (32:37) - Two more paid events and more momentum
- (35:47) - What we’re working on this week
In this episode, we cover:
- Unveiling Project Rendezvous as the World Police and Fire Games 2027
- How the Volunteering WA event led to SixSides’ biggest deal so far
- What it takes to sell into large organisations with long procurement cycles
- Why this project could fund the next 12 to 18 months of growth
- Hiring SixSides’ first two developers - Raymond and Martin
- Growing the team across engineering, lead generation and marketing
- Building product features for international and large-scale event communities
- The pressure of milestone payments, cash flow, and managing burn
- Why the SixSides marketing website now matters more than ever
- Starting a proper LinkedIn content engine for founder-led marketing
- Turning white papers, case studies and blog posts into a repeatable content system
- How one major event could create years of lead generation and follow-on business
- Balancing weddings, leave, onboarding and startup momentum
- The ambition to turn event-driven sales into product-led growth
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