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The quest for funding led Wells to make phone call after phone call, only to face humiliation and rejection repeatedly. A particularly devastating meeting with a venture capital firm left him defeated. In an inebriated stupor, Wells had a dream that inspired him to forge a new path. Seeing the peaks of Indonesia in his visions, he quickly sold his girlfriend’s gold watch and jewelry to fund a trip to the archipelago, eager to discover potential gold mines.