Entrepreneurship and the Pursuit of Happiness

At the end of May this year, I quit a well paying job, to move myself and my two boys back to Austin, TX, to work full time for myself.  Not only that, we left my wife behind while she finished her final year in school.

Let me give anyone considering doing this some advice…do not do this unless you have a rock solid support network (family, friends and family).  Doing this would not have been possible for me without my family and friends.  Finding a local support network is helpful too.  I’m lucky to live in one of the best cities for startups in the nation, one of the cities that will help bring the country out of this recession.  Local groups like Tech Ranch Austin help keep me inspired and going.  Tech Ranch is full of good people.  Their first question when meeting you is usually, “How can we help you?”  Their goal in life is to spark small business growth, and help entrepreneurs succeed.  I am actually in the process of completing their Employee 2 Entrepreneur program, which helps jumping over a lot of the initial hurdles small business owners encounter in the early stages.  Not only do you learn a lot of important concepts, you network and find others who are more than happy to help out.  Everyone in the class wants the others to succeed and will do anything they can to help with that.

So what am I actually doing you ask?  I am currently splitting my time between working on my diabetes management company, BG Alert, and starting up a software development company with two friends and my wife.  I plan on launching the first version of BG Alert at the end of the month, just in time for the upcoming school year.  Version two will hopefully be released 2-3 months later.  Tech Ranch has been a great help getting me in contact with members of the community that can help me advance this service.  So, if you know anyone with children with type 1 diabetes, have them contact me, I’d love to get their input and hopefully get them testing BG Alert.

Currently, I’m not 100% sure of the direction I’m going to take with this blog.  If you have suggestions, please comment.