Posts Tagged diabetes
Interview With Tech Ranch Austin
Posted by Mike Gromer in BG Alert, Development, Entrepreneurship, Small Business on September 1, 2009
Last week, I was asked to be interviewed by Jonas Lamis from Tech Ranch Austin about BG Alert, and the impact that Tech Ranch has had on BG Alert and myself. For those who don’t know what Tech Ranch is, they are an incubator of sorts, helping entrepreneurs get the help they need, as well as provide office space, mentorship and classes to help launch the next big thing. Jonas has an interview with Kevin Koym from Tech Ranch explaining this more in detail.
Unfortunately, I haven’t done much video before, so I look a bit stiff in the interview, but it worked out. Tech Ranch has been a great help to me. It’s nice being around people who just want to help others. Also, make sure you check out the other video entries on Jonas’ site.
BG Alert Update
Posted by Mike Gromer in BG Alert, Development, Entrepreneurship on August 30, 2009
In the last week, I’ve been working constantly on getting BG Alert ready for the public. I have migrated from ASP.Net webforms to ASP.Net MVC, as well as integrated with a beta testing manager, called Prefinery. This is a very exciting time for BG Alert, and we are making a major push in marketing and advertising to get as many people registered to beta test as we can. Our plan is to start the beta test on September 14th. All of the testers will be using it for free during the beta test period, and will recieve 3 months free once the service finishes the beta test.
BG Alert would love to hear any comments or suggestions, as it is still in development. Our goal is to help as many families with children with type 1 diabetes as we can. I have a 12 year old with type 1 diabetes, and this service has helped our family a great deal, and I want others to be able to benefit from this.
Entrepreneurship…The First 60 Days
Posted by Mike Gromer in BG Alert, Entrepreneurship on August 2, 2009
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.
