Arrived in Atlanta early 2000 to an ice storm and the Super Bowl. Traveled. The corporate offices of Costco, Lowe’s and Sherwin-Williams to name a few, from factories in Sully-Sur-Loire (just outside of Orléans) to Heiligengrabe, Germany which is a feisty autobahn drive North of Berlin to locations off the coast of Portugal anywhere and everywhere in the UK and every state but two in the USA. Travel, Business and Knowledge.Worked and assisted with a large number of small, medium and S&P 500 businesses. Impressed with the drive and passion of small business owners. Their testimonials were an inspiration and it was great being a supporting part of their journey at an early age understanding the common thread to success that they all showed.The backstory during this mini-series called life was technology growth. No sooner than I arrived in the USA the .com bubble had peaked then in March crashed. I had zero financial investment in this industry as it collapsed. Every C-Suite executive despised all things e-commerce & tech even if that improved company performance. Following the rules was not getting me very far. Their reasons were personal they had lost a lot of money in the stock market. For someone newly arrived and not financially invested in e-commerce I could only see the possibilities of an improved supply chain, broader reach, less travel, cost savings, growth to name a few.Then 2008....Sigh! Instead of being a victim of the 2008 collapse. Now called ‘Great Recession’ we created a business to enter the market that was collapsing at one of the fastest rates: The home improvement, new construction and remodeling industry. I know! Why? Market disruption, before the term existed.Bootstrapped a business at a time without tech-hubs. This was a hard time. A time when investing in anything or anyone was not an option. A time when websites were built without templates, e-commerce was still a concept, phones were not yet smart, DVD's still ruled and Google was just pioneering with Google Shopping and we got to be part of that journey too as part of Froogle. Also a time when great people were looking for employment and that allowed us to create an incredible team.The business has grown from our garage. I know classic start up! To the company it is today without losing the start-up mentality.
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