I started my career in the pre-iPhone days, working in marketing at the billion dollar company, Unilever on brands like Dove, Hellmann's and Lipton. Then, I reached a fork in the road. Deep inside the row of cubicles at Unilever, I watched the first signs of a new mobile age appear. Steve Jobs launched the iPhone, unleashing a new concept: a world where mobile phones can do more than make calls. Then, one day after I ordered a cab by texting them for the first time, I made up my mind. I was going to quit my steady job to launch a company that would focus on the emerging world of mobile apps. Over the last ten years, that’s exactly what my co-founder and I did. Our journey as entrepreneurs was a blur of late nights, pizza dinners in the office, seat-of-our pants David vs. Goliath pitches, hellos & goodbyes. But no matter how cavernous each office space looked when we first moved in, we steadily outgrew each one. And in 2015, we were acquired by the communications company, Havas which makes us part of a network 19,000 people strong. Today, at Havas, we are a top player in the world of digital. Our clients are some of the biggest names in the business. Our work was recognized by Forrester Research as being the “poster child” for apps. Every day, we work as makers and strategists who mold concepts, pixels & lines of code into working digital business solutions that help people order pizza dinners on the train, find their dream apartment on their Apple watch & manage their bank accounts in line at Starbucks. But more than that, we’re also a company that has heart, a company with a great group of people who feel like family. As I look back, I’m glad I didn’t stick it out in that first job. It’s been ten years since I decided to follow my gut and venture off the well-worn, safe path. Carving out a new road to travel down has been hard work, but worth every hard-fought battle scar. I haven’t looked back since.