My Story

I like to think of myself as a jack-of-all-trades. A writer at heart, I have a degree in English but another in Information Systems. In my professional life thus far I have been:

• a radio DJ
• fry cook
• soil sample technician
• retail sales associate
• copy center manager
• over-the-road truck dispatcher
• logistics manager
• help desk technician
• system engineer
• programmer
• technical writer
• higher education administrator
• writer
• editor
• project manager
• landlord
• provider of home care services
• slinger of super premium ice-cream

Some of those jobs I held in high school and college. The jobs in the middle represent my years of traditional employment, working for someone else in exchange for a salary, health benefits and a calculated number of vacation days per year. The last six items describe my transition into a full-time entrepreneur.

I had always wanted to be my own boss, but until 2005 I lacked the courage simply to do. Since that time, I’ve had noteworthy successes and some truly spectacular failures. I’m chronicling future exploits here and will also share my hard-won insights from ventures done right and those gone oh-so wrong.