In April of 2005 I stumbled into entrepreneurship. I left a good job at Musictoday to take another position for a small internet company in Charlottesville, Virginia. My wife and I celebrated by taking a long weekend at the Homestead resort. While vacationing, I received a call from my new employer that the owner had decided to shut down the line of business I was hired to run! I was out of a job. Luckily, I left Musictoday on good terms and started freelancing for them. I was and still am very thankful for the opportunity Musictoday provided me back then. That was my first contracting gig.

Three months later, I founded Business Bullpen as a sole proprietorship. Since then, I've brought on a partner and grown the company into a web and mobile design, development, and marketing firm.

I had no idea I wanted to be an entrepreneur. I didn't take any classes on entrepreneurship. I never spent any significant time in a business development role at previous jobs. It just happened, but I did spend about a year figuring out whether I wanted to go at it alone. While freelancing, I interviewed with other companies and received some good job offers. In the end, I decided to stick it out and work for myself. It was the best career decision I ever made. I've never been happier. How do I know? I look forward to work every day. And it never would have happened if I didn't get laid off.

Before working for Musictoday, I held positions at AOL, Accenture, and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

I couldn't work for myself without the love and support of my wife. We met in Key West in 1997, both attended Virginia Tech, and have been living in Charlottesville since 2001. We have two kids and a dog named Pokie. In addition to entrepreneurship and my family, I am passionate about live music, baseball (mostly the Red Sox), and BBQ.

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