Making Up For Lost Time

I am constantly asked if I regret leaving my old role, and my answer is always the same. HELL NO!

Two years ago I was riding high as the VP of Customer Experience for a hip mobile software company in San Diego, CA. Being responsible for sales, marketing, account management, and business development globally it was all I had been working toward. Traveling the globe my team and I were changing the way an entire industry did business. It was nothing short of amazing.

During this same period though my amazing bride had our second child. Having been a career road warrior my wife was used to my travel, but with my second little girl entering my life I felt something change. Leaving was becoming harder to do, and watching my second kid grow up on FaceTime just felt...wrong. 

Fast forward to December 2015, and I am with my family for Christmas and watching my little Qynn pulling herself up on things. At that moment I realize just how much I had missed while being on the road. Her entire first year of life had just gone by while I was on a plane working. That was when I knew a change had to happen.

Leaving corporate America is one of the scariest and nerve wrecking things a person can do. The safety net of a paycheck can never truly be understood till you don't have it. But, I knew if I was going to be there for my girls I had to take this chance.

So for just over a year, I worked my butt off consulting and working with companies and investors to grow businesses. It was an amazing time as I learned so much, and met the most amazing people along the way. Best of all it allowed me to spend some quality time with my two little princesses. 

Today my priorities are still the same. Build a business that allows me the ability to spend every waking moment with my lovely bride and two beautiful princesses. 

To my fellow dad road warriors out there I leave you with this. There are millions of ways to make money. Your kids are only kids once, and every moment you miss you can not get back no matter how much money you make. In the end, you will realize it is not worth it. 

There is so much more to life than making money, and being on the road. Being there to raise your kids and teach them what it takes to build a business that can allow them to live the life they want is simply priceless. So was leaving corporate America and my paycheck hard, OMG yes. Would I do it again? In a heart beat.

To Your Success & Prosperity!