My son is an AEMT at a local fire department, and I just learned, that they use software I built in 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
Circa 2011, I had an idea and pitched it to everyone who would listen, securing a $1M investment.
I wasn't trying to conquer the world nor chasing a billion-dollar exit.
I just knew something could be done here.
Something useful.
It quickly grew nationwide, spreading like wild-fire (pun intended).
We sold in 2017 because a large company made an offer we couldn't say no to.
Then yesterday: "Dad, we use that at the station!"
I don't have a tidy lesson here. I'm not going to tell you to "follow your passion" or "build things that matter" like I had some master plan. I had conviction about an idea. That's it.
You ship something.
You exit.
You move on, watching it sail on in the distance, occasionally being texted an update.
It has kept sailing without me.
It kept spreading.
Then one day, my son logs into it at 3am to help people while I am asleep.
Full circle.
Didn't plan it.