[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Becoming a Statistic With my marriage apparently imploding and my financial future still unsure, I redoubled my efforts into something I did have control of -- being healthy. [If you missed Part 1, Part 2, Part...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Regardless of what people thought of me, [If you missed Part 1, Part 2, and Part3] the bills had to be paid, and since I hadn’t resigned myself to being homeless, I started looking for...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Pivoting or Pausing? Out of necessity, in the fall of 2015, Laicos pivoted to a revenue model and began building software for clients. [In case you missed Part 1 & Part 2] Originally, we had intended...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Backward Into Bankruptcy As 2015 began, I scrambled to keep myself financially viable. [in case you missed part 1] I had to spend most of the money I made in the sale paying lawyers to pursue...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]It was 2013 and I was elated. My company, Negri Electronics, had just done $10 million in sales in 2012, and we were poised to double that this year. I was standing on top of...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_bottom="25" z_index=""][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_single_image image="6252" img_size="large" add_caption="yes" alignment="center" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Today would have been Mozy’s 8th birthday. We got Mozy at 8 weeks old and at the time we lived in Newport Beach, so he was a...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Is post-vacation depression a thing?  July 2nd, I returned back from a week in Hawaii to a familiar feeling. It’s the same feeling I had for years, so it is familiar to me, but this shouldn’t...

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern" padding_bottom="50" z_index=""][vc_column][vc_column_text]I believe in continuously fostering personal growth and development, which is why I make time for activities such as eating healthily, staying active, meditating, and practicing yoga. Another important aspect of my self-improvement...