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  <body>&lt;p&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s been quite a while since I&amp;rsquo;ve blogged and since I&amp;rsquo;ve informed people about what&amp;rsquo;s going on with WhyGoSolo.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s been a turbulent and hectic time to say the least.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;It started with me underestimating&lt;span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;what having a full time job and running WhyGoSolo would be like. Heck, it started with me underestimating what having a &amp;ldquo;regular&amp;rdquo; job would be like again. After three years of working for myself &amp;ndash; getting back into a structured routine turned out to be morally, physically and emotionally draining. It has nothing to do with the work I do or the people I work with&amp;hellip;it has everything to do with wanting to maintain the entrepreneurial lifestyle and not being able to live it the same way anymore.&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;    &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;But after 5 weeks&amp;hellip;I&amp;rsquo;m getting better at balancing the two and understanding how to manage my expectations and time.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Prior to taking on my billet back in the Marine Corps I wrote a blog post about &lt;a href="business-is-a-team-sport"&gt;Business is a Team Sport&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;In the post, I emphasized how important it was to have a team that takes part of carrying the torch and keeping things moving.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I stand by that statement however, I want add to it.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;What happened is that I hadn&amp;rsquo;t realized who my true shinning stars on the team would turn out to be.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The CTO for WhyGoSolo resigned shortly after I went back into the Marine Corps and since his resignation one key member of the team has really stepped up and is making big things happen.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;His hard work is motivating the heck out of me, truly re-energizing me and kicking me back into action. It happens to be the youngest member of our team: Darcy Laycock.&amp;nbsp; The kid is brilliant and the hero of the story right now. &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;So On To The Updates:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;We are growing the team&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;:&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;We are adding a new sales person.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;Her name is Nicole and she is joining us to be part of the next step for WhyGoSolo.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I&amp;rsquo;m really happy to have Nicole join us.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;I suspect I&amp;rsquo;ll be learning a lot from her.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Also, a few old (as in former) faces are going to be making come backs over the next couple of months which is something that means a lot to all of us who are still together, to have old friends join back.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Next Release:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; We have a new release planned for the beginning of July. The new release is the next step and future of WhyGoSolo.&lt;span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;The new release is actually not an addition to WhyGoSolo but a new application that will tie into WhyGoSolo. &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;We&amp;rsquo;re looking for some UI work (anyone interested??) to ensure we make our deadline. I&amp;rsquo;m excited to finally be moving in this new direction...which I&amp;#39;ll talk about in a few weeks. &lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;The new release will have quite a few other releases following it. So although we&amp;rsquo;ve been real quiet and been through some hard times; we&amp;rsquo;re back on track and pursuing our goals.&lt;/p&gt;    &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Do keep an eye on what we&amp;rsquo;re up to!!&lt;/p&gt;  </body>
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