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Quit my job to start a software company

On Monday of this week, I quit my job in software sales. On Wednesday, I co-founded Terralanes with my roommate, Parker @terralanes_ph. Together we are building a map-based knowledge management system for the logistics industry.

on August 14, 2020
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    Good luck, John! You have made the first big step to success!

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    Well done and good luck @john-oates

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    Wish you all the best, @john-oates

    If you are looking to hire remote talent, then you are welcome to post at RemoteWorkJar.com for free. We have visitors from 60+ countries. =)

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      We might need to do that in the future. After this week, I think we’ll have two full time US developers, but we might need to supplement here and there.

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        You made me generate the TOP 10 countries and post it here. The US is still ranging on the top.

        https://i.imgur.com/puKFBZT.png

        When you are posting a job, please have it "USA Only" selected as the regional restriction and we will take care of the rest.

        All the best!

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    Good luck! don't forget to submit it to startupjohn.com later

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    I'm curious about your decision to quit. What made you want to do that as opposed to working on this on the side?

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      I wanted to support my current developer and co-founder @terralanes_ph as much as possible as we build out our MVP. We are also hiring one more full time developer in the next week or so.

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        That shows real commitment. I wish you the best of luck!

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    Hi !have you already contacted them to propose your product?

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      It’s pending approval now!

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        Good luck, this is the most critical point getting real client :)

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    Good luck! You’ve got this 💪

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    Can't wait to get this going!
    -Wolf

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    What does it do?

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      In short, we visualize a freight brokerage's entire book of business on a map and combine it with nuanced customer information that is collected at an individual employee level.

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        Cool - how did you get into this? Do you have a Medium post or something out there about this?

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          I worked in the freight brokerage industry for 4 years with 2 different brokerages, and I noticed that they suffered from the same core problem related to a consistency of customer service. No medium post, but check out our explainer deck at terralanes.com

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