Joined the Pioneer Global Startup Tournament

As the school year ended strangely after the world was turned upside down by COVID19, I pondered whether I could start building the Grey Software organization.

I didn't have a massive source of funding, or the entire skillset needed to pull this venture, but I knew the internet had the answers I was looking for.

I had people tell me I was making a financially irresponsible move by not working for the kinds of companies that would hire me, but I knew the tech industry would still be around if I decided to jump back in.

I didn't even have a clear business plan.

What I had was an exhilarating albeit blurry vision of a world where anyone learning software could collaborate with professionals to create useful products and services with the latest tech.

I knew how fortunate I was to have had the opportunity to study at UTM and intern at Google and Vida. I knew how happy it would make me to see every honest, determined student around the world have a fair shot at creating a better future for themselves through technology. I knew that never in the history of the world did we have an event like COVID spike an exponential rise in distributed, remote solutions.

My gut told me it was the right time to start building Grey Software full-time.

Armed with an exciting vision and the determination to make it a reality, I joined the Pioneer global startup tournament.