I'd always dreamt of trying to start my own business. This only really became an option in 2016, when I became a permanent resident of the USA (self sponsored EB-1 green-card). And it took me a few years after that to save up and work up the courage to take the leap. By the beginning of 2019 I had a pretty clear idea of what I wanted to build, and by July I felt like it was as good a time as ever to quit my job as a Senior Software Engineer at Squarespace and get started on VSUAL!