The Liberty of Being an Entrepreneur

I hope that everyone has had a good Independence Day weekend.  I think our founding fathers would be pretty impressed with the nation they created many years ago.  We are in the midst of political problems and economic challenges.  We are the example that other nations strive for, and I look forward to the future as the 21^st century becomes another American Century.  

One of the reasons for American exceptionalism is we can take abstract ideas and convert them into concrete solutions to problems.  The cotton gin, telegraph, telephone, electricity, transistor, and internet were American inventions we could adapt to the real world.  Seven years ago, Facebook was the product of a sexually frustrated young man.  Today, I must promote my company on his service or face bankruptcy.  America is one of the few nations where this story can occur.  You don’t see many entrepreneurs coming from France or Spain.  China seems very good at undermining human rights and violating patent regulations but they still do not have the track record of innovation we have in the United States.

 I am part of that tradition.  I created a company called E₃ Systems.  We provide a means for small to medium-sized trucking companies to use the internet to manage their inventory and bills of lading.  In the future, I will have features that use Microsoft Tag Technology to track items and inventory with smartphones.  I also plan to make it possible to view truck drivers' logbooks and fuel charges in real-time.  I plan to do this at a reasonable cost and over the web. 

There is no software to install and nothing to purchase.  You lease it over the web.  I think it is a reasonable means to address the smaller provider's challenges. If America is going to recover from this recession, it will take Entrepreneurs' efforts to make a difference.    

I think I am up to the challenge.