This is the story of a guy with an idea.  It's the first inning.

In January of this year, for the first time in my thirteen year career, I was laid off.  After a month or two of shock and recovery from burn out, I embarked on a trip to Asia.  In May, after a day at the Singapore Art Museum, I was inspired by an idea for a company that is rooted in helping people inform themselves for a crucial issue in many folks' lives:  investing their own money.  I returned home a week ago inspired and excited filled with ideas and that's just where we're going to begin our journey.  Today, I wrapped up an idea stage presentation that I want to share with some potential partners. 

I'm not really sharing the idea with too many people, in but the fact is it's pretty simple.  I feel that I can create something that will actually work, because its intention isn't to make money first, it's to help educate people.  I've told a couple friends and family members about the idea.  They think it's pretty cool and there's definitely a need for this sort of thing.  Good start!  The next step is to partner with people who can use their technical skills to get a website up with the quickness and then the real work begins.  I'm going to spend the next six months of my life just working on this.  Oh yeah, I also need to work on finding a name for this site.  I have been places on the web looking for inspiration from tree species, to subway maps, to poems, lyrics, etc.  But it doesn't have to be one of those "premium" go daddy names that cost $8k.  Like a friend said and I agree "It just can't suck".