The following is an entry I posted to my personal blog site and I thought I'd post it on the Georneys' blog as well.
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My wife and I are working on a new business called Georneys. Georneys is the outgrowth of an idea my wife had for keeping track of children (we have two small boys), particularly in crowded and congested areas such as theme parks. The idea is to provide peace of mind for parents and caregivers as well as increased safety. We plan to be as open and transparent as possible about what we’re doing from both business and technical perspectives. We’ll be providing updates on our progress at the Georneys’ blog. I’m sure there will be a lot of adaptation and change along the way. Needless to say, we’re both very excited about the new business.
As part of our efforts to grow the business, we’ve applied to TechStars. Acceptance into the TechStars program would require us to move to Boulder, Colorado. We’d be more than happy to do that for all of the mentoring and learning opportunities we’d receive. (In fact, I suspect we could be enticed to stay in Boulder, it looks like a great place to live and build a business.) We’ll have to wait another month or so to find out if we’ve been accepted into the program. In the meantime, we’re working on our business plan and trying to raise some angel funding.
From a technical perspective, to accomplish the Georneys mission, we’ve been looking at a number of cool and interesting technologies. I’ll be blogging about some of the technical stuff that I’ve found; it’s been a great learning experience so far, and I’ve been surprised about some of the things I’ve found with regard to GPS and WiFi positioning systems. The technologies seem to have been grouped in the category called "real-time location systems" (RTLS).
Also, we’d love to get any feed back or suggestions you might have. Please leave a comment or contact me via email if you have any input or questions. Thanks!
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