Speaker: Shadrach White


Shadrach White started his company CloudPWR back in 2011, and as the name implies it is focused on creating cloud-based solutions. His story about how he got involved creating solutions for the government was an interesting one, and a good lesson in spotting potential opportunities to create and sell a solution to a problem. He got to talking with someone working for the government and discovered that they had to compare proposals related to the legalization of marijuana in Washington. The issue was the time crunch. With only 10 days it would be impossible to get through them all and compare them with the slow way that they were doing it. Shadrach quickly created a small web-based solution for them, using free resources such as Google forms to complete the solution that would aid in rapidly getting through the proposals. By spotting a problem and creating a solution literally overnight, he not only made some quick money but got his foot in the door providing solutions to the government. His tips on the order of who is payed within a company made a lot of sense too, for example taxes before anything and paying yourself very last.

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