Overcoming the Adversity

If you are denied entry into a church based on your race, arrested, beaten up in the jail, paraded in shackles, lost your job and had to live with no income for six months and with no health insurance, etc. how would you feel?

Most of you would feel angry or depressed. I was angry and depressed as well, but after a very short moment, I was joyful, as I got the opportunity to experience life and communicate with the higher power to realize the purpose of my life. You might think I am hallucinating and think I am outright crazy. But think again, if I had a comfortable six figure income job with no hurdles like this, I rarely would have ventured out living my dreams.

After I was fired from the largest airline out of Atlanta for an unjust cause during the recession, I became a full-time student and finished my MBA from Georgia State University. I graduated with a GPA of 3.74 with a dual major in Marketing and Computer Information Systems in 2002. Being a full time student I could cultivate some long lasting relationships with my professors who now serve on my advisory board. Then I founded my company EmTechPro, Inc. with only $1000 in initial investment. Since our inception, we are growing at 300%-400% every year. We have a vision of becoming a $1 billion global company by year 2020 and being among the top three players in every major market we serve.

The other thing I am thankful about is that, I realized that my wife just didn't marry for financial security... she had supported me living in a 200 sq ft filthy apartment and made the best out of it. Situations like this tests the real people in our life. Also, I am a big believer that God talks to us, only if we want to listen. I feel as if God is telling me to not only making EmTechPro a financially successful venture, but also to cultivate a culture that believes in changing the world. (I know we can not change the world alone, but collectively we can make a huge difference) I have come to the realization that it hardly matters if I become a US citizen or not, as my ultimate goal is to influence people in making the world a better place for us and our future generation. With this wonderful medium of the Internet, I can do it from a village in Africa, India, South America or from this great city of Atlanta.