My not-so-smart move

Turned into a happy accident Turning down a solid $70K/year Wall Street coding job right out of college doesn’t seem like a smart move. Especially without a plan. But that’s exactly what I did after graduating with a degree in Software Engineering, back in 2008. That summer, I moved back in with my parents, planted a garden in their backyard, and made no money. Trying to find myself, knowing that I wanted to start a business… It was frustrating. Trying to get into motion, I started my first business in the health space, without any formal training. This became my training ground, where I learned about marketing, built my own website, and launched my first online course. Things came to a head when I realized I would either need to pursue training in the nutrition space, or pivot into something I was already good at like tech. It was a happy accident that I found myself with a successful online course on my hands, and that I was having integration issues with the WordPress plugin I was using. That’s when I realized that my software background and my husband’s substantial coding skills could solve our tech issues… if we could code our own solution. After a hurried weekend of coding, we had the first version of what would become the [AccessAlly plugin for WordPress](). It didn’t do much, but we realized that we were onto something when my course participants started asking us what platform we were using to run our courses. It was a pivotal moment. Today AccessAlly is a full-fledged payment, membership, and course delivery plugin for WordPress. It’s a 7-figure business and we employ incredible human beings to help us take amazing care of our clients. It’s a happy accident that a tech issue led us to where we are today. It wouldn’t have been possible to start this software company out of college, because I wouldn’t have known what to create, how to market it, and how to support it either. Here’s to happy accidents! -Team AccessAlly P.S. We'll be back soon with some our favorite recommendations and resources! You're receiving this email because you've subscribed to updates from AccessAlly. We're so glad you're here. [Update your email preferences here.](=) To unsubscribe from all of our emails, click the unsubscribe link below. You'll be missed, and we wish you all the best! [Unsubscribe]( Nathalie Lussier Media Inc. 245 S 900 W Cedar City, Utah 84720 United States