Insolvency

Growing up in Dallas, Texas, was wonderful for Chris Kay, until the second grade when his parents divorced. As with any child, that had been difficult to handle, but it taught Chris the importance of keeping promises and the strength required to work through tough times to come out on top. Such values are among those that make Chris the kind of successful businessman that he is today.

Music has always been a passion, but it was also Chris’s ticket to college. He received a partial scholarship to the University of Texas at Arlington for jazz and classical music. Although loving music, he thought it more prudent to major in business; Chris graduated from UTA with a business degree and an emphasis on computer systems. (To this day, one of Chris’s favorite things about business is being able to solve problems with technology.) He quickly received a job at Hewlett-Packard, and dedicated himself to the company for over 17 years. What Chris loved when he started out was the company’s character, what he referred to as the H-P way. The company’s standards and practices made him a loyal employee all those years. When the organization began to lose this characteristic, he started resenting his job, unhappy with the way he saw the company moving. He was living in California when H-P transferred him to Fort Collins, CO, where he currently resides. Chris took a stand and walked away from the company, leaving him with options to pursue independent business ventures.

Chris wanted to find an entrepreneurial endeavor in which he could fully invest his career. What gave him courage was his wife’s support; she encouraged him to pursue a career that would make him happy. Chris knew that even if he crashed and burned, he could find another job and his family would still support him 100 percent. One of his firmest beliefs is that in order to start a business, one must have strong family support or the road will be that much rougher.