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Small Business Spotlight for The Memphis Daily News

Aug. 9, 2010

Jim Van de Vuurst always wanted to start his own company.

He moved to Memphis from Detroit in his teens, then attended the University of Memphis, where he took one computer course and “fell in love with it,” eventually graduating with a management information systems degree before going to work for International Paper Co.

From there, he worked for global software company SAP, for which he traveled week in and week out.

“I did the traveling road show for as long as I could stand it, flying out on Sunday night and coming back on Friday,” Van de Vuurst said. “I did that for almost three years and the travel got to me and that’s what prompted me.” … (read more)