How I Got Started in the Manufacturing Software Business - Part 3 of 4

By Mike Hart

As Hal Holbrooke said to Charley Sheen at the end of Wall Street, “Man looks in the abyss, there's nothing staring back at him. At that moment man finds his character. And that is what keeps him out of the abyss."

My father and I were staring into the abyss.  The product we were representing turned out to be a technical failure and our inability to keep up with our computer payments and other obligations forced us into personal bankruptcy.