Happy 15th Birthday LUCRUM!

February 15, 2008

Today is LÛCRUM’s 15th birthday. I have been fortunate enough to be with LÛCRUM for 10 of those 15 years. It has been quite a ride. We have had great success and we have seen some truly “downer” moments. People have asked why I stay. The answer is simple, LÛCRUM provides me with a company that cares about what I have to say and gives me room to chart my own course.

I started my career in a Fortune 100 company. I was making half as much as peers of mine out of college, but I wasn’t sure what I wanted to be “when I grew up”. While there, I changed positions a few times, but never saw a change in my income that got me closer to my peer group. Challenges where there when I asked, but the rules were pretty severe. I moved on…My next company was a small, privately held, poorly run firm. I loved the job! I had all the flexibility that I wanted and I was challenged every day. Unfortunately, my employer had routine cash flow issues that impacted the regularity of my pay. I moved on…I went to work for a small manufacturing firm. I was again given a lot of flexibility, but they weren’t able to keep my interest long. I moved on…to LÛCRUM.

While at LÛCRUM, I have see it all. I’ve had great success, I’ve experienced failure. Through it all, LÛCRUM has believed in me. I have learned that perseverance does pay off, and good ideas only get better when you share them.

I’m really excited to see what the next 15 years bring to LÛCRUM. We are growing out of adolescence and we are well into our teens. As with most 15 year olds, what you see may not be “finished”. We have our share of ugliness…things we’d like to change about ourselves, things we know we can do better. We’re finally figuring out what we’re really good at doing and we’re starting to repeat our success. For our next big birthday, we’ll be 20. 20! Can you believe it!?! Imagine all the maturity that we’ll have then!

Happy Birthday, LÛCRUM!

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