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If we truly want our communities to be safer, we need to invest in fixing the core problems within emergency services, not just rely on quick fixes like panic buttons.

Shifting to a MonoRepo structure was an unexpected yet transformative decision for Prepared.

In 2018, a startling reality gripped the United States: a school shooting was occurring every 4 days.

Jerry Lee & Wonsulting are uniquely positioned for success in a tough space: Recruiting. How can they win?

I always think “we can build this ourselves!” but "should we?"

One major challenge that I have seen while working at Prepared, is how startups can compete over talent with Big Tech, especially early-stage startups. They are being out competed on almost all fronts: salary, stability, work-life-balance. There are ******always****** larger startups, ones with more money, ones with more revenue, or ones that are working on ‘cooler’ technology. With all these other factors, how can an early stage company compete for top talent?

Most of the entrepreneurial engineers people ask themselves: “Why shouldn’t I just start my own startup?”. Below are some of my thoughts related to this.

Prepared is a start-up building technology to better connect citizens to the US emergency calling system. Currently, 911 call centres are technologically antiquated and unable to accept anything besides calls. Prepared’s services allow 911 dispatchers to send callers a text that connects them to a web app, where they can upload images, videos, GPS location, and even message back and forth.

We’ve made a lot of mistakes to come and understand the tradeoffs between stack choices....