Dave and Renee Chronister are founders of Parameter Security an ethical hacking firm that was born out of the need to better protect our businesses, government, health care, financial and educational institutions and various organizations globally from vicious hackers. Join me and this husband and wife duo as we talk about balancing Life, Love and Business! SCOPE OF THE INTERVIEW 1. Life a. Dave what was it like growing up in STL? b. Cutting your teeth on technology at the age of 5 what was the draw? c. What from your childhood attributes to your success? d. If given the opportunity what personal investment would make again? 2. Making the Jump to Entrepreneur a. Why did you go into business for yourself. b. Do you remember the day when you made a decision to strike out on your own? c. In your opinion what kind of preparations should we made before any entrepreneur makes  the big jump? d. What about fear, how do you manage it? e. I have heard of ups and downs of the entrepreneurial experience where confidence spikes and drops out. Have you experienced that and how do you get out deal with that. f. What would you say is the biggest challenge for those who want to close the gap between their 9 to 5 and owning their own business? g. Even if we prepare harder than anyone around us. Will there be challenges that we cannot be prepared for? How do we manage those challenges? 3. Your Experiences a. Now that you are in a successful place in your business do you look back at the start of your work fondly. b. In those initial months who did share your dreams with? c. Do you think it is important to be selective about who you share your dream with? d. What launched you as a first and foremost expert ethical hacking? e. How many years have you been in this line of work? f. How can people get in touch with you? g. What events do you have coming up that we should be aware of? Lightning Round  (I ask these questions to all my guests) 1. Where are you in the next 5 years? 2. Best book you have ever read? 3. Favorite Quote? Life Quote 4. Star Wars or Game of Thrones 5. What in your opinion should be first and Foremost in the mind of an entrepreneur who is in transition between a 9 to 5 and a dream job/ business? https://archive.org/download/LifeLoveAndBusiness/Life%20Love%20and%20Business.mp3