Gordon Nuttall:turning layoff lemons into start-up lemonade

摘要

Armed with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Gordon Nuttall went from college to work for Hewlett-Packard, where he put his engineering skills to use in areas such as digital imaging and new-business creation. Thirty-one years later, during the economic downturn of 2008, Nuttall was one of the many tech-industry employees to be laid off. Instead of taking an early retirement or seeking a position similar to the one he had just lost, Nuttall did what some might call crazy: He set out to form a start-up. Now, three years later, Nuttall and the . team at Couragent Inc aren't just surviving the still-cold economy, they are growing and moving their Flip-Pal mobile scanner toward new markets.