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He contacted the owner and informed him the hotel had

contacted him and he wanted an accounting of all activities on the
contract. This began in the spring and by that time we were winding

down on the contract which was ending by the fall. I started
interviewing firms and interviewed with an Asian company, IT

Solutions, and cut a deal. I had told the owner that I could bring the

contracts I was managing to IT Solutions and I negotiated a sign-on
bonus of $5,000. I began to arrange with my client on how we could

transfer this contract to IT Solutions.

I was beginning to feel the pressure from Cox and Associates. I

was leaking information to the clients and they were catching on. I was
comfortable with how I had trained Jerome and arranged for him to

meet with the owner of IT Solutions. She had a conference contract
where she needed a Project Manager. She expected me to come with

my contract in the fall and to establish her conference department.
Jerome left in May before they could terminate him. I knew we were

all on borrowed time.

Jerome's first month at IT Solutions, he was constantly calling for

support but at the same time, he was building a new network of
potential clients. I was still seeing the vision of starting my own

company and I knew I needed to start building my team and by

starting at another company I would continue to make relationships
with new clients.

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