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title: Orienting Stories
tags: [Leadership, Thought Writing]

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Orienting Stories
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###### tags: `Thought Writing` `Leadership`

Stories
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- [Where we came from](https://hackmd.io/@grey-software/founding-story)

- Why we can't stay there (Our Case for Change)


While I worked out the long-term vision, I started the venture off by offering an open source apprenticeship service. This was a kind of software development tutoring service where students could get mentorship by someone invested in growing their technical skills and their sense of wonder. 

All of my students were from UTM, and I was delighted to empower them as software creators more than their university system could. Since I was headed back to school for one more year (I had one credit remaining because I failed Spanish during my senior year), I thought it was the right time to visit Pakistan for a little while and see what kind of positive impact my educational work could have. 

On August 31st, 2020, a short while before leaving for Pakistan, I formally incorporated Grey Software in Canada as a not-for-profit organization.

- Where we are going (Our Vision) 

- How we are going to get there (Our Strategy Story)

- What we believe (Our Values)

- Who we serve (Our Personas)

- How we compete

- How we lead (Our Leadership Philosophy)

- Why you should want to work here (Our Recruiting Story)