Chalmers Brown is a software engineer and entrepreneur who is currently working on his fifth startup, Due.com. Due helps small businesses with invoices and payment processing so that they can receive the money that they earned.
Brown’s entrepreneurial story started at Rutgers University, where he began a business to help local students earn money selling their used textbooks. He found a very immediate need that he could meet and turned it into a business. As his education in software engineering advanced, he started developing software back ends for social media companies, healthcare providers, and other businesses.
Due.com emerged from the experiences and relationships he made during his early entrepreneurial years, as he connected to freelancers and started to understand what they could use to make their processes easier. He spotted pain in an experience, and turned it into a business that delivers millions of invoices every year across the globe.
Although the business is very small and simple, the beauty of Due.com is the great need it meets for many people. While many people try to make starting a business complex and formulaic, Brown found a intersection of passion and pain and launched from there.
The point that you brought up of him starting his first company in college is an important one. It’s pretty inspiring, and whether or not the company comes to fruition it’s an invaluable learning experience.
Certainly a great entrepreneurial idea that expedites the invoice and payment process. It’s common in this day-in-age that receiving payment can take longer than expected. This idea attempts to aid small businesses and make financial matters more understandable and flowing. Good post!
Due.com sounds like it solves a relevant problem. When I think about starting a new business, I realize that I have no experience with invoices or payments. Businesses that help businesses are a great idea because it makes starting a business that much easier.
This is a great example of how simplicity and convenience can cause positive outcomes for users of all kind. Not only does it include technology but it is also easy to use. These two factors are very appealing to many in today’s world.
This is a really good example of how you can take small problem (small meaning not necessarily world changing) and turn it into a great business idea. I really enjoyed this post!
This is a very well-written essay that really highlights a lot of attributes of a successful entrepreneur that Brown possesses. Also, it is really cool that he was able to use his prior experiences and network of connections to help him with his new start-up.
Small company, big impact. Brown really exemplifies entrepreneurial qualities and has an impressive track record.
Great inspiration for any college students wanting to start their own company. Also, great example of how no idea or problem is too small to create a good business.
This is a serious problem that many small business face – so it’s awesome there’s an idea that helps them out!