I quit my job.

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Today I did something wild and crazy….I quit my job.

I surprised many of my friends, family, and co-workers with the news that I am leaving Birmingham and moving to the metropolis of Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Chattanooga is a city that I strangely have a lot of connections to.

My mom grew up there.

My parents met there.

I was born there.

I still have some family there.

Some of my favorite people in the world live there.

So, this isn’t just moving to a new city. This is sort of like moving home.

Still, I keep getting asked why I am moving. In Birmingham, I have a great job, a great girlfriend, my immediate family, and so much more.

What really sealed the deal for me to move to Chattanooga was when I went to hear Gary Vaynerchuk speak last week. I met people that are starting awesome companies. The city has a start-up culture that is infectious and enthusiastic. It reminded me of the Entrepreurship program at Belmont, where I went to college.

I have been longing to be a part of a community like that again, for some time. At my core, I believe I am a start-up guy. Once a company is past early growth stage, I am not the right person for the job.

I thrive off of the risk, the reward, the hustle.

Here I go to Chattanooga.

To start a new life. To hustle and work my butt off to make my dream come true. To start a company that you’re going to read about one day and say “I want to be like that guy.”

Watch out, world. I’m coming for you.

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I’m an entrepreneur and marketer. You can find me at iamcjadams.com.