Congratulations to Luis Delgado, Recent Emerging Enterprises Graduate

By Monica Willey, HTIA/HACA Program Administrator

On November 22nd, Emerging Enterprises Business Resource Center(EE) graduated its first round of clients. Included amongst the five graduates was Luis Delgado, Owner of The Critical Update and active member of the GAHCC.

The Critical Update Inc is a technical support and IT consulting company focused on improving the use of technology to increase a company’s productivity. Luis Delgado enjoys seeing clients grow due to the proactive approach of supporting and managing their technology.

Delgado became an entrepreneur because he wanted to help others succeed and offer solutions that could provide stability and peace of mind to clients and staff.

Even though Delgado had an entrepreneurial spirit he too had fears about starting his own business, one in particular was how was he going to let go of his well paying full-time position to administer The Critical Update around-the-clock. Emerging Enterprises turned his fear around by helping him with solutions and a strategic approach to developing a business plan. Delgado has been able to use skills from the Emerging Enterprises program to design an infrastructure that will allow his company to double its size by the end of next year.

"I would strongly recommend it [Emerging Enterprises] to future entrepreneurs and those who are considering any role in business. Some of my classmates found out that starting and running a business was not the right fit for them, that insight saved them a lot of pain, frustration, and money", states Delgado.