Last fall, Evan Solida had reluctantly shelved his longtime dream of starting his own company and was planning to go back to work as an industrial designer.
A year earlier, he'd left a design job with Confluence Watersports, the kayak maker in Easley, to devote his full attention to building his own business around his idea for a "digital bicycle mirror."
Solida, a former bicycle racer who lives in Mauldin, had applied for a patent, created a website and made models of his product, a tiny camera and screen that gives cyclists a view from behind their bicycles without having to turn their heads or use clip-on mirrors.
By early November, however, Solida hadn't attracted any investors for his venture and so felt like he had to return to his previous career "to keep food on the table," he said.
His luck changed, however, on the very day he had scheduled an interview with Trek, a bicycle maker in Waterloo, Wis.
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Author:Rudolph Bell
