Heroes and role models influence lives everywhere, often without even knowing it. Celebrities, relatives, friends; even book characters impact teens' lives, leading to better choices and clear goals for the future. Greg Knox earned the position of my role model. Greg is a successful inventor and entrepreneur who always stands by what he knows is right, and I admire those qualities in him. I value traits such as those, and applaud Greg's authoritative take on life. A figure who has taken fruition from his propositions and has scarcely backed down from the prime choice he selected I look up to him for that.
             Greg Knox exceeds the norm; rather than tarry and allow success to find him, Greg ventured out himself to wrangle the beast. Knox invented the Trunk Tracker, initiated a company, Synthecom, and engineered for NASA. Knox's most commendable achievement? The creation of the Trunk Tracker. The Trunk Tracker aids the user by allowing them to tune in to various other radio frequencies. Bolstering Greg along the way: his extensive knowledge of technology, math, and science. His learnings also guided and aided him as he fixed and created many apparatuses to offer assistance in everyday life. Playing to his strengths favored Knox, and urged him onwards to his goal of an invention. Of course, Greg required an outlet from which to distribute his gadget from, and began considering the possibility of a company. Knox began the company with a business partner, and they soon triumphed. Actualizing his company, Synthecom, presented Greg with nearly instantaneous satisfaction. However, After a while, sales began to dwindle, and an alternative source needed consideration. This forced Greg to face a hard decision: let the company go, or keep selling a mediocre quantity of his product. After much speculation, a consensus was reached, and Greg Knox, along with his business partner, allowed a separate company, Uniden, to distribute the Tr...