The two first met just a few years ago at Colorado State University. After college the boys each got married, started their own families, and respective careers. Todd and his family moved out to Bend, Oregon, and started the original BrightScape company. Don worked locally in the Ft Collins area as a home inspector. Eventually Todd & co. moved back to Ft. Collins and re-established BrightScape, with the help of his old college friend.