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Software entrepreneur finds his footing after personal medical scare

Chris Abbott turned a dreadful few weeks into a new opportunity to get back to what he calls his “entrepreneurial roots.”


  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 5:00 a.m. June 19, 2023
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Chris Abbott has been writing software for franchise-based business for years.
Chris Abbott has been writing software for franchise-based business for years.
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Sarasota software entrepreneur and real estate executive Chris Abbott got smacked with some big life challenges, and tragedies, in 2022.

First his younger sister, Brenna Marzucco, married with three kids, died at 35 years old after dealing with an illness for eight months. A few weeks later, on Easter Sunday, Abbott had his own medical issues: his colon ruptured. “I manage my stress physically,” Abbott says, “and this really pushed me over. I had 104 fever. I had sepsis.”

 


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Mark Gordon

Mark Gordon is the managing editor of the Business Observer. He has worked for the Business Observer since 2005. He previously worked for newspapers and magazines in upstate New York, suburban Philadelphia and Jacksonville.

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