“I’m only going to show you this once,” said Ted. Salvador and I stood at attention amid the warehouse’s chaos. Around us, workers unloaded trucks… dragged rows of clothes along rails… and giant bags zipped overhead. I barely took any of the action in, as I focused on the task ahead. Ted grabbed a couple …
I sat in my car, watching snow whip around the nearly-empty library parking lot. Did I screw up? Maybe the open interviews were cancelled? I decided I could only wait and wonder… until I saw the library finally open 5 minutes before 12PM, and people showed up in droves. Suddenly, my worries turned to the …
While scrambling through Craigslist for a full-time, easy-ass job to pay the bills… I thought I hit paydirt: Marijuana trimmer. After conferring with some co-workers (who had extensive knowledge of the field), trimming marijuana plants is apparently a big enough deal that it necessitates crews of full-time workers to get the job done. I’d never …
A little after 10:00AM, I sat in my car, notebook in hand, watching people. I was parked in the lot of a Denver marijuana dispensary, counting how many people braved the blizzard to shop inside. As they piled in, I noted their gender, and whether they looked in their 20s, 40s, or older. I kept …
“I just lost $12,000!” It was April 15th, 2013. Most folks in the U.S. think of that day as nothing more than a scramble to get their taxes filed, if anything. But anyone passionate about investing in gold and silver, might remember that as one of the biggest drops for gold prices, in history. I …
“I don’t understand… so how is that even a business?” he asked. I was in Fort Collins, Colorado, standing in front of a whiteboard in a shared office-space, marker in hand. Sitting in front of me was a friend of almost a decade, Jason. I had just mapped out my entire direct mail marketing plan. …
I’ve hesitated to write this next part simply because a monumental number of things happened as part of my new job, all of which contained their own weird coincidences, lessons, and amazing energetic notes as part of a much longer symphony. It’d be too much to cover. So I’ll just cherry-pick some of the more …
I-25. Northbound. Traffic was getting denser as I approach downtown Denver. The four-lane highway turned into stop-and-go as people merged on and off. Suddenly, I saw a car plow into another just in front. Metal and glass sprayed everywhere. As I rubber-necked to view the damage, I felt fortunate it wasn’t me… Then I turned …
“Well, I’m going to put my money where my mouth is. I said I’d be cool whatever happened so I’ll be cool.” I was standing inside one of our stores, talking to a co-worker before heading outside to wave around my sign all day. A couple weeks before, I had had a meeting with my …