E79: THE ABANDONED LOOM THAT BUILT THIS COMPANY
HANDS AND DAYLIGHT
Peter Roberts
5.0 • 765 Ratings
🗓️ 9 June 2019
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Summary
Six years ago, we found the last loom left. It was in Lewiston Maine, in a massive mill, abandoned on the top floor of the deteriorating building. We found it when an old-time sewing machinery dealer told Pete, "There's someone you need to meet." She was gatekeeper to this mill, an older woman who’s father also worked there for 40 years. She is also the gatekeeper to the history, and the people who came here to build their American dream. Now we're telling you, there's someone you need to meet. Meet Rachel.
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| 0:00.0 | And so, my fellow Americans, ask not. |
| 0:04.0 | Taking back America starts here. |
| 0:07.0 | What your country can do for you. |
| 0:10.0 | Ask what you can do for your country. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm convinced. |
| 0:14.0 | The reclamation of America through many hands and daylight. |
| 0:19.0 | One small step for land. we as a nation must undergo |
| 0:22.6 | this is our origin. |
| 0:25.6 | A radical revolution of value. |
| 0:28.6 | Not because they are easy, but because they are hard. |
| 0:35.6 | You know, I actually gave up once, just once in business. |
| 0:42.3 | And I remember after the recession, in between the recession and starting origin, |
| 0:50.3 | you know, before the recession, we used to take lots of family trips. You know, we'd go to, like, Colorado. |
| 0:56.0 | We'd go to Prince Edward Island, you know, in other locations. |
| 0:59.9 | And used to love learning about the people and the culture and the heritage and the communities |
| 1:05.1 | and what they were all about. |
| 1:06.5 | And the recession hit. |
| 1:09.2 | And we had to change it up. We didn't tell the kids that we were struggling |
| 1:13.9 | to make our mortgage payments, but we decided that we would spend time inside Maine and enjoying |
| 1:19.9 | what Maine has to offer and that we'd do it tenting out. So we would go to different locations |
| 1:24.8 | inside Maine over a course of two or three years and we'd stay in tents and the kids had a blast and we had a blast. |
| 1:32.3 | And, you know, towards after launching origin and I remember I had won the trials to go to Abu Dhabi to compete in Jiu-Jitsu and There's a whole backstory to that, but coming home on that flight, I was thinking about manufacturing. |
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