Ep. 434: Life Outside the Box - Starting An Outdoor Gear Store From Scratch - Jimmy Funkhouser
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 580 Ratings
🗓️ 26 October 2018
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
So is it difficult to build an outdoor business and brand from nothing in one of the meccas of the outdoor industry? You guessed it. It might take you investing your entire life savings or living in a van for months on end or even giving up almost everything (including your sanity) to realize your dream. Like I've always said, chasing your dreams can be a nightmare. We hope you enjoy this open and honest discussion with Feral Mountain Co. founder, Jimmy Funkhouser. After listening about the highs and lows of building something from nothing, we hope you get out there and try something incredibly difficult yourself.
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| 0:00.0 | If somebody is starting a business in any industry and their measure of success is tethered to money, then they need to just abort the mission immediately. |
| 0:18.5 | This is the Adventure Sports podcast brought to you by 180Tack. |
| 0:22.9 | Get out there and have some fun. |
| 0:32.9 | Hey everybody, welcome to the show. |
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| 1:30.0 | All right, here's the episode. |
| 1:32.3 | Welcome to the show. |
| 1:34.2 | Today I have a guy that left a probably, you know, you can correct me if I'm wrong, |
| 1:41.6 | but probably a cozy career that he was building for a decade or so. |
| 1:46.2 | Yeah. |
| 1:46.4 | And left that to start an outdoor gear shop in the Denver area. |
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