Nick Hutchison talks with an entrepreneur about starting their fire starter kit business. Their father worked in rental real estate and modeled entrepreneurship early. They learned to reach out directly to people they admired, a habit they now teach their own kids.
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I'm curious, with the fire starter kits that you were building, manufacturing, selling, was there an inspiration there? Was there a mentor who sort of helped you get into this world of entrepreneurship?
I lucked out. First and foremost, my parents were always extremely supportive. They were entrepreneurial as well. You know, my dad had various projects. His main thing was rental real estate, but they were always supportive and, you know, really went out of their way to take the time to help me out with questions I had along the way. So that's first and foremost. Secondly, I went out of my way to reach out to everyone. That's always been for me a life lesson for everyone else. I try to instill that in my children as well. Hey, you know, you read a book you like, like reach out to the author, please tell them something that inspired you, try to make a connection. You know, even if you're not looking for something, just, just building that bond, building that network, and really developing the ability to do that, to connect, to reach out. Each person you're