Owen is joined by Mark Putz, owner of Watershed Fly Shop. Mark's unconventional journey began with self-employment in Ohio, flipping cars and delivering pizzas, before exploring various unrelated jobs and eventually moving to Oregon. In Oregon, he found a passion for fly fishing, which soon led to an unexpected opportunity to own a business. Mark's journey is both unique and captivating, reflecting an intriguing attitude and outlook on life.

FIND Mark

https://www.watershedflyshop.com/

@watershedflyshop

TIMESTAMPS

(0:00) Intro

(0:31) What Mark does

(2:41) His career

(28:30) Moving to Oregon and getting into fly fishing

(35:05) Becoming a joint owner of the fly shop

(43:04) Funneling his past experience into sales

(46:12) Crossover between fly shop and guided customers

(50:59) Scaling the fly shop

(56:57) What his week-to-week looks like

(59:46) Work life balance

(1:01:34) The entrepreneurial mindset

(1:06:10) Mark's advice for a Bossless Path

(1:07:12) How to find Mark

(1:08:26) Wrap up

(1:08:50) Outro

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Owen is joined by Mike Ripley, owner and operator of the bike and trail running race event businesses, Mudslinger Events and Oregon Trail Runs. A long time bike advocate and event organizer, Mike has always been a bit of a workaholic which really comes across in his story about the early days of managing pizza restaurants while building his race event business. The amount of relationships and logistics that are involved in putting on over a dozen race events every year is astounding. Mike explains some of these and other intricacies of being self-employees for over a decade. FIND Mike

https://www.mudslingerevents.com/

https://www.oregontrailruns.com/

TIMESTAMPS

(0:00) Intro

(0:33) What Mike does

(4:22) Designing a race

(6:44) His career

(11:50) Buying a blue sky business

(14:29) How he learned how to run a business

(21:08) What goes into organizing a race event

(25:10) Knowing when to (not) listen to others

(31:45) The value of in-person events today

(43:46) What does he see in his future?

(46:59) Plugging into the local event communities

(49:56) Balancing work tasks and personal life

(57:05) Mike's advice for a Bossless Path

(1:04:21) How to find Mike

(1:04:41) Wrap up

(1:05:05) Outro

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Owen is joined by Jason DuBose, the founder and co-owner of two companies, Rogue Sky, and Puren Solutions. A self-described engineer extraordinaire, Jason is a man of perpetual action. After relocating to Oregon with his family for a job opportunity he was blindsided by a decision from his employer not to compensate him for meeting all the outlined goals. Jason immediately took that as a sign to break out on his own. Quickly he started multiple engineering companies and soon after found a fantastic business partner. As Jason explains, the road of entrepreneurship isn't without its bumps, but he remains happy with his decision to switch to self-employment.

FIND Jason

https://www.rogue-sky.com/https://purensolutions.com/

TIMESTAMPS

(0:00) Intro

(0:33) What Jason does

(2:31) Rogue Makers

(5:37) His career

(10:32) The catalyst for self-employment

(14:12) Forming Rogue Sky

(17:46) Forming a second company

(19:19) How Rogue Sky and Puren Solutions work in tandem

(21:12) The road to success via repeated failure

(28:48) How does his split his time among his companies?

(35:10) Learning about what its truly like to be self-employed(

40:30) Bringing on employees

(44:43) The first time he had to let an employee go

(47:50) How do his employees time get split between the companies?

(51:36) Finding his business partner

(1:01:06) Loneliness in self-employment

(1:05:52) What does he see in his future?

(1:10:25) Jason's advice for a Bossless Path

(1:11:45) How to find Jason

(1:12:46) Wrap up

(1:13:22) Outro

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