POW GLOVES
Today I received my first paycheck for contract work under the G Brand. It's a proud moment really. I'm even happier because the check couldn't have come from a better group of people. Sometimes things just align and unlock a certain chain of events that make you wonder about the possibilities...
As I've been floating around the last few months, putting together my "life's plan", I've been asked by multiple people to help with their businesses. I am truly fortunate to have so many people interested in my talents. One of those people is my friend Ryan Goedhart. We started out at HH together as the passionate marketing kids who could see where the US division of HH should go, yet couldn't seem to find the right voice to communicate our good intentions.
Ryan created his own business and became a HH sales representative in the Northwest while I started to slowly climb the corporate ladder. Recently we both parted ways from our first employer. He took the reigns and is now the Sales Guy for POW Gloves and still a sales rep for Bern Helmets. Through him I have gotten to know an interesting and good group of people.
They are: Dustin Goss, Dan Egan, Scott Scoggin, and as you can see from the picture above, the beautiful Liesel Kiel. There is no question that following your dream in business is a scary and exciting thing to do. It take guts. What you have to have is a good product, good people, positive energy, and the need for adventure. POW Gloves has these attributes.
Ryan approached me a couple weeks ago needing some marketing and PR help for the company. That meant going to Las Vegas for the SIA trade show which I have eluded to in early 'routine' entries. I wasn't sure if I should go? I had changed my partying ways and this meant going to the city of temptation. Could I go and not party too hard? I figured this would be a good test of will power. That and if somebody will pay for your room and then a day rate to reconnect with old friends, it hit me as a no brainer.
The show was a huge success for POW and the energy/response was very positive. It's easy when there is good product. All I had to do was tell people to touch and feel the glove, then put it on their hand and watch their facial expression. "Wow, that's the most comfortable glove I've ever put on", were the most common words coming out of peoples mouths. Plus they have a great PR story. People from the Northwest getting together because they love action sports and want to make the best gloves in the business.
I heard owner/founder Dustin say, "When every Nascar driver is wearing a pair of POW gloves, then I'll relax." They also have some great products that offer a point of differentiation. They may be the first one to bring cinematography and photography gloves to the market. Then they have the 'fun factor' glove in the SHOCKER, which if you don't know what that is, you're outta luck because I can't explain it here. Then they also have the most fashionable golf gloves made. It ties back to them providing the highest quality leather gloves in a fashion forward design, at an amazing price. So if you need a pair of the best gloves in the Wintersports Industry, go buy some POW.
They also brought in some local Seattle talent to entertain the show goers. Local band The Mob Law put on a very entertaining show. They are a mix of Danzig, Rage Against the Machine, and Sublime. Keep an eye out as it won't be long before they hit it big. Hopefully both groups make it big.
Outside of my first G Brand payment, I want to thank POW for bringing me to Vegas. I hadn't realized how much I missed everybody. Below are a couple more pictures of the booth, the band, and the fans of both.
