10/08/2026
One of my favorite classes at Mitchell College was entrepreneurship.
As part of a group project, we were challenged to create and launch a business from scratch. Everyone brought something different to the table. We had teammates focused on strategy, others on operations, and our marketing team even designed a logo and built out the brand.
The idea? Taking used burlap coffee bean bags and turning them into travel bags.
We found a local craftsman in Connecticut who helped bring the concept to life. I think we made around 25 bags, built a business plan, developed a marketing strategy, and even sold them at local farmers markets.
My roommate, Jerry Moore, was part of the group, and I still remember how excited we were. Not because it was a class assignment, but because we felt like entrepreneurs. We took an idea from our heads and turned it into something real that people actually wanted to buy.
Every now and then I wonder... what if we had kept going?
Where would that business be today?
Looking back, the biggest lesson wasn't about burlap bags. It was about what can happen when a group of people combines creativity with action.
Twelve years later, when I started my own business, I realized that project had planted a seed.
Great ideas matter.
But ex*****on, consistency, and teamwork are what turn ideas into opportunities.
Never stop dreaming. Never stop building. And never underestimate how far a small idea can take you.
Sometimes the smallest projects end up shaping the biggest journeys.
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