He Got Airlifted Off Mt. Baker, Then Taught Himself to Sew Left-Footed | Spencer Kadas
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Spencer Kadas shares his journey from data scientist to ski bum and entrepreneur after acquiring a mountain bike pack company.
Spencer Kadas quit his data science job at 31 to be a ski bum for a year. No grand plan, just one question: will I regret not doing this? A year later he bought High Above, the Seattle company behind some of the most bombproof, USA-made mountain bike packs out there. He'd never sewn a stitch. A month after the papers were signed, a ski wreck on top of Mt. Baker nearly took it all away. In this episode we get into what it actually takes to buy a beloved, founder-built brand and make it your ow...
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