Blake told a story that stuck with me.
When he was 11 years old, he walked into an Adidas outlet with 40 bucks. He bought two pairs of shoes for 20 dollars each, flipped them on eBay overnight, and sold both for over a hundred bucks. That moment never left him.
Everything he does now, running businesses, marketing companies, even the projects he’s involved in today, all trace back to that same instinct. Buy. Understand value. Communicate it. Move it. Repeat.
What really hit was how he talked about the shift that happens in your early twenties. When you’re young, business feels theoretical. Branding. Messaging. Sales. All the textbook stuff. But when you’re supporting yourself and other people, it gets real fast.
You stop thinking only about the product. You start thinking about responsibility. Sustainability. Clarity. Execution. That’s where experience replaces theory.
This conversation is about how real entrepreneurs are formed, why early reps matter, and how the best lessons don’t come from school. They come from doing.
