After ski season was over in Breckenridge in April 2010, I looked for employment all over the nation and found the audiovisual engineering job that landed me in San Diego. I took the money from my savings and filed the paperwork, permits, trademark, and other fees to the government to establish TEAM PHUN LLC in January 2012. I had so much good feedback from the community and felt very confident about dedicating my time into this 100%. EBAY ASTROBOARD FULLWhen that door closed for my full time employment, another opened for me to concentrate on developing TEAM PHUN into an actual business. Even during my full time employment I would do farmers markets, craft shows, and Internet sales as much as I could to keep the “phun” alive. I worked about 2 years as a 9-5er and got laid off because it was slow, so I took that as an opportunity to grow my hobby into a full-fledged business. But it wasn’t until I moved to San Diego for a full time audiovisual engineering job that I really realized the potential of my hobby. So I bought a sewing machine on eBay and took the skills I learned from my previous girlfriends and started cutting and sewing away. I started “TEAM PHUN” when I lived in Breckenridge, CO working as a children’s hill coordinator in November 2009 and made my own snowboard facemask, which I have trademarked as a “Snowdanna” and fellow employees wanted their own custom ones too. My hobby has just developed into a business over the past 3 years on its own, but of course with some major circumstances happening in between. When did you decide to take your hobby to the next level and establish Team Phun as a business? Read on for more on how Team Phun, led by the creative mind of founder and CEO Jesse Goodwick, is looking to grow in 2013 and beyond. Now, after a full year successfully running a close-knit team of family and friends, Jesse has big plans for the company in 2013, starting with a trip to the east coast in January to exhibit at Surf Expo. as Team Phun's base of operations, he promptly hired three of his siblings and a long-time friend as the company's first employees. As the company's mission statement explains, Team Phun provides "fun, distinctive, functional apparel, headwear and accessories designed to characterize and promote all lifestyles."Ĭhoosing his home studio in San Diego, Calif. Team Phun has a unique collection of products for men, women, children, and animals as well. It has been nearly a year since Jesse Goodwick decided to take his hobby to the next level when he "took the money from (his) savings and filed the paperwork, permits, trademark, and other fees to the government to establish Team Phun LLC in January 2012." Team Phun Q&A with Jesse Goodwick, Founder and CEO
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