I never participate in memes and you probably won’t see me participate in another one anytime soon, but I got tagged by Crystal Coast Tech so I figured why not? I’m sure my close friends and family know these things about me. Either way I’ll be brief.
- I have been an owner and executive in 3 (so far unsuccesful) startups prior to graduating college, and am now an owner of a forth (Capital Interactive). My previous companies were Frusic (initally called Musical Revolution), UniversitySwap (a site that finds you the cheapest price for books online; It was a team effort with my friend Jesse Thomas), and Rio (a brand of Brazilian Cachaca, which is a distilled spirit, that my friend and I were trying to introduce into the United States).
- I ran for school Treasurer in elementary school (I believe in 3rd or 4th grade) and lost. I never ran for an office in school again. (Don’t consider me a quitter, just consider me someone that knows what they aren’t good at. Politics is one of those things I’m not.)
- I taught myself how to play the guitar and have been playing for 4 years, although I quit practicing frequently after the first year so my skill level has not progressed much. Luckily, I became at least average by the end of my first year of playing and can now play a fair number of songs.
- I once saved a 350 pound woman who was drowning in my pool while I was lifeguarding. After her friends pulled her out of the pool I ran over and began giving her stomach thrusts, hoping that I wouldn’t have to give her mouth to mouth without a mouth guard. Luckily, after giving more thrusts then I was supposed to according to my CPR training, I succeeded at getting her to cough up the water she was choking on. I was then yelled at by the friends and family of the woman for not responding fast enough.
- I totaled my mom’s car when I was in high school for failure to yield the right of way. The accident was a result of failing to yield the right of way to someone who was going 20 miles per hour over the speed limit. I am not bitter about this incident.
One Response to “5 Things You Didn’t Know About Me”
January 7th, 2007 at 12:53 pm
I admire your determination Nick! It is not easy to start your own business and you could have easily become discouraged when they did not turn out the way you had hoped.
I did not have the guts to start my own business until I was in my mid-30s and had gotten burned out on the corporate scene!
Awesome job saving the woman too!