{"id":3627,"date":"2022-02-15T03:41:03","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T03:41:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattlacrosse.com\/?page_id=3627"},"modified":"2022-02-22T21:28:40","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T21:28:40","slug":"journey","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mattlacrosse.com\/journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3627\" class=\"elementor elementor-3627\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a74a4ac elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a74a4ac\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-34e33b2\" data-id=\"34e33b2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d95b81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d95b81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Welcome to My Journey<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-232904f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"232904f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 26-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>I built this as a thought experiment after struggling to help people get to understand my experience. I found that a resume and a simple conversation just didn&#8217;t suffice so I wanted to do something different that might help people better understand me.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f69476e elementor-widget elementor-widget-timeline-widget-addon\" data-id=\"f69476e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"timeline-widget-addon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<!-- ========= Timeline Widget Addon For Elementor 1.5.7 ========= -->\r\n<div id=\"twae-wrapper-f69476e\" class=\"twae-vertical twae-wrapper  twae-both-sided\">   \r\n    <div class=\"twae-start\"><\/div>    \r\n    <div id=\"twea-timeline-f69476e\" class=\"twae-timeline\" ><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-9d21a58\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">September 14th, 1984<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>A little red-headed baby is born to a single mama who was only 17-years old.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-70656d3\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">September 1989<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>Mom gets married and I get a step-dad with a sailboat.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-ad029d3\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">December 1989<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>Got my first NES with Super Mario Bros and Duck Hunt, oh yea!<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-c8bdf46\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">January 1991<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>My new baby brother, Brandon enters the scene.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-5b11500\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">September 1992<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>I get a Sega Genesis for my birthday, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Street Fighter time!<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-165f7cd\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">July 1993<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>We move out to the country, enter Delano, MN population &gt;2000 and I get ready to start 3rd grade.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-f53b5a7\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">June 1994<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>Spent the summer sailing but got hit by a tornado and our boat capsized, had to seek shelter on an island!<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-b30b356\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">August 1994<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>We move 20 minutes outside town to a little house on 15 acres of woods right next to the river.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-9785ec1\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">September 1994<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>Just got an ATV Honda 250cc BIG RED 4-wheeler for my birthday, look out state trails, here I come!<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-d2dbe6c\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">March 1995<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>Our school gets Apple power macs and I start playing Oregon Trail and Number Crunchers obsessively.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-121eeaf\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">April 1997<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>Parents get divorced and I have to move to the ghetto to live with my Auntie, start 7th trade in South Minneapolis.<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-bd81b7a\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">July 1997<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>Spend the summer playing basketball in the hood with guys 3X my age and get really good!<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-2863d80\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">Janurary 1998<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>My Uncle is a computer programmer and he starts teaching me about HTML and the World Wide Web.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-9f05482\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">June 1998<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>We move to our own place in Burnsville, MN. I make a friend a year younger me who opens my world to hacking, MIRC, Everquest, and building PC's.<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-b99d286\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">August 1998<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><b>I get my first PC, a Compaq intel Celeron 333 mhz and spend the next 2 years playing Everquest obsessively.\u00a0<\/b><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-91d1321\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">July 1999<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><b>Have to call child protective services to escape my Mom and I go to live with my older step-brother before starting 8th grade.\u00a0<\/b><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-779a88f\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">June 2000<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><b>Move back to Delano to live with my step-dad and start high school. Spend the summer playing Everquest and am making bank selling accounts on eBay.\u00a0<\/b><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-3f318fe\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">August 2001<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><b>Begin working in the restaurant industry and painting houses on the weekend.<\/b><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-eaa2f00\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">December 2002<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><b>Having an awesome time in high school, partying a lot but playing basketball, football, spending the summers on the lake fishing and wakeboarding.\u00a0<\/b><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-b10bf46\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">May 2003<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><b>Finally graduate high school and Delano is ranked the #2 school in the state academically.\u00a0<\/b><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-65e5ad9\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">August 2003<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><b>I decide to walk away from the University of MN to enroll at the Institute of Production and Recording in Minneapolis.\u00a0<\/b><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-38abd57\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">September 2003<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><b>Get the new Macbook G4 laptop with Pro Tools and the new iPod with some Bose headphones for school!<\/b><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-dbbec7a\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">October 2004<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><b>Mom gets killed in a tragic death, I'm next to kin and have to plan her funeral.\u00a0<\/b><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-005815c\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">November 2004<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><b>I drop out of IPR after 2 semesters, loved the business side of the music industry but decided producing wasn't for me.\u00a0<\/b><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-e457123\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">March 2006<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><b>End up landing a job doing apartment maintenance for the 3rd largest property management company in the Country which allows me to get my own apartment. <\/b><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-23ea0c1\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">June 2008<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><b>Move to the 5th largest property management company and become the youngest maintenance supervisor in the history of the company.\u00a0<\/b><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-3c69d86\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">August 2008<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><b>Dominium sends me to college where I receive a certificate in property management and real estate. I go on to be nominated for national awards and even break a few records.\u00a0<\/b><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-7f72c48\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">March 2009<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><b>I purchase my first home and a few of my friends from high school move in with me. I make a new friend in Mexico from Ghana who's at Cornell on a full ride and my entrepreneurial journey begins.\u00a0<\/b><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-669e6bc\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">April 2010<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>I decide to leave property management and start my own business building WordPress sites, repairing computers and Xbox's.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-90aa80e\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">February 2011<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>My friend convinces me to leave everything behind and move to San Diego to start a new journey.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-0643bf5\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">June 2011<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>Spent the summer club promoting and end up meeting Haydar who founded 2 companies that both went over $1b in revenue. He becomes my mentor and my digital marketing career takes off.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-988da50\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">August 2011<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>Start a window cleaning company that does $145k in revenue the first year and sell it the following year. Get accepted into The Founders Institute for my first startup BizBlaster.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-aa344b6\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">March 2012<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>Start a pool cleaning company that gets to $60k recurring revenue the first 3 months and sell it the following year. I am working tirelessly with various investors and startups in Silicon Valley through my relationship with Haydar.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-d5afb10\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">June 2012<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>Purchase my first sailboat and spend the next year out enjoying San Diego and taking dozens of online courses about LEAN entrepreneurship, digital marketing, product design and much more.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-3e40d2a\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">June 2013<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>My son Dylan Avery LaCrosse is born and I'm super excited to be a father!<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-af770a4\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">December 2013<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>We sell everything and move to Upstate NY where I begin learning aquaponics and organic farming at Cornell University.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-84fa57d\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">May 2014<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>We move to Florida where I join a new small startup accelerator as a business and marketing advisor.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-e651d2a\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">October 2014<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>We move back to California to be closer to family. I learn Magento and build an organic food eCommerce store called Pure Organic.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-e005749\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">January 2015<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>I help my partner launch a mobile notary business and get her to $5k\/mo in the first 60 days. Then end up systemizing the process thus launching a national MaaS for notary businesses and sell it on Flippa.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-a36ef05\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">March 2016<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>Land a gig with an SEO agency where I learn white-hat link building processes while working with several Fortune 500 brands.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-3cec16d\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">July 2016<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>I discover open courseware at MIT and Stanford and end up taking half a dozen classes there for free mostly related to business psychology, sociology, and human behavior.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-81fcd47\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">April 2017<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>At this point have mastered WordPress and have built more than a dozen websites for various startups while consulting them on MarkOps, MVP's and LEAN practices.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-169116f\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">June 2017<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>Land a contract with Swarm and fly up to SF where I work with Joel Dietz the creator of Metamask. My intro to the world of Blockchain and Crypto is CRAZY!<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-c5bd140\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">July 2017<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>Help co-host an investor party at Gil Penchina's clock tower penthouse in SF.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-8328290\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">February 2018<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>Spent the past 6 months productizing services for ICO's. Build lead gen tools like chatbots that educate institutional investors on crypto while traveling the US attending various blockchain conferences.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-d90235d\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">March 2018<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>I introduce Haydar to Early Boykins and help them launch Andra Capital, a security token fund in SF.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-cf8e4f2\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">July 2018<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>At this point I've consulted for more than 40 blockchain based startups while providing marketing services for a dozen different ICO's leading to more than $100M raised. Some projects include: Swarm, Totle, Xtrade, Hyprr, Howdoo, Lucyd, STEX, JoyToken, Academe, and Titus Coin.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-6579c6d\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">August 2018<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>Take on a passion project and help launch a Ramen restaurant in Emeryville, they later go on to win lots of awards. Get them to $40k monthly revenue in the first 60 days.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-5f17e36\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">January 2019<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>Join EPIK.gg as fractional CMO and fly up to Seattle to meet with ex SVP and VP of Nintendo America. Work with William Entriken (lead author of NFT ERC-721) and Alexey (founder of Tetris) and learn about blockchain gaming.<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-0b029fa\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">May 2019<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>Take a couple of months off to spend with family and move back to CA after spending a year living in Las Vegas.<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-5544692\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">June 2019<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>Help my friend Ted Dowding launch his commercial real estate brokerage, he ends up doing $100M in closed deals his first year.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-c89bee8\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">August 2019<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>Join Megafans.com as fractional CMO and help them launch an exciting new esports for mobile gaming platform.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-869ac4f\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">May 2020<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>Rejoin Lucyd as fractional CMO to help them pivot and launch a smart eyewear company. Get to spend a couple of months in Miami and help them get to $10k\/mo in revenue. Land Richard Sherman as a brand ambassador.<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-9820c86\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">June 2020<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>Join Ideagist's new blockchain accelerator as one of a dozen advisors and get to work with some really interesting people all over the world.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-48c2553\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">November 2020<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>Launch my own SaaS just for fun and for client work (WOWlutions), an all-in-one cold email marketing suite.<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-a8c4ba7\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-left twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">February 2021<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>Got recruited by Jay Moore at DGBlabs &amp; Prasaga as a fractional CMO to help them reach investors.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Start of Story Repeater Content --><div id=\"story-7c64c45\" class=\"twae-story twae-repeater-item twae-story-right twae-story-no-icon\"><!-- Story Icon --><div class=\"twae-icon\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-calendar-check\"><\/i><\/div><!-- Story Arrow --><div class=\"twae-arrow\"><\/div><!-- Start of Story Content --><div class=\"twae-content\"><!-- Story Title --><div class=\"twae-title\">September 2021<\/div><!-- Story Description --><div class=\"twae-description\"><p><strong>Got recruited by Anders and join IKONIC as a fractional CMO and help them build out all of their MarkOps and infrastructure for G2M.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"twae-end\"><\/div>\r\n    <\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.elementor-3627 .elementor-element.elementor-element-f69476e .twae-wrapper.twae-vertical .twae-story{margin-bottom:60px!important}.elementor-3627 .elementor-element.elementor-element-f69476e .twae-wrapper{--tw-cbx-title-color:#F86011;}.elementor-3627 .elementor-element.elementor-element-f69476e .twae-wrapper{--tw-lbl-big-color:#F86011;}.elementor-3627 .elementor-element.elementor-element-f69476e .twae-wrapper{--tw-ibx-bg:#F86011;}<\/style>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-15ce1c2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"15ce1c2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c585306\" data-id=\"c585306\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1801679 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1801679\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Thank you for learning about my journey.<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to My Journey I built this as a thought experiment after struggling to help people get to understand my experience. 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