TPM Episode 14: Kevin English, CEO, We Are Camp

Kevin English went from a dream job managing athletes to a dream job managing campers/counselors, and it hasn't been easy. He's lived through corporate layoffs, corporate selloffs and eventually, the drama that comes along with purchasing a passion-based project with friends. We talk about K2, Travis Parker, buying summer camp, merging with the competition and a lot more

Kevin English Show Notes:

2:42: What has Kevin been up to? Work grinding, life grinding family grinding

5:00: HCSC snowboard competition and how many campers do they need each summer to succeed?

8:20: HCSC and Windells Sells fun….but there's a lot more to that.

9:27: Kevin and my camp experiences as kids and East Cost camp legacy's

12:20: Riding for Simms and his first summer at HCSC

13:40: Evo (listen for special offer) and Diecutstickers.com (Listen for 10% off your first order with DCS)

15:25: Growing up in Donner Summit and how he got into snowboarding and other sports growing up

18:07: What does he do after High School?

21:08: Sugar Bowl, a lot more exciting than it read on Linked in.

22:20: Counselor and then coach, then Head Coach at HCSC

23:09: His K2 days: Vashon, layoffs,

25:00: K2 Snowboarding Rollerblading Ad and the back story

28:55: Travis Parker

33:57: Who's career did he have to end (Brian Savard ) as a TM at K2?

36:00: Who's career did you help (Gretchen Bleiler) at K2?

37:20: Spy (25% off site wide, listen for code) and Sierra at Tahoe spots

38:55: How did he get back into summer camp? Running the business for Vans

40:21: Vans is dumping camp because it doesn't fit in the portfolio and Kevin puts a buying group together and buying camp

42:36: Kevin leaves camp to develop real estate

40:12: Megan and Preston leave, big changes at camp

46:50: Getting his MBA and why he felt he had to do so

48:40: Merging with Windells, how does that happen and the vision for the future