Pursue The Passion
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Stewart was a Biological Sciences major in college with an emphasis on Marine Biology. Somehow he ended up in the wine business. At the time of his graduation, the opportunities were not there for marine biologistist. A lot of programs were being shut down, and when Stewart finished his dissertation, he was working part-time in…
has a statue of Bill Bowerman in office to always remind him of Bill’s motto of “what can I do for the athlete?” That is Tobie’s mentality when he designs in the Nike Innovative Kitchen, where the best shoe designers in the world gather their thoughts and come up with the next big…
First off, let me say that if we had an award to give out to a person that has pursued their passion to the fullest extent it would have to go to John Freedman. John was one of the most interesting people that we talked to on our 2006 tour. His story is one in…
Born and raised in San Jose, Faham attended Leland High School before enrolling at the University of Arizona to study Management Information Systems (MIS). He accepted a position, while in school, that pertained to his major and soon found that that he hated MIS! At that point, he thought that his decisions to pay out…
Oksana is a Russian born pianist and composer who has been playing the piano since the age of five. She pursued the American Dream of making it big as an independent artist in spite of the challenge of learning a different culture and language. She began her studies in Kazakhstan and won her first competition…
Rick Farmiloe draws for a living. He has worked on films for Disney and Dreamworks. He has truly pursued his animation passion since deciding that he wanted to draw at age 9. Under the mentorship of this animator, he started to really work at drawing by going to the park or the zoo everyday, and…
Jeff Tucker is a University of Oregon alumnus. He graduated in 1993 with a psychology major and is now the Director of Sales for the San Francisco Giants. His career path began when he accepting a telecommunications position that had a commission based salary. He stuck with that for a while before moving to Santa…
has been a graffiti artist, a professional break dancer and was even ranked the #2 ping-pong player in the nation at 12 years old! In addition, he’s a pretty good artist. He has worked for EA Sports on video games such as NBA Street, developing both characters and backdrops. He painted…
is awesome. She came out to the UCLA campus as a little freshman from Maria Carrillo High School in Santa Rosa, CA, and in her first year made a name for herself as one of the premier volleyball players in the nation. She played in front of 15,000 fans in Nebraska, and led…
started off his career as a writer, and is ending his career as possibly one of the luckiest men in the world. He is a Playboy photographer, and not just any photographer. Stephen has the most published photographs in Playboy magazines and more of his shots have made the cover than any other…
is from Orlando, Florida. She was discovered by Playboy while working as a Hawaiian Tropics model. She is now trying to pose for Playboy. We were fortunate enough to catch up with her during a lunch break. She said that modeling is hard work but it’s worth it because you’re only young and…
We are in Laguna Beach, California. Ronnie is a retail legend, with more than 40 years experience in fashion. He is an original investor in the Lifted Research Group Clothing Company, better known as LRG. Post-interview, we received enough LRG gear to outfit us for our roadtrip. Interview: How To Start a Clothing Line Ronnie…
Dan Fumai is the Vice President Controller for the San Diego Padres. after spending eleven years with the accounting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers. His goal while attending Boston University was to become a partner in an accounting firm. Interestingly enough, he was one year away from accomplishing that goal when he left the firm for the Padres…
Tim Katzman is the Director of Corporate Communications for the San Diego Padres, and has been with the organization for 11 years. He started off as a professor in American Studies on the East Coast and ended up being in the right place at the right time. He created a position for himself with the…
is the President of the Phoenix Junior Achievement office, and was a very interesting individual. She did not attend college, and out of high school worked in the private industry before finding a personal satisfaction in education. She has been at Junior Achievement for ten years, and is very passionate for making a…
Karl Eller graduated from the University of Arizona in 1952 and claims to have made more money in college than he did in his first six years thereafter. He went into the billboard business where he worked his way up from a lease man, to a sales rep. He then gathered up the confidence to…
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is founder and principal of the Retirement Portfolio Specialists, which assists individuals and business owners in understanding their retirement plan alternatives. He is a University of Arizona graduate and has worked in the financial services industry for more than ten years with companies such as OppenheimerFunds and the Vanguard Group. Andrew’s story is…
When people think of Hall of Fame Basketball Coach Lute Olson, many things come to mind. Maybe, 1997’s improbable March Madness run, when Lute’s Arizona squad knocked off three number one seeds to become NCAA National Champions. Or maybe it’s the four Final Four appearances, the twenty-three straight seasons of making it to the coveted…
is the owner of the Jim Click Automotive Group that has numerous auto dealerships and is one of the top groups of its kind in the country. Jim started pursuing his passion early on in his life. He started as a hard nosed center for the Oklahoma State Cowboys football team and then…
