When I was 16-years-old, my idol was a guy by the name of Scott Olson.
He wasn't a rockstar, nor was he a professional athlete. He was an entrepreneur. More specifically, he was the founder/inventor of a product that became a global phenomenon -- Rollerblade.
Growing up in Minnesota, where Rollerblade started, made Scott even more of a hero to me. Not just because he understood the pain of Minnesota winters, but because I actually had a shot at spending time with him.
