I’m a young (I like to think) 44 years old, and I own Skooba Design, a
young, hip, creative, and thoroughly modern company. Yet some of Skooba’s core business values
might be considered by some to be “old school.” If that makes me or my
company seem in any way less with-it or progressive, so be it — I
wouldn’t trade or compromise these principles for anything. And these
concepts that guide our business are largely based on, well, stuff my
dad told me.
My family’s first business (which we sold in 1998) was a 50-year-old manufacturer and distributor of photographic equipment. By any measure it was a successful company — significant, profitable growth every year, no debt, great products, happy and dedicated employees, and a wonderful reputation in the industry. My father guided the business with many dyed-in-the-wool (read: stubborn-as-hell) philosophies, which usually manifested themselves as pithy sayings. Some were handed down from his own mentors, some borrowed from others, some were well-known expressions, some his own creations. Many of them would probably get him in trouble with the Political Correctness Police these days.
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Author: Michael Hess
