What Have I Been Up To? Part 1 - The Train Has Left The Station
Well hello there my much neglected, but never forgotten, email subscribers and blog readers. We’ve been quite busy at PILLLAR over the past 12 months, thus the delay between writings. I suppose it’s time to bring you all up to speed on what I’ve been up to.
It was a warm May 2021 morning, in St. Paul at Palace pop-up skatepark where I met Brad Hay for an early morning session. Like most times when I skate with Brad, we ended up talking more than skating, and I’m always good with that. The conversation drifted over many different topics when we finally landed on future plans for our respective companies. Brad with ReGenerate Wood and me with PILLLAR. I love these conversations because they allow for your mind to run wild with ideas and dreams which can hopefully one day become reality.
I talked about this idea that I had been carrying around for a while about starting a cafe/skateboard shop for PILLLAR and finished by saying “maybe someday.” When Brad quickly and emphatically replied, “you have to do it!”
The next day I started browsing the internet for commercial real estate.
Knowing nothing about commercial real estate and even less about what it takes to open a coffee shop, I had no idea what was in store for me next.
I found, what I thought, was the perfect location for this new endeavor and I began the process of working with the landlord on signing a lease. I drew up a business plan, put together a budget (what the fuck do I know about budgeting for this kinda thing?), applied for a business loans, found an architect. I’m already in over my head, but this train had left the station.
About 4 weeks of haggling with the landlord over my business plan, negotiating on what improvements he would cover on the space versus what I would have to pay for and discussing financing, I knew this pairing was not a match made in tenant/landlord heaven. After a particularly contentious meeting, I made the decision that I had to move on. I could not continue to work with him.
On my drive home, which was rerouted down Central Ave in Northeast Minneapolis, due to construction, I drove past a freshly painted black building with a “For Lease” sign hanging proudly in the window. I pulled over, pushed my nose up to the glass to see a much neglected office space, which had all the potential in the world, and took down the phone number on the sign.
Three days later I met the leasing agent and as I walked through the narrow hallways, pulled up corners of cheap carpet and popped up sections of the discolored drop ceiling, in my head, this was already my space.
Your comment was posted successfully! Thank you!
https://ctftime.org/team/237189
https://ctftime.org/team/237191
https://ctftime.org/team/237192
https://ctftime.org/team/237193
https://ctftime.org/team/237194
https://ctftime.org/team/237195
https://ctftime.org/team/237196
https://ctftime.org/team/237197
https://ctftime.org/team/237198
https://ctftime.org/team/237199
https://ctftime.org/team/237200
https://ctftime.org/team/237201
https://ctftime.org/team/237202
https://ctftime.org/team/237203
https://ctftime.org/team/237204
https://ctftime.org/team/237206
https://ctftime.org/team/237207
https://ctftime.org/team/237209
https://ctftime.org/team/237210
https://ctftime.org/team/237211
https://ctftime.org/team/237212
https://ctftime.org/team/237213
https://ctftime.org/team/237214
https://ctftime.org/team/237215
https://ctftime.org/team/237216
https://ctftime.org/team/237447
https://ctftime.org/team/237458
https://ctftime.org/team/237457
https://ctftime.org/team/237449
https://ctftime.org/team/237447
https://ctftime.org/team/237460
https://ctftime.org/team/237455
https://ctftime.org/team/237452
https://ctftime.org/team/237453
https://ctftime.org/team/237451
https://ctftime.org/team/237448
https://ctftime.org/team/237454
https://ctftime.org/team/237459
https://ctftime.org/team/237456
https://ctftime.org/team/237450
https://ctftime.org/team/237693
https://ctftime.org/team/237694
https://ctftime.org/team/237695
https://ctftime.org/team/237696
https://ctftime.org/team/237697
https://ctftime.org/team/237698
https://ctftime.org/team/237699
https://ctftime.org/team/237700
https://ctftime.org/team/237701
https://ctftime.org/team/237702
https://ctftime.org/team/237703
https://ctftime.org/team/237704
https://ctftime.org/team/237705
https://ctftime.org/team/237706
https://ctftime.org/team/237707
https://ctftime.org/team/237708
https://ctftime.org/team/237709
https://ctftime.org/team/237710
https://ctftime.org/team/237711
https://movie-keys.blogspot.com/2023/06/herbalile-worlds-no1-nutrition-by.html
https://tech.io/snippet/8OGa2Q3
https://hastebin.com/share/duteruwobi.bash
https://my.mamul.am/en/post/191051
https://git-ce.rwth-aachen.de/yuening.hong/Protoyping-Project_WallAngle/-/issues/335
https://git-ce.rwth-aachen.de/yuening.hong/Protoyping-Project_WallAngle/-/issues/336
https://git-ce.rwth-aachen.de/yuening.hong/Protoyping-Project_WallAngle/-/issues/337
https://git-ce.rwth-aachen.de/yuening.hong/Protoyping-Project_WallAngle/-/issues/338
https://git-ce.rwth-aachen.de/yuening.hong/Protoyping-Project_WallAngle/-/issues/339
https://git-ce.rwth-aachen.de/yuening.hong/Protoyping-Project_WallAngle/-/issues/343
https://git-ce.rwth-aachen.de/yuening.hong/Protoyping-Project_WallAngle/-/issues/345
https://git-ce.rwth-aachen.de/yuening.hong/Protoyping-Project_WallAngle/-/issues/346
https://git-ce.rwth-aachen.de/yuening.hong/Protoyping-Project_WallAngle/-/issues/349
https://git-ce.rwth-aachen.de/yuening.hong/Protoyping-Project_WallAngle/-/issues/351
https://git-ce.rwth-aachen.de/yuening.hong/Protoyping-Project_WallAngle/-/issues/355
https://git-ce.rwth-aachen.de/yuening.hong/Protoyping-Project_WallAngle/-/issues/356
https://git-ce.rwth-aachen.de/yuening.hong/Protoyping-Project_WallAngle/-/issues/357
https://git-ce.rwth-aachen.de/yuening.hong/Protoyping-Project_WallAngle/-/issues/358
https://git-ce.rwth-aachen.de/yuening.hong/Protoyping-Project_WallAngle/-/issues/360
https://git-ce.rwth-aachen.de/yuening.hong/Protoyping-Project_WallAngle/-/issues/370
https://git-ce.rwth-aachen.de/yuening.hong/Protoyping-Project_WallAngle/-/issues/371
https://git-ce.rwth-aachen.de/yuening.hong/Protoyping-Project_WallAngle/-/issues/372
https://git-ce.rwth-aachen.de/yuening.hong/Protoyping-Project_WallAngle/-/issues/374
https://git-ce.rwth-aachen.de/yuening.hong/Protoyping-Project_WallAngle/-/issues/373
https://git-ce.rwth-aachen.de/yuening.hong/Protoyping-Project_WallAngle/-/issues/376
https://git-ce.rwth-aachen.de/yuening.hong/Protoyping-Project_WallAngle/-/issues/377
https://git-ce.rwth-aachen.de/yuening.hong/Protoyping-Project_WallAngle/-/issues/379
https://git-ce.rwth-aachen.de/yuening.hong/Protoyping-Project_WallAngle/-/issues/380
https://git-ce.rwth-aachen.de/yuening.hong/Protoyping-Project_WallAngle/-/issues/381
https://git-ce.rwth-aachen.de/yuening.hong/Protoyping-Project_WallAngle/-/issues/441
https://medium.com/@marwahbvcc/disappointment-surrounds-the-flash-with-a-55-million-debut-8f7fa0e77a5f
https://app.eventsframe.com/app/event/5467636089487360/
https://app.eventsframe.com/app/event/5637523906756608/
https://app.eventsframe.com/app/event/5515337606889472/
https://app.eventsframe.com/app/event/4688066893578240/
https://app.eventsframe.com/app/event/5785144029872128/
https://app.eventsframe.com/app/event/6539582281613312/
https://app.eventsframe.com/app/event/6293777058627584/
https://app.eventsframe.com/app/event/6596363141775360/
https://app.eventsframe.com/app/event/6732275771244544/
https://app.eventsframe.com/app/event/6380140479119360/
https://app.eventsframe.com/app/event/6273001764945920/
https://app.eventsframe.com/app/event/6265646583119872/
https://app.eventsframe.com/app/event/5440910991032320/
https://app.eventsframe.com/app/event/4666692586176512/
https://app.eventsframe.com/app/event/5230954601775104/
https://app.eventsframe.com/app/event/5690375576485888/
https://app.eventsframe.com/app/event/5939130737360896/
https://app.eventsframe.com/app/event/4731612224815104/
https://app.eventsframe.com/app/event/6739019138334720/
https://app.eventsframe.com/app/event/6356854508617728/
https://app.eventsframe.com/app/event/5391910917111808/
https://app.eventsframe.com/app/event/5294562178236416/
https://app.eventsframe.com/app/event/4739786621321216/
https://app.eventsframe.com/app/event/6374705869094912/
https://app.eventsframe.com/app/event/6171323531264000/
https://app.eventsframe.com/app/event/5229642539597824/
https://app.eventsframe.com/app/event/4845950646353920/
https://app.eventsframe.com/app/event/4688223475335168/
https://app.eventsframe.com/app/event/6043720656879616/
https://app.eventsframe.com/app/event/5918998883467264/
https://app.eventsframe.com/app/event/6246765906886656/
https://www.blackgolfdirectory.com/group/blackgolddirectory-group/discussion/289db75c-6cdd-4543-b0f3-3af743646e30
https://www.weareba11.com/group/test/discussion/f8055114-c545-45b4-93a5-d16f019ee030
https://eventsframe.com/e/rPasiUCTS/ver-bloody-daddy-2023-pelicula-completa-online-y-gratis/
https://soundcloud.com/haphap-tangkap-786627193/ver-bloody-daddy-pelicula-completa-castellano-en-espanol-latino-hd
https://vk.com/filmboxofficehd-ver-bloody-daddy-pelicula-completa-gratis-cuevana-3-online-e https://vk.com/fullversionhd-pelisplus-operacion-kandahar-completa-2023-en-espanol-y-lati
https://eventsframe.com/e/rsRLfwH8k/pelisplus-ver-operacion-kandahar-online-en-espanol-latino-hd/
https://www.blackgolfdirectory.com/group/blackgolddirectory-group/discussion/13723ba5-31eb-4337-b378-ce2fab3fcb4a
https://www.weareba11.com/group/test/discussion/c1e1f83c-fa8a-4246-93bc-e332f1feffb4
https://soundcloud.com/awera-bella/pelisplusflix-operacion-kandahar-pelicula-completa-hd-espanol-y-latino-mp4
https://soundcloud.com/awera-bella/cuevana-ver-kandahar-pelicula-completa-espanol-en-linea-gratis
https://sites.google.com/justhwatchstream.store/veroperacinkandahar2023lapelcu/home
https://sites.google.com/justhwatchstream.store/pelisplus-ver-kandahar-2023-pe/home
https://sites.google.com/justhwatchstream.store/johnwick4-20234hdthai/home
https://www.blackgolfdirectory.com/group/blackgolddirectory-group/discussion/44210002-0acc-4922-9a7e-27c9fede1c9c
https://www.weareba11.com/group/test/discussion/6e21b2ab-7eed-4d21-ab77-87638a71c4fa
https://sites.google.com/justhwatchstream.online/johnwick4-2023-hd/home
https://sites.google.com/justhwatchstream.online/johnwickchapter44-2023hd4k/home
https://eventsframe.com/e/lv4NiTfoI/th-4-2023-john-wick-4-m-thai-hd/
https://www.blackgolfdirectory.com/group/blackgolddirectory-group/discussion/6c9be8d9-3479-409f-8415-c31a220c2dfa
https://www.weareba11.com/group/test/discussion/c6dbdd58-b84c-4bcf-b420-1df97c5095db
https://eventsframe.com/e/njq7Rm1lC/ver-culpa-mia-2023-pelicula-completa-en-espanol-pelisplus/
https://vk.com/freyaconway-extraction2-2023-1080p https://vk.com/blurayhd1080p-2-20231080p
https://www.blackgolfdirectory.com/group/blackgolddirectory-group/discussion/3aeefd1b-52e9-4113-b8ed-71fa200f82d8
https://www.weareba11.com/group/test/discussion/6dc92c94-b923-47d3-a730-6c243efcfa21
https://eventsframe.com/e/rn7XKyEE0/tw-2hd-1080p-extraction-2-2023/
https://soundcloud.com/tomas-aryo/2-2023-hd1080p
https://peatix.com/group/12461370
https://peatix.com/event/3625707/view?k=dbf5308d7f64aebf3648dda7db56b0d1f024fc19
https://sites.google.com/justhwatchstream.com/extraction2-mpvu-hd4k/home
https://sites.google.com/justhwatchstream.com/2hd1804kextraction2/home
https://sites.google.com/justhwatchstream.online/extraction2-2023hdtwhk/home
https://vk.com/mopieboxoffice-pelisplus-hazme-el-favor-completa-2023-en-espanol-y-latino-o https://vk.com/chinahade-cuevana-3-ver-sin-malos-rollos-pelicula-completa-online-en-e
https://vk.com/@movphdchinemark-pelisplus-ver-hazme-el-favor-sin-malos-rollos-online-en-espa
https://sites.google.com/justhwatchstream.com/mega-ver-hd-hazme-el-favor/home
https://sites.google.com/justhwatchstream.com/versinmalosrollos2023pelculaco/home
https://sites.google.com/justhwatchstream.online/veronlinehazmeelfavor2023pelcu/home
https://sites.google.com/justhwatchstream.online/versinmalosrollospeliculacompl/home
https://soundcloud.com/aep-pulsa/cuevana4-ver-hazme-el-favor-2023-online-pelicula-completa-gratis-peliculas-gratis
https://soundcloud.com/aep-pulsa/pelisplusver-hazme-el-favor-pelicula-completa-online-en-espanol-latino-sin-malos-rollos
https://sites.google.com/jonin888.com/hazmeelfavor2023/home
https://sites.google.com/jonin888.com/pelisplusflixversinmalosrollos/home
https://www.blackgolfdirectory.com/group/blackgolddirectory-group/discussion/d9c163d7-11dd-41a1-9be0-61bd3e4d391b
https://www.weareba11.com/group/test/discussion/91650232-2d07-47f0-b5ac-8a98942513b0
https://www.hihonor.com/es/club/topicdetail/topicid-3538944564199425/
https://www.hihonor.com/es/club/topicdetail/topicid-3538945757511680/
https://www.hihonor.com/es/club/topicdetail/topicid-3538945969291264/
https://www.hihonor.com/es/club/topicdetail/topicid-3538948576051201/
https://www.hihonor.com/es/club/topicdetail/topicid-3538948892721152/
https://www.hihonor.com/es/club/topicdetail/topicid-3538949322670081/
https://www.hihonor.com/es/club/topicdetail/topicid-3538953298837505/
https://www.hihonor.com/es/club/topicdetail/topicid-3538956511707136/
https://www.hihonor.com/es/club/topicdetail/topicid-3538956748652544/
https://www.hihonor.com/es/club/topicdetail/topicid-3538959049228288/
https://www.hihonor.com/es/club/topicdetail/topicid-3538960131391489/
https://www.hihonor.com/es/club/topicdetail/topicid-3538960653549569/
https://community.oneplus.com/thread/1357394665967452169
https://community.oneplus.com/thread/1357395070373855237
https://community.oneplus.com/thread/1357395554186821636
https://community.oneplus.com/thread/1357396318112186373
https://community.oneplus.com/thread/1355796639180128258
https://community.oneplus.com/thread/1355796639180128258
https://community.oneplus.com/thread/1357239793120968713
https://community.oneplus.com/thread/1357240335243149321
https://community.oneplus.com/thread/1357240759463444486
https://community.oneplus.com/thread/1357241128847409160
https://community.oneplus.com/thread/1357241580246794246
https://my-fault-online-subtitrat.statuspage.io/
https://urmariti-my-fault-online-subtitrat.statuspage.io/
https://moje-vina-cely-film-cz.statuspage.io/
https://moje-vina-film-cz-dabing.statuspage.io/
https://vyprosteni2-cely-film.statuspage.io/
https://vyprosteni2-cz-dabing.statuspage.io/
Leave a comment