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THE SEA-TOWN PODCAST: Interviewing Seattle's Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs - Ep. 042 - Cory Cote & Brandon Ramirez, Owners of Mystery Made

Ep. 042 - Cory Cote & Brandon Ramirez, Owners of Mystery Made

09/18/17 • 38 min

THE SEA-TOWN PODCAST: Interviewing Seattle's Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs
This week’s guest is Cory Cote and Brandon Ramirez, owners of Mystery Made mens apparel and action sport oriented graphic design firm in The Admiral District of West Seattle. Highlights From This Episode: After 10 years at K2 and Ride Snowboards, Brandon and shortly after, Cory decided to take the leap into self-employment to start their own design firm and then more recently, opened the front of their space into a men's apparel shop. As artists and designers, they wanted to branch out from the cyclical nature of working at just one company and really explore the opportunities with starting their own thing.
  • Mystery Made primarily does branding and design for action sports but also love doing branding and design for local companies, new restaurants (like The Nook) and individual entrepreneurs.
  • One of their life mortars & slogan is "Get Busy Living". They live by the saying of "find what your passionate about and you'll never work again in your life"... it may be cliché but it's true.
  • Best advice Cory remembers getting was from an old boss who told him to "Make a decision and be confident in it". Own it and move forward!
  • Best advice Brandon lives by is to "put your passions in your backyard". Pursue your passions and it will work out.
Episode Links & Resources: Ways to Subscribe to The Sea-Town Podcast: Help Us Spread The Word - Reviews Help a Ton! Thanks for joining me again this week. If you have any tips, suggestions, or comments about this episode - email me at [email protected]. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Thank you! And finally, please leave an honest review for The Sea-Town Podcast on iTunes! Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them.
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This week’s guest is Cory Cote and Brandon Ramirez, owners of Mystery Made mens apparel and action sport oriented graphic design firm in The Admiral District of West Seattle. Highlights From This Episode: After 10 years at K2 and Ride Snowboards, Brandon and shortly after, Cory decided to take the leap into self-employment to start their own design firm and then more recently, opened the front of their space into a men's apparel shop. As artists and designers, they wanted to branch out from the cyclical nature of working at just one company and really explore the opportunities with starting their own thing.
  • Mystery Made primarily does branding and design for action sports but also love doing branding and design for local companies, new restaurants (like The Nook) and individual entrepreneurs.
  • One of their life mortars & slogan is "Get Busy Living". They live by the saying of "find what your passionate about and you'll never work again in your life"... it may be cliché but it's true.
  • Best advice Cory remembers getting was from an old boss who told him to "Make a decision and be confident in it". Own it and move forward!
  • Best advice Brandon lives by is to "put your passions in your backyard". Pursue your passions and it will work out.
Episode Links & Resources: Ways to Subscribe to The Sea-Town Podcast: Help Us Spread The Word - Reviews Help a Ton! Thanks for joining me again this week. If you have any tips, suggestions, or comments about this episode - email me at [email protected]. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Thank you! And finally, please leave an honest review for The Sea-Town Podcast on iTunes! Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them.

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Ep. 041 - Clay Eals, Executive Director of the Southwest Historic Society

This week’s guest is Clay Eals, up until summer of 2017, Clay was the Executive Director of the SouthWest Seattle Historical Society, headquartered out of the Log House Museum on Alki. Highlights From This Episode: Clay Eals has been involved in the Southwest Seattle Historic Society since it was created in 1984 and in 2013, became it's first Executive Director. Up until that point, it was entirely run by unpaid volunteers. The purpose of his role as the Executive Director is to focus on three areas: fundraising, outreach & volunteer recruitment... in addition to the overall management of the organization. The South West Seattle Historic Society's mission is to promote history through education, preservation and advocacy. Their focus area is the entire Duwamish Peninsula, from West Seattle to White Center and South Park. A big part of Eals focus has been to get out into the community and let people know that the Historic Society is about much more then just the Alki Log House Museum. Clay's family is from West Seattle, he grew up on Mercer Island back when it was predominantly 3 bedroom ramblers but would come over with his mom to visit his grandparents in the Admiral District all the time. He went to school in Oregon and worked for the Oregonian Paper for a number of years but always wanted to get back up here. In 1982, he moved back to West Seattle. With his background as a newspaper journalist, he became the editor of the West Seattle Herald. It was really his work on putting together the 1987 "West Side Story", a historic picture book of the history of West Seattle that really changed him from an objective journalist to a West Seattle history advocate.

  • The real juice of life is taking the risk (and in the reward) of communicating with others... and the best way to do that is face-to-face.
  • Clay talks specifics of what goes into getting historic buildings land-marketed.
  • Clay talks about stepping down as the first Executive Director of the Southwest Historic Society (for 4.5 years). His successor is Jeff McCord, though Clay promises us that he isn't going any where and will remain involved with the Society.
  • As the first ED for the society, the best advice he received regarding fund raising comes down to four words... pick up the phone. An analogy for taking the initiative for setting up meetings with people in the community.
  • "Life is anticipation"... meaning we all need something to look forward to. We all need a mountain to climb... something to inspire and motivate us. When you through yourself into something with passion, you will draw people to yourself.
  • The main mission of the historic society is forward thinking... not just about looking back at old stuff of the past but preserving it for the benefit and enjoyment of youth and generations to come.
  • Clay speaks on reading the newspaper every morning because it's a medium that has a little of everything and is a combination of what people want to read and what they SHOULD read... vs. the modern consumption of news and media online where people just search for and read/watch what they want and what they already agree with. Leading individuals to be more polarized in their world views then ever before. Being well informed helps us all to make better decisions.
  • With a background in journalism, Clay speaks on the most respected media organizations are the ones that have been around the longest and still live by the three pillars of journalism - Fair, Complete & Accurate.
  • His perspective on the accusation that "All journalism these days is just about bad news": The bad news is just good news in disguise. Perhaps showing people what is really going on in the world will motivate them to make changes, get involved and help. The whole core of it is that if we know more, we'll make better decisions.
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undefined - Ep. 043 - Matt Wendland, Owner of Burien Press & Moonshot Coffee

Ep. 043 - Matt Wendland, Owner of Burien Press & Moonshot Coffee

This week’s guest is Matt Wendland, owner of Burien Press and Moonshot Coffee in White Center. Matt had the opportunity to purchase Burien Press at the beginning of 2014 and just this year opened Moonshot Coffee in White Center. Highlights From This Episode: After years of frequenting Burien Press, Matt bought the coffee shot at the beginning of 2014.

  • Matt's goal is to make a positive impact in everyone's life who comes in contact with their store or coffee - They use Olympia Coffee in his shops and sources all their supplies, milk, etc from responsible businesse' with responsible farming and business practices.
  • Matt talks about partnering with coffee vendors (like Olympia Coffee) and the investments they have made in the economy and people of countries like Burendy, Africa, where local farmers and villagers have received training how to produce better and more consistent quality coffee beans and provided substantially better quality of living for them and their families.
Episode Links & Resources: Ways to Subscribe to The Sea-Town Podcast: Help Us Spread The Word - Reviews Help a Ton! Thanks for joining me again this week. If you have any tips, suggestions, or comments about this episode - email me at [email protected]. If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Thank you! And finally, please leave an honest review for The Sea-Town Podcast on iTunes! Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and I read each and every one of them.

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