David Ballou
North Salt Lake, UT (USA)
Role(s):
Dash Outdoors
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Location:
North Salt Lake
Industry:
Recreation
Year Founded:
1999
Number Employees:
INVALID
Description:
I started this company when I was 19 out of my appartment. Right now we sell all kinds of outdoor recreational gear, including tents, sleeping bags, fishing gear, flies, etc. Our main focus is on fly tying materials and tools. I was strictly using eBay as my way of selling product, which was mostly fly fishing and fly tying equipment. I started finding companies overseas to make our products a lot cheaper and eventually got a website, picked up a lot of dealers, then opened a retail store at the end of 2007. Unfortunately, I've gone too fast and I've gone past my area of expertise. As a result of my inexperience with the retail market, I've fallen behind on paying my dealers, rent, accountants, etc. while in the process of figuring out that I lack the skills/knowledge to take the com