The Andy's Trade Life Stories
From Andy Thorne:
It all belongs on the blog - especially the bullet about hair moving from places you want it to places you don't. And I have the same issue: a little more forehead every day....
Let's see what I've been up to these past years....
- Went to Colgate on the 4.5 year plan. Met my wife there. Majored in education and haven't done a darn thing with it.
- Spent most of 1992 in Guatemala working for a hippie clothing company. Overseeing a small workshop where we made clothes and bags and stuff out of handwoven fabrics.
- Back in the states in late 92, landed work with a now-defunct software company supporting magazine publishing clients
- realized I liked publishing/circulation/direct marketing.
- Bailed on software in 94 and went client-side joining a health newsletter publisher. Got married that year, bought our first house.
- In 96 bailed on that particular publsiher and joined a publishing startup - launched 12 new newsletters in 3.5 years. Fun.
- Raced 24 hours of Canaan. I still dream of being in that kind of shape again.
- Moved to the NW corner of CT for couple years from 97-00. Loved it up there - had a big old house from the 1820's, a tractor, etc...
- helped sell the newsletter business (alas, no equity stake) in 2000, joined acquirer to show them how to run it. First son born that summer. Moved to Wilton to be able to work In Greenwich
- In mid 02 second son born. Came to Alabama to run the direct marketing business for Oxmoor House in late 02. Been here ever since. I've gone from running the Harvard Health Letters to selling cookbooks full of heavy southern fried things. Funny how the money's better on the dark side, eh?
- Next Saturday I'll have my soccer coaching debut when my three year takes the field for the Hoover Soccer Club. It's pretty hard to beat for entertainment value.
From Andy Potter:
Thorney, so here is my life since I last saw you (Weed Beach graduation party June ’87?)
- Went to Dartmouth – did the 5 year plan. Learned to play guitar and rowed on the crew team. Majored in geography, I know maps. Graduated ’92.
- Led biking trips summer of ‘92
- Ski bummed in Breckenridge the winter of ‘92/’93 (got the Colorado bug)
- Worked for a development organization in Costa Rica ’93 (see http://www.anaicr.org/)
- Moved back to the US; found a job in Washington DC (see http://www.econres.com/)
- Lived with a Dartmouth fraternity brother in Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington DC ’94 to ‘96
- Went to Darden business school ’97 to ’99 (Univ of Virginia in Charlottesville)
- Met my future wife Becky Myers in Maine summer ’99
- Ran with the bulls in Pomplona July ‘99
- Moved backed to to Denver, worked for US West Dex (see http://www.dexmedia.com), online yellow pages division ’99-‘00
- Learned to snowboard
- Moved up to the mountains SW of Denver, Conifer CO. Our town is best known for the Coney Island hot dog stand, http://www.agilitynut.com/p/dairyl3904.jpg
- Got a dog
-Joined my aunt’s company Promote It, October ’00 (see http://www.promote-it.com)
-Got another dog
-Got married in Maine June ‘02
-Lots of snowboarding and trail running in Colorado
-Had a baby November ‘04
-Losing hair on my head and gaining it in my nose and ears
It all belongs on the blog - especially the bullet about hair moving from places you want it to places you don't. And I have the same issue: a little more forehead every day....
Let's see what I've been up to these past years....
- Went to Colgate on the 4.5 year plan. Met my wife there. Majored in education and haven't done a darn thing with it.
- Spent most of 1992 in Guatemala working for a hippie clothing company. Overseeing a small workshop where we made clothes and bags and stuff out of handwoven fabrics.
- Back in the states in late 92, landed work with a now-defunct software company supporting magazine publishing clients
- realized I liked publishing/circulation/direct marketing.
- Bailed on software in 94 and went client-side joining a health newsletter publisher. Got married that year, bought our first house.
- In 96 bailed on that particular publsiher and joined a publishing startup - launched 12 new newsletters in 3.5 years. Fun.
- Raced 24 hours of Canaan. I still dream of being in that kind of shape again.
- Moved to the NW corner of CT for couple years from 97-00. Loved it up there - had a big old house from the 1820's, a tractor, etc...
- helped sell the newsletter business (alas, no equity stake) in 2000, joined acquirer to show them how to run it. First son born that summer. Moved to Wilton to be able to work In Greenwich
- In mid 02 second son born. Came to Alabama to run the direct marketing business for Oxmoor House in late 02. Been here ever since. I've gone from running the Harvard Health Letters to selling cookbooks full of heavy southern fried things. Funny how the money's better on the dark side, eh?
- Next Saturday I'll have my soccer coaching debut when my three year takes the field for the Hoover Soccer Club. It's pretty hard to beat for entertainment value.
From Andy Potter:
Thorney, so here is my life since I last saw you (Weed Beach graduation party June ’87?)
- Went to Dartmouth – did the 5 year plan. Learned to play guitar and rowed on the crew team. Majored in geography, I know maps. Graduated ’92.
- Led biking trips summer of ‘92
- Ski bummed in Breckenridge the winter of ‘92/’93 (got the Colorado bug)
- Worked for a development organization in Costa Rica ’93 (see http://www.anaicr.org/)
- Moved back to the US; found a job in Washington DC (see http://www.econres.com/)
- Lived with a Dartmouth fraternity brother in Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington DC ’94 to ‘96
- Went to Darden business school ’97 to ’99 (Univ of Virginia in Charlottesville)
- Met my future wife Becky Myers in Maine summer ’99
- Ran with the bulls in Pomplona July ‘99
- Moved backed to to Denver, worked for US West Dex (see http://www.dexmedia.com), online yellow pages division ’99-‘00
- Learned to snowboard
- Moved up to the mountains SW of Denver, Conifer CO. Our town is best known for the Coney Island hot dog stand, http://www.agilitynut.com/p/dairyl3904.jpg
- Got a dog
-Joined my aunt’s company Promote It, October ’00 (see http://www.promote-it.com)
-Got another dog
-Got married in Maine June ‘02
-Lots of snowboarding and trail running in Colorado
-Had a baby November ‘04
-Losing hair on my head and gaining it in my nose and ears
posted by Andy Potter @ 9:18 PM
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