On January 24th, 1884, the Gold Rush started in Coloma California. The news of gold brought about 300,000 people from the rest of the United States to California to find their fortune. This particular gold rush caused a surge among the population and created entire industries surrounding them. Not only these prospectors, but their families, the people carrying shovels and sifters, or the people just making the machinery, or the hats and clothes that you needed to go and prospect for gold in the mountains. In the same method, today’s interviewee, Brian Sather’s father experienced a similar type of gold rush, what happened after the gold rush when people stopped visiting, and the lull that accompanied it. In entrepreneurship and starting a company, there are many things that involve the huge spike with the low valleys that we all experience and today’s interview highlights the ebb and flow of entrepreneurship with my wonderful guest, Brian Sather.

Seeing and learning how business worked 1:22
Be OK with the evolution of things 7:13
A darker moment in Brian’s career 8:59
Persevering in Blacksmith 15:42

“I would say the darkest [ebb] for me was really early on when my dad lost everything, and that’s not my entrepreneurial career, but that felt really, really dark, but then I saw him pop out of it and the thing that I’ve learned from that life comes at you in waves. No matter how hard you try, you can be on top of the world, life is gonna find a way. The Universe is gonna find a way to knock you back on your heels because that’s how you grow. And that’s how you get better.” 9:00