i had advocate trying it out on a small scale. test what the market wants. if the market wants it, you should do it. listen to this girl. she is right. if he has a website, one really easy way to test it is design it, put it on your website. sell first, build later. i love having you guys answer these questions. it is a lot of fun. you have a lot of good opinions and ideas. thank you, guys, so much. if any of you out there have any questions for experts, all you have to do is go to our website. the address is openforum.com/your business we have featured companies like threadless where you can design your own t-shirts and grain surf boards where designers can build and design their own boards. today s elevator pitch takes a similar approach with his time pieces. let s watch. hi, my name is aaron swartz and i m the ceo of modify. my physical product your modify watches, water resistant,
there s market demand, test it out. see if the market wants it. listen to this girl. she s right. if he s got a website, one easy way to test it, design it, put it on your website. sell first, build later. yes. exactly. i loved having you answer these questions. you have a lot of good ideas and opinions. if you have questions for the experts go to our website, the address is openforum.com/yourbusiness. over the years we featured thread list where you can design your own t-shirts and grain surf boards. today s elevator pitcher takes a similar approach with his time pieces. watch. my name is aaron schwartz. our first product are modify watches, water resistant, colorful time pieces.
hear from people who have said they followed us for a year, two years with be three years and they ve saved up enough money to come and do this. the owners of grain surfboards in new york, maine, take pride in their open door approach to sales. when people call her, we re the ones who answer the phone. we want to share this. this farm which doubles as grain s headquarters may not seem like the ideal setting for a surfboard company. there s cows out there, pigs in the barn, chickens in the chicken yard, dogs running around. that doesn t stop mike and brad from giving surfers the ability to build their own surfboard. it s connecting to surfing s heritage. these entrepreneurs transform into teachers to share their passion with their pupils. students have included surgeons, airline pilots, models and even children. they come from around the world
to immerse themselves in grain surf boards. seven days. each person that s in the class builds their own board from start to finish. you can get the satisfaction and build a board with your own two hands that you ll enjoy that much more. all of the boards are made from locally harvested trees. once the students pick from one of grain s 19 designs their education begins. we ll sit down each morning, talk about the big picture of what we re trying to do that week, sketch it out. answer as many questions as we can. most of the time people are working on their own. there s a certain independence required for the glu gluing, sanding and glassing of surfboards but mike and brad are never far. we re always milling around. we try to leave people to work on their own and figure things out. we don t want to be standing there telling them how to do
storm s expected to hit. so that s something else that we re aware of being careful with. fortunately we have a hurricane barrier that will help us and protect us. we re working very hard to make sure that we keep people safe. we want to make sure that everyone takes it seriously and is prepared. nice to talk to you. good luck with riding out the storm. we re keeping our eyes on breaking news out of nebraska. a train carrying 175 passengers derailed in southwest nebraska. it hit a vehicle on the tracks and one person had to be take on the the hospital. as many as eight others were hurt. and as we learn more we will definitely pass along new details to you. a quick here. we re back with more irene coverage after this. time for the your business entrepreneur of the week. these two panted to personalize the surfing experience. they started grain surf boards out of a farm in maine. customers can build a kit and