The father-son duo were looking to own a new business.
Kirk, a 55-year-old lifelong commission-only salesman, not only understood what it was like to control his own business, but had previously owned four of them. Austin, who was âpretty much a straight A student,â according to Kirk, had also flashed his entrepreneurial prowess before with some clothing lines and websites for shopping.
Originally, they thought opening a restaurant might be the way to go â something they had always wanted to do.
âBut the more we thought about it, that wasnât the right avenue for us, so we decided letâs do something that we really donât know anything about so we can learn their way of doing it,â Kirk said.