An Official Bid'niss Milestone for The Boardr
Published 11/19/2013 by Rob Meronek
It's been a fun few months of building a company from scratch. Today, we set an accounting formality and officially started The Boardr payroll. The first four employees are Ryan Clements, Jorge Angel aka Porpe, Bob Freeman, and Rob Meronek behind the lens here. I wonder how long this is going to last? I would guess 2013 to infinity. Thank you for the support, thanks skateboarding for everything else, and here's to 2014! That other document Ryan is holding is another piece of important sentiment for us that I'll address in another post. I just wanted to have it in this memorable photo and early milestone on the porch of our offices in the cuts of Ybor City.
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We should have written our first paychecks on Post-It Notes since they're pretty tiny right now, but it's a start. We'll see where this goes.
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