Share The Struggle

Twenty-five years can soften details or sharpen them, and for me 9/11 does both. I go back to September 11, 2001 and tell you what I still remember clearly: waking up to the TV, the fear that spread through ordinary...

The fair ends, the camper finally gets quiet, and that’s when the real recap starts. We’re coming off the Windsor Fair run on fumes, talking through what it’s like to bounce from location to location just to keep the...

We’re back on the Loud Proud American Express, parked for once, recording a late-night campground session at the Windsor Fair. The vibes are calm, but the stories are not. If you’ve ever wondered what life looks like...

The Erie County Fair is over, and we’re back home with that strange mix of relief, gratitude, and frustration you only get after a long road run. We went in with big goals for Loud Proud American, fought through two...

A 1.2 million-attendee fair is supposed to be the win you’ve been chasing. So what happens when you finally land the biggest event of your business life and the sales barely move? We’re recording from the Erie County...

The highway is loud, the stakes are louder, and we still hit record. We’re rolling south on I-90 in the Proud American Express, headed for the Erie County Fair in Hamburg, New York, and we’re doing it on limited sleep...

I’m running on almost no sleep while we race toward the biggest opportunity Loud Proud American has ever had, and I’m not going to sugarcoat how heavy it feels. Between inventory debt, vehicle repairs, and family grief...

A small business doesn’t pause just because the world gets loud. We start by pulling back the curtain on what life looks like right now for Loud Proud American: early mornings in Maine, daddy-daughter duties, piles of...

The truck says “Seek Fuel,” the schedule says “Be set up by 8,” and my body says “Go to bed.” That’s the tension running through Episode 315, where I finally answer the cliffhanger questions: did we make it to the show...

Everything is fine until the wheel falls off, the shipment misses the truck, and your calendar has zero open space to fix any of it. We are deep in the real-world grind of small business ownership, where event season...

The weekend starts with sweat, doubt, and that quiet question every small business owner knows too well: am I really building something here, or am I just burning myself out? I’m coming off America 250 and rolling into...

Only 53% of voters say they’re proud of the country, and that number lands different when you’re staring down America’s 250th birthday. I open by reading the Declaration of Independence, then I get blunt about what it...

Father’s Day didn’t just make us miss our dad. It exposed a fear we’d been carrying quietly for two years: what if he wouldn’t be proud of who we’ve become under pressure? We talk honestly about the weight of trying to...

<p>Four hours from home, a brand-new fair, and a plan that looked simple on paper. Then reality hit: 90-degree heat, a solo tent setup, black flies so thick they sounded like rain, and four nights trying to sleep in the...

<p>Rejection emails are one thing. Rejection that makes you question your identity, your message, and your future is something else. We’re coming off a week that started with baptism and ended with two moments of real...