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Final thoughts…

rachelb — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 06:45:19 +0000

Ummm…yea well here I am finished with my internship at BambooSK8, what can I say but the journey is complete… I am happy to say that I leave with a feeling of accomplishment, and pride. I worked my bum off and got a lot done in the end (love those goals)! I also feel that some of the things I accomplished will have some kind of lasting impression (I hope so anyway). I feel lucky to have had the opportunity to work with everyone that I did, from Wyatt (Mr. Smiles) and Ron (The Councilor) to Geoff (The Whip/The Funny Guy/The Brain), and the best part of this journey was sharing it with a kick ass group of interns! I don’t know if I will ever get to experience that kind of camaraderie in an internship environment again? I hope so… Well good luck to all current and future interns, you are in for a ride, but when you are done you will look back fondly…trust me on this one!

All the best,

Rachel

Another Intern Blog from Ms. Bank

rachelb — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:13:47 +0000

So here I am trying to come up with something thoughtful and insightful to say about BambooSK8 besides the usual “WE ROCK” stuff. Sometimes I feel that you can only here so much of that before you just stop listening. So rather then tell everyone how awesome this company is and talking about the innovative product we are trying to get out there let’s talk about the realities…
It is hard to start a company-REAL difficult, especially in these challenging economic times, and there are frustrations; for example, when you call a shop and they insist that they already have bamboo decks, and though you explain that ours are 100% bamboo not maple hybrids and that we are the only company out there doing this, they just don’t understand! WOW frustrating, BUT then you get those shops that are so stoked on our product! They keep us on the phone, to learn more and hear about all the benefits of our decks…that is AWESOME (they get it)!!! And that keeps me making calls!
Another challenge for us as a manufacture is helping shops and kids understand that we are not a BRAND; we are really just trying to help out, and support our local shops, not compete with them! As much as we are able, we try and get the kids to buy at shops that we sell to! Now we just need more shops to BUY the decks so we can keep telling the Groms where to go!
Those are just a couple examples of roadblocks I have come up against as an intern here at BambooSK8, but the nice thing is that you can just look across the table and see someone else doing the same thing you were just frustrated about making progress and laugh, and realize that it is all part of the process. We can get upset for a moment, and then it is time to get back to the important thing-GETTING THE DECKS OUT THERE!!!

Spread the SKATE GREEN word!

Rachel

Growing up???

rachelb — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:50:54 +0000

OK for real…life changes quickly and dramatically. We all can agree on that I am sure. So a year ago I was living in NY shooting pictures, now I am in School in LA at FIDM, studying Merchandise Marketing and Interning here at this RAD company (plug for future interns…).

Today was pretty fruitful. We had a meeting about our accomplishments thus far, as well as our concerns, and how those can be addressed. Nothing like having a marketing/sales meeting with people who really know what they are talking about to learn a few things. It is nice to feel a part of something that REALLY is unique (100% Bamboo Skate decks).

I am excited about each week and the process as well as the what the future will hold for me and this great company…

Updates will be posted soon!

xx-Rachel