We're No Stinkin' Outlaws — mission

This post was originally published in June of 2013. It has been edited to reflect updates in the Outlaw Soaps story When I started germinating the seed that would become Outlaw Soaps, I worked in a cubicle in the Los Angeles offices of The Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). I lived in a concrete warehouse just East of Downtown. Two of my favorite places in the world, Lake Hughes and Joshua Tree, were only an hour or two away, but I rarely made it out of the...

-= Click to tweet that quote. =- We're getting our March 1 subscription box ready to ship, and this month, we have commissioned artist Miriam Dema to make these fantastic screen printed cards. I first bought the poster version of this card at an LA Brewery Art Walk about five years ago, and even...

Our subscription boxes are really doing well, and a commitment that I made when re-thinking our subscription model is that I would like to help promote other related small businesses in our subscription box. You might be thinking "ugh, another subscription box asking for free product," but that's NOT THE...

Query:  I'm looking for people who succeeded in a dramatic way, failed in their next endeavor, then succeeded again. I'm especially interested in people who succeeded nationally, but will also look at local and regional stories. Requirements:  Be willing to talk about how you reacted when a new project, new...

Here are some photos from last weekend's adventure (aka "company meeting"): [caption id="attachment_7092" align="alignnone" width="560"] A delightful happy hour on the beach at Wright's Beach near Bodega Bay. Photo credit: Andrea Turner[/caption] Roxy loves the beach: [caption id="attachment_7109" align="alignnone" width="640"] Photo credit: Dave Le.[/caption] [caption id="attachment_7110" align="alignnone" width="640"] Steak at...

I have a confession to make: Since early December, I have totally not been keeping up with The Checklist of Doom. Yes, it was TOTALLY EFFECTIVE while I used it. We got press. We got sales. We got lots of stuff out of it... but I kind of stopped keeping...

I've heard that it's hard to envision what I do all day. Before I left OWN, here's my day: 7:00 - 8:30 AM: wake up, get ready for work, have breakfast, etc 8:30: leave for work 9:00: arrive at work 11:00: coffee 2:00 PM: lunch at desk 4:00: coffee 6:30:...