Whilst not having the funds to buy one, I managed to convince a distributor that I would start selling their trampolines online and so supply a demo more or less for free.
It was a hit for our family, and the neighborhood. The kids were on it constantly and they loved it. I had a friend create a website for me in a week and we sold our first trampoline one week later in May 2004.
After selling 74 trampolines the first year I resigned from my job and decided to do this full time. Sitting in our cold Swedish basement in a sleeping bag that was strapped under my armpits and a hat on my head, I worked myself through the first years.
I wanted to keep on helping people but in the form of a business instead. I really had no previous experience of companies having worked my entire life for non-profit organisations helping people.
However, I had built a family and applied the same principles to the company. Our family’s purpose is to help our kids, each other and people around to reach their full God-given potential. Money is a good servant but a poor master in both family and business life.