Greater>Than Clothing

As you may have seen, Greater>Than is growing. I wanted to check in and say how tremendously excited I am to have Ryan on board. He’s a born problem solver, the kind of guy that every growing business wants to find. As he explained, he is going to concentrate mostly on production and operations, but he also has a designer’s eye and experience with vector software (like Illustrator), which I plan to take full advantage of.

I’m also very pleased at how organic this development has been. I’ve had the privilege of working with Ryan at the day job. Our friendship led to discussions about my nascent business, and I was glad to find that Ryan thought the idea had potential. I’ve received a lot of advice and encouragement from people whom I respect (Sarah and Halli in particular), but it’s hard to describe how great it feels to be able to offload specific tasks to someone in whom I have such confidence. (I’m always looking for more collaborators. If you want to get involved, drop me a line.)

His interests and expertise are nicely complementary to mine as well. As readers of this blog may have noticed, I have a tendency to get a little carried away with theory. I like to think about principles, strategy and philosophy; the “whats” and “whys” if you will. That’s just how my mind works. Ryan is much more tactical. He likes to think about “how”. He has a natural talent for logistics, and his involvement in the project is already helping me reign myself in a bit and concentrate on getting things done. I’m looking forward to seeing how our partnership develops.

I’m on the verge of gushing here, so I’ll end it there. Welcome aboard, Ryan!