In this episode, we interview Mikke Pierson.
Mikke was a founder and owner of ZJ Boarding House, an internationally known specialty surf/skate/snow retail & wholesale business in Santa Monica. Over 30 years Mikke hired approximately 800 employees, grew revenues by million dollars annually and won recognition in action sports as national Retailer of The Year, Best Retailer in Los Angeles several times and Best Retailer in Santa Monica many times. He also owned a product development company, a cafe that was located in his retail store and helped found the national retail association for action sports retailers, the Board Retailers Association (for which he gave educational seminars around the country at trade shows). Mikke credits a business coach he hired early in his career for giving him the tools that allowed him to be successful.
Mikke is also passionate about nonprofits and philanthropy. He has worked closely with SurfAid International for over 15 years as an International Board member, US board member and local adviser to an internationally recognized NGO that saves and improves lives in very isolated areas of Sumatra. Mikke has also supported many other nonprofits through his business, including Stoked Mentoring, Boarding For Breast Cancer, Heal The Bay, Casa Colina and many others.
Mikke is active in his local community, served as the Mayor of the City of Malibu, and has been on the Malibu City Council since 2018. Mikke was on the Planning Commission and was a Public Works Commissioner for the City of Malibu. He is also an avid surfer, mountain biker and loves to travel.
Mikke can be found at his website: https://mikkepierson.focalpointcoaching.com/
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For our flow portion of the podcast, here are the two poems I read:
https://www.sledgehammerlit.com/post/seeking-clear-margins-by-krista-genevieve-farris
https://www.sledgehammerlit.com/post/snapping-at-butterflies-by-will-griffith
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Visit our websites:
womenwwings.org/ (Patricia)
linktr.ee/MelodyOfMusings (Melody)
