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And it’s time to head out to the West Coast, and actually Northern California. And we’re going to meet with Jen O’Hara, and Jen is the CEO of Girls with Guns Clothing brand. And she’s got a great story Deer Hunting – Guns with Guns – Jen O’Hara. And, guys, you need to listen to her because she’s done something a lot of people haven’t done. She and her best friend Norissa about 10 years ago started Girls with Guns. And, Jen, what’s happened in 10 years?

A lot has happened in 10 years, Bruce. I actually can’t even believe it’s been that long. But, like you said, Norissa, Norissa is my best friend and somewhere along the way I actually ended up marrying her brother, so she’s also now my sister-in-law.

Whoa, wait a minute, that’s another story.

It’s a whole other story.

Yeah.

But, you know, it was not planned. So we basically started along the way. And, you know, just to preface, Norissa would normally be here, we normally do everything together, but she is currently in South Africa hunting with our friend and the marketing for Clarissa. And we are…usually we kind of complement each other on these, but I’m just going to tell you the whole story in my words.

Well, have at it.

Okay, perfect. So basically Norissa and I were doing separate things 10 years ago. I had started my real estate business and it was becoming extremely successful, even in the downturn of the economy. I very much have a business head on my shoulders, Norissa very much has a creative head on her shoulders. She owned an embroidery shop, and she worked at a helicopter company at that time doing their front desk work and dispatch and all those things. So we had two totally separate things going on, but we would always meet together to go boating and wake boarding, snowboarding, hunting, of course, and all of these things in the outdoors, and that was just our friendship.