The best thing an established business can do isn’t donate. It’s partner. Evan launched Simply Salt straight out of high school. Instead of treating him like a kid with a side hustle, we made him part of how we serve our customers. Young entrepreneurs don’t need applause, they need real contracts. If you’ve got a business, you’ve got doors you can open.
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Entrepreneurship is such a blessing. I've been blessed to be in a family-owned business for many years at this point in time. And any time that we get to mentor young entrepreneurs is such a blessing and something I look forward to. Evan here started his own business out of high school. Simply salt, they delivered salt for softness. And we've partnered with him here at Peterman Brothers to help out our customers. But I think the bigger thing is helping out young entrepreneurs in their journey and creating their own business and helping out their communities. So any time that you get a chance to help out those that are coming up, definitely reach out. There's a lot of talented young people out there doing a lot of amazing things. And we're so excited to be partnering with Evan and helping out our customers.
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