I was fortunate enough to know that art
was kind of, my path I was gonna take.
I just didn't know where it was gonna take me.
When I was 14, I was walking through
Target with my mom going to get some new
canvases to paint on. When I was walking
by their shoe aisle they have plain
white canvas shoes. Same material on the
shoes, why can't I paint that.
And so I spent the next five hours 
painting my first pair of shoes.
And by the time I graduated high school 
I was up to almost 350 pairs sold.
I've made just shy of $20,000 before I
graduated high school, painting shoes.
It was better than babysitting 
or working at a car wash.
And so, basically, they're like we have a
lot of work to do with you, professionally.
But this idea is incredible.
Let's run with it and see where it goes.
We're taking the plain
boring t-shirts and hats that every
single person wears and creating a new
way for teams to support that extreme die-hard fan.
Well, the Innovation Center is awesome because.
We have our room that I'm able
to go and work in, whether it's,
drafting business plans. Or coming up with new
designs for footwear or painting.
So, when I go to draw initially the shoes I
freehand in a very light pencil draft.
And then I go through and paint on a
very thin layer that's solid enough so that
it won't chip off won't wear and
tear you know when you bend your shoe.
And then by October and the end of the year, our goal is to have sold our first 9,000 pairs of shoes.
If I never would have found 
that program. I would have never
known what to do with my art degree. 
Or what I would have chosen for a minor.
It made it possible that my two 
passions could be one thing.
The process that GreetFeet's gonna use is 
manufacture to produce thousands at a time, so.
Because obviously I can't sit and paint all
these pairs by myself without some help.
And we're gonna be able to donate a
percentage of each pair sold,
to give them to the teams 
that need it most.
Business school was an incredible source
for awesome professors that were as
interested in your success and how you
do and how you were going to succeed
through their class and how you're 
going to use it in the real world.
Cool! Thank you! Yes it is.
They are really sharp. I'm excited.
I think my hands-down favorite part 
is the expression on people's face when they,
open their bag and see what's
inside because, that's why I do it.
