I was always good at finding deals and making my dollar stretch as much as possible so what I began to do the is find out what supplements each of my friends took and find them at a better price than what they were currently paying. Basically I would buy the product and mark it up accordingly depending on how much they paid previously. Mostly all young kids are all about saving money so for the most part when I told them how much I could get it to them for, they would get more excited than me knowing they would save a few bucks. I went to 2 different high schools and played sports growing up so I had a pretty decent size network of people I could sell to.

 At first I only planned on having the space for the online orders and for local friends/customers to pick up their orders so I did not have to drive around and deliver anymore. The space had no sign or store hours. What started happening was when I would leave for food or whatever I had to do for the day people would leave notes on the door saying we needed to have set hours and such. I didn't consider this before because I didn't want to work there 7 days a week at all times but eventually after numerous notes and emails I said screw it and announced we would be open to the public. I moved an old couch I had to the back room, bought a fridge and microwave and ended up moving in and living there. I gave my car to my mom at the time since I was there 7 days a week and everything I needed was within walking distance. The Shelby Location is right in front of a Life Time Fitness so I would shower and freshen up there whenever I needed to.

If enough walking billboards are out there, it will cause hype and curiosity to customers who don’t know about the company already and to top it off, whenever I gave them a shirt they acted like I was giving them a bar of gold. This lead them to telling their friends and family how cool and different Size Up was. At the 8th month mark I was doing almost the same amount in store as I was online in sales which lead me to opening my second Michigan location- Size Up Supplements of Auburn Hills. After Auburn Hills came Chesterfield, MI. Fast forward to now and there are 8 Size Up Supplements in 3 different states with a total of 24 employees. A lot has changed since the OG days but the vision and mindset has remained the same. I don't get to spend as much time at the storefronts as I used to because of all the backend work that needs to get done but my childhood friend Len took over the reins to focus on the store’s growth and employee relationships. Me and Len played basketball together going all the way back to Kindergarten. We lost touch for a few years but when we reunited it was like we never missed a beat and we picked up where we left off. Len managed a chain of corporate supplement stores in our area for a few years but after they all closed down I got him to come join the Size Up Family..