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Tecovas: Paul Hedrick

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I became pretty product obsessed. So much so that actually when when we launched I actually flew to Mexico. They the production run wasn't done yet. I think I flew there the first weekend of November. I stayed there. Until I inspected every single pair. Yeah, personally

And was rejecting a lot and was I mean it took weeks. Longer than expected. I was How did you keep the the factory owner from just really getting pissed off at you? Well, I don't think I did. I think they did get pissed off at me.

Ha ha Welcome to How I Built This, a show about innovators, entrepreneurs, idealists, and the stories behind the movements. They built. I'm Guy Raz, and on the show today. How Paul Hedrick made a sketch of a cowboy boot in Microsoft Paint and turned that into Takova's.

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