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Speaking from Barcelona, Spain, Adam Weiss is definitely living the life that his business promises to others. Adam had always wanted to be a spy as a kid and dreamed that a military career could lead to that, but 911 is what motivated him to serve. His father worked in the Wall Street area and the attack was obviously close to home. Not being able to contact his father all day, Adam joined the Marines to make sure that situation never happened again. Deployed a year after joining, he was approached to do counter-intelligence work, which sort of made his childhood dream come true, but Adam passed on the opportunity to serve as a regular soldier. After his service, Adam got his college degree in marketing, but his timing was not good, he hit the housing recession when jobs were drying up and he had no work experience. But that's where his Marine background gave him the philosophy, "Semper Gumby", "Be Flexible". He got internships to get experience and also went back to school at NYU to get internships at Madison Square Garden and NBC. He started working at an ad agency when he saw people working remotely and the trend growing. His marketing research hat on, he figured out how to make that his lifestyle as well by working his Fridays from home and using the extra day to travel. But it didn't work out that way, because of all the details it took to make the lifestyle a reality. So he worked with a partner to come up with a solution to the pain of planning and making it all work, and Revolver Lifestyle was born. So all the booking, timing and planning became the artificial intelligence that is the backbone of the business. There was trial and error involved in getting to the finished product, but Adam know he was on the right track. Veteran Founder Podcast with your hosts Josh Carter and Cynthia Kao We record the Veteran Founder Podcast inside NedSpace in the Bigfoot Podcast Studio in beautiful downtown Portland. Audio engineer, mixer and podcast editor is Allon Beausoleil Show logo was designed by Carolyn Main Website was designed by Cameron Grimes Production assistant is Chelsea Lancaster Theme music: Artist: Tipsy Track: Kadonka Album: Buzzz Courtesy of Ipecac Records 10% of gross revenue at Startup Radio Network goes to support women entrepreneurs in developing countries thru kiva.org/lender/markgrimes Listen to the Veteran Founder Podcast every Friday at 1:00pm pacific time on Startup Radio Network at startupradionetwork.com