{"id":724,"date":"2014-06-15T22:05:14","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T03:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wvcreamery.com\/blog\/?p=724"},"modified":"2014-06-15T22:05:14","modified_gmt":"2014-06-16T03:05:14","slug":"and-finally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvcreamery.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/15\/and-finally\/","title":{"rendered":"And Finally&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvcreamery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Cliff-Tree.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"731\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvcreamery.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/15\/and-finally\/cliff-tree\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvcreamery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Cliff-Tree.jpg?fit=600%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cliff Tree\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvcreamery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Cliff-Tree.jpg?fit=300%2C250&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvcreamery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Cliff-Tree.jpg?fit=600%2C500&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-731\" alt=\"Cliff Tree\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvcreamery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Cliff-Tree.jpg?resize=300%2C250\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvcreamery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Cliff-Tree.jpg?resize=300%2C250&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wvcreamery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Cliff-Tree.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>What I accomplished:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I now surrender to the changing winds rather than fight them. \u00a0I have seen past needing to control things or having them go one way.<\/li>\n<li>I realized my own resilience, passion and tenacity.<\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;ve learned to receive and to ask.<\/li>\n<li>I am more present to my own and other&#8217;s humanity.<\/li>\n<li>I went out on the skinny branches and I went full out.<\/li>\n<li>I collaborated with amazing people. \u00a0Great conversations were had over coffee or drinks.<\/li>\n<li>I had wonderful travels to Wisconsin cheese destinations, Seattle, and Raleigh.<\/li>\n<li>I generated amazing media attention. \u00a0Best moment: When a journalist from New Jersey got in touch with me asking for my exclusive story (when I raised the $100,000 successfully, of course) to submit to Entrepreneur and other magazines.<\/li>\n<li>I was honored by the American Cheese Society for my innovative ideas in the industry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other favorite memories of the journey are definitely when I went to Seattle to talk to Howard Schultz and also contemplating doing business with an investor with questionable financial origins. \u00a0I felt like a player to be potentially doing business with the guy. \u00a0I had this great talk one of my advisors when they told me that WeatherVane Creamery would cleanse and purify the guy&#8217;s dirty money. \u00a0Ha!<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, I want to thank everyone for their support. \u00a0There are hundreds of you- investors, advisors, fans, people who contributed to the Indiegogo campaign, \u00a0people who contributed knowledge and know-how, those that offered connections, those who who offered their valuable time, and for all who offered emotional support- especially Turningpoint in River Falls. \u00a0And Moscow, my dog of 12 years who passed in the middle of everything.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all I know for now. \u00a0And it starts right here.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What I accomplished: I now surrender to the changing winds rather than fight them. \u00a0I have seen past needing to control things or having them go one way. 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