The Super Peculiar Factory
When I had the idea to create a family of Peculiar PPL companies, I pictured a factory that produces businesses instead of products. This vision gave birth to the idea…
Business
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Business Thoughts and Ideas
The Super Peculiar Plan
If you were confused about why I started A Dessert Company last year, then you’re not alone. A lot of people couldn’t understand where this seemingly random idea came from,…
A Dessert Company’s 2nd Release
Eight years ago, I hosted an event and one of my friends offered to bring a tray of brownies made by a coworker. I’ve always thought that brownies tasted like…
A Dessert Company’s 1st Release
I’m someone who’s known for setting seemingly impossible goals, so when I aimed to sell 80 cookies during the first month of A Dessert Company, even I considered it a…
I Started A Dessert Company
In 2009 I wrote about how I was seeking people to fund my idea for a clothing line, but instead I felt like a “rejected entrepreneur.” Then I spent the next year…
The Peculiar Future
Today marks exactly 5 years from the day that I launched Peculiar PPL. Happy Birthday, Peculiar PPL…you’re finally old enough to go to kindergarten!! While the brand is called “Peculiar…
Peculiar Trademark
I am now the owner of the “Peculiar PPL” trademark in the United States! This is one step in the right direction and one tiny piece of the Peculiar Enterprises…
Peculiar PPL Updates – 11/2012
I could write about Peculiar PPL all day, everyday, but I’ll spare you from having to read it all…except this one time. In this journal entry, I will answer a…
The Reflection Collection – Product # 3
It is Saturday, September 15th at 3:45pm as I type this journal entry and I am airborne aboard JetSuite’s Embraer Phenom 100 jet. This is significant because JetSuite is not…
The Reflection Collection – Product # 2
I’ve hated Macs for years. It all started when I had to edit lengthy videos in Final Cut Pro and right before making my final cut, the program would close…
The Reflection Collection – Product # 1
Fun fact: All Peculiar PPL t-shirts (beginning with the “Mr. Peter P. Peculiar” design) have included a reflection of my G-head logo in a hidden location on the shirt. Funner…
I Received $400 to Keep an Aeron Chair!
Ever since I was a wee little lad, I’ve had desires for possessions that exceeded the money in my wallet. One of those possessions was the Herman Miller Aeron chair…
Peculiar Steps: Volume 1
I recently finished one of the funnest design experiences that I’ve had in life, which resulted in the creation of my newest product— “Peculiar Steps.” With these shoes, my painstaking…
Big Peculiar Updates
Ever since establishing my brand, Peculiar PPL, in March it has been an absolute joy figuring out ways of taking it to the next level. The brand evolves daily as…
The Birth of the Peculiar Shirt
About six weeks ago I went shopping for new dress shirts, only to discover (after four hours of shopping) that my perfect dress shirt didn’t exist. My shopping fiasco showed…
Work in Progress
When designing t-shirts, it becomes nerve-wracking when you realize that your design will live forever on hundreds of t-shirts.
Overanalysis Leads to Paralysis
Every success that I’ve achieved has been fueled by many learning experiences and shortcomings. One of my most recent learning experiences was a company that I started building in June…
Peculiar Bands
I now have a colorful medley of these rubberbands on steroids in my possession. One free band has been included with each Peculiar PPL T-Shirt order that has been shipped…
More Shirts on the Way Out!
Running PeculiarPPL.com is quite the surreal experience. I began shipping the t-shirt orders yesterday and since then I have been preparing additional shipments to go out. I would like to…
A Peculiar Update!
Since the launch of the PeculiarPPL.com website on March 19th, I’ve been fervently working to build the best possible clothing brand. I did not have any prior experience with building…
Peculiar PPL Build Doors!
“When opportunity doesn’t come knocking, Peculiar PPL Build a door”
Yearn to Learn!
When I graduated from college I believed that I learned everything that needed to be learned in the business field. I had a business management degree, an amazing job in…
Peculiar PPL on the way!
Two years ago I wrote about my half-baked idea of establishing a clothing and lifestyle brand. Soon after introducing this idea, I put it on hold and shelved it with…
Lessons from Shoveling
When I was a kid, I prayed for many blizzards so school could be cancelled and I could play outside all day. Unfortunately, this prayer took almost two decades before…
I call this 17 x 14 space…THE LAB
It was 2007 and shortly after I graduated college I was filled with tremendous zeal and motivation. My parents were out of the country and I badly wanted an office…