The stress of starting a business
really took a toll, didn’t it?
Our first couple years were quite a
trial. I was struggling with Crohn’s
disease and the stress of starting a
new business really got to me the first
year. In early December 2012 I woke up
to excruciating pain in the middle of
the night. I had pain like this regularly
from Crohn’s but this time seemed a
bit different than the others. After a
rather long ride to the ER we found
out that my intestines had ruptured
and shortly after I was in exploratory
intestinal surgery. I lost 22 centimeters
of my small intestine and remained
in the hospital for 10 days recovering.
The stress of starting a new business
is real. After my surgery I began a
journey for my own personal health
and the health of my family. I really
learned that food and lifestyle choices
can have a large impact on the way
you handle stress. I have had close to
no issues from Crohn’s disease since
my journey began.
How does family factor into
SCO’s philosophy?
Our company philosophy is really family
first and improving our environment.
Our first environment is our family.
There are so many broken families
today — I come from one — and it’s been
my goal to change that, at least in my
personal space. Beyond our emotional
environment is our physical environment
and a lot of what we decide to put in to
our physical environment doesn’t seem
to translate into health. SLF-100 is our
only product and it was created to clean,
stabilize, and remediate issues in our
environment. It goes hand-in-hand with
our personal beliefs. This philosophy
creates healthy environments. Healthy
land produces healthy food and healthy
food makes healthy people that can create
opportunities for growth instead of a
dependency on health care. If we all play
our part, we can reclaim this ground.
“
Our company
philosophy is really
family first and
improving our
environment.”
What products do you make?
SLF-100 is our first and only product to date.
Were there any bumps in the
road early on?
Our biggest struggle in business was
realizing who our friends were. We are
farmers, not business people. We really
didn’t have an idea the lengths people
will go to take advantage of others.
We trust people maybe more than we
should. We haven’t lost our ability to
trust people, we’ve just gotten better at
recognizing the weeds.
Considering the learning curve on
trust, how did you gain market share?
We gained market share through correct
education, honesty, and samples. We
believe in our product and know that
if someone can just try it, they’ll see it.
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