Chris Dages

"Live like you'll die tomorrow, learn like you'll live forever" - Gandhi

Let's Talk Business

Here we are! Let's talk about teamwork. Let's talk about mindset. Let's talk about entrepreneurship and networking! Let's talk about wealth creation and management. And let's talk about RISK (it's great! when done right ;)

All of these things are important. All of these things matter. Without teamwork we stand alone. Without good mindset there is little hope for success. Without a solid network it's impossible to grow. Without wealth creation it's very hard to build. And without risk people never push themselves to their limits! When we wrap all these things together the road leads to entrepreneurship.

It's my belief that entrepreneurship is the backbone of all strong economies, and that centrally planned (i.e. government controlled) economies choke out the human spirit and create entropy and corruption. Entrepreneurship allows for the human spirit to grow and discover, to create and to innovate, to make dreams a reality. It's how we push markets to be more efficient, more resilient, and more robust.

When it all boils down it's all about entrepreneurship!

Some of these topics can be found in my book "Founder's Footing", which was released in May of 2022 (buy here), and we can partner up and work together to help get your business rocking and rolling here!

View my portfolio of businesses down below :)

FeatherBrick Consulting LLC

Founder/Owner -

My consulting company. The services I provide are:

- Team leadership and "culture-sculpture" consulting

- Business diagnostic and growth initiative consulting

- Small business acquisitions and partnership endeavors

Visit here: www.FeatherBrickLLC.com

Outsider Tactical LLC

Co-Owner/Managing Member -

We sell recreational and tactical gear. Some of our partnerships include:

- Patriot TV

- Beard Vet

- L.A.G. Tactical, Inc.

- Midwest Maniac

- Mountain Hatch

- Legacy Food Storage

- X-ring 3

- Deadwood Holster Co.

- Crosby's BBQ Sauce

Visit our site at: www.OutsiderTactical.com

L.A.G. Tactical, Inc.

Co-owner/Director

I joined the team while still out-of-the-house and have helped us grow massively into a multi-thousand foot warehouse with 7-figure sales and an international presence.

We sell tactical gear of all sorts and also have machining and milling capabilities. Visit our store here.

My main tasks have been:

- SALES & MARKETING - assist with sales by attending industry related tradeshows, help with product branding (this includes obtaining our trademark and physical branding of product), account management to ensure our vendors are satisfied, monitor retail vendors websites to ensure appropriate marketing/MAP is adhered to, create and enforce vendor contracts, grow sales by utilizing direct out-reach marketing methods, create sales routes for internal sales reps., communicate with vendors to ensure our products are selling and learn how to increase our sells, set and manage promotions with vendors, manage SKU database and ensure our retailers/distributors have appropriate and functioning/matching database sets, manage our SEO and get us from page 13 of Google search results to Page 1 within 3 years time with minimal investment, website management, product photography. Then, ultimately, train my replacement.

- OPERATIONS - project manager for growth initiatives and R&D projects, work with production team to create methods to track and improve efficiency in production, create growth strategy and analyze market environment, help create our corporate charter, analyze market opportunities, champion team leadership training, discover and implement MRP tools (notably prodsmart), implement AirTable as an effective tool for team communication. Train my replacement.

- FINANCE & ACCOUNTING - including sales & expense forecasting, setting price margins on products, quarterly P&L reporting, building & maintaining our books in Quickbooks, manage both A/R and A/P, work with CPA for annual tax filings, manage all quarterly filings, manage all financial accounts, initiate and create annual shareholder meeting, manage all corporate records and stock certificates. Train my replacement.

Seventeen Mile Golf, Inc.

Co-owner/Director -

Started in early 2021 as a spin-off from L.A.G. Tactical, Inc., Seventeen Mile Golf (SMGputters.com) builds amazing custom putters for top-tier and serious golfers. Completely customizable, satisfaction guaranteed.

Proprietary Trader -

Independent/Freelance -

As a “prop trader” I analyze financial market movement, overall economic environment, consumer sentiment, and price action using a number of different methods. These methods range from technical analysis of price movement, harmonic patterns understanding, Fibonacci retracement levels, supply and demand zones, and others, to gain a deep understanding of where markets are headed and how to capture the most gains.

You can check out some of my TA/charting here:

https://www.tradingview.com/u/GunMoney/

I analyze any and all markets, but focus mostly on crypto-currency as it is the newest, most dynamic, and most future-proof market there is in my opinion. However I also enjoy the precious metals markets as well as stocks, bonds, forex, real estate and energy.

My time frames are generally short but vary, and I don’t mind holding multi-year plays such as gold, silver, bitcoin, and real estate “long”, but also enjoy short plays that last from anywhere to a few hours to a few months.

I have an "Intro to Trading Course" that is free should you be interested. Send me request and I'll send you link to course.

My Story

I'm a risk taker, through and through.

From hitting 70-foot jumps on my snowboard in my early 20's, to my short (but insanely interesting) stint as a casino cheat, to my decade long career in cannabis cultivation, to my world travels, to my jumping on with my buddy and his business and taking it from out-of-the house with $7,000 in annual sales to an international brand with 7-figure sales in 5 years... I eat risk for breakfast. It's where I find comfort. It's where I feel alive.

I was born in Fountain Valley, CA in 1981. I started off amazing. At 10 years old I was in the "top-10" for my age-group in soccer (AYSO region 117, one of the most competitive in the country), was in all G.A.T.E. (gifted and talented education) classes in my middle school and was top-of-the-class, and had the cutest girl in my middle school as my girlfriend. Then, the divorce happened (we can leave out the details). Fast-forward an insanely turbulent and chaotic 8 years... eventually I (barely) graduated from high school in 1999. I moved to the Sierra Nevada mountains a few months after to pursue my newfound passion for snowboarding and lived in the mountains for 18 years. The first in Mammoth Lakes, CA, the next seventeen in Lake Tahoe, CA. Currently I live in Reno, NV.

I dropped out of college my first attempt in 2000, as I wasn't in the mindset to care about continuing my education at the time, but I re-entered in 2005. I completed 70 classes over 10 years from 2005-2015 (lowest grade a "B-") eventually finishing after graduate school.

My main passion in life right now is (was) traveling, exploring the world, taking many photos, eating amazing food, collecting small artifacts, and experiencing humanity. But as we all know that hasn't been the same for a couple years now. So since the pandemic hit we've traveled more locally in the US and have focused more on business.

My entrepreneurial side is quite strong. I love start-ups, building businesses, and working with entrepreneurs/founders to take their company to new heights. I've tested many business concepts over the years and have had some success, but no home runs yet. I've spent over a decade in the cannabis industry in Lake Tahoe, CA, where I got extremely good at horticulture, but unfortunately couldn't get the licenses needed to go bigger and more legitimate, so I exited that a few years back, just before AUMA passed.

Now I focus on helping business owners retain talent and create and maintain incredibly strong team cultures so they can take their business to new heights. Leveraging my book, Founder's Footing, I work with companies to help them design and craft their culture coming from a place of integrity and empowerment. Focusing on inclusion and possibility, we ensure that the organization is set-up for success and the growth is by design, not by default.