This is The Do It For Yourself Podcast.  Each week I sit down with someone who is doing it for themselves and chasing a dream they just couldn’t suppress.  This is often speakers, entrepreneurs, or athletes.  They all share one thing in common, they are overcoming challenges and never giving up.  Someone who is Doing It For Themselves is not selfish in their pursuit, they are simply chasing a dream or working towards a goal because it is something THEY want to do.  They are not forging down a path because society or someone is telling them it’s what they should be doing.

 

This week my guest is Josh Sprague, the owner of Orange Mud.  Orange Mud is a hydration pack that actually sits between your shoulder blades as opposed to the more tradition belt style packs.  Josh came up with this idea after many frustrating long runs while training for Ironman distance races.  He simply could not find a belt that he liked or worked for him.  So Josh took to his garage one night and used some of the resources he had to make his first prototype.  From there he was off and running, literally and figuratively.  

 

Josh jumped into this with both feet and began dedicating all of his free time to making this pack perfect.  From sourcing to materials, to production, it was all at night or on the weekends as he was still working a full-time job in medical device sales.  Josh was beginning to realize that this was something more than just a hobby, he knew he was really on to something here, but he was nervous about leaving the steady income to go after this dream.  Luckily for Josh, he managed his finances well and set himself up to jump into Orange Mud full time.  

 

Join us on this episode as we learn where Josh found his passion for endurance and adventure and how he took that first "rough" prototype into the production of a product that is not shipped all over.

 

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