How does a St. Thomas business grad end up opening a 35,000-square foot nightclub?
It was a long process.When I graduated, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do for a career. I tried insurance for a while, but it wasn’t my thing. My mother owns a car dealership in Montana, and I worked there for a summer. Again, it wasn’t my thing. I opened my first bar, The Rock, with a loan from my mother in 1997. I had spent enough time in bars to realize that money could be made in the liquor industry if it were run right. The Rock was very successful, and in 2000 I expanded the space to 10,000 sq. ft. It was then that I started to plan what would ultimately become Myth. I sold The Rock when construction began on Myth in 2004. We opened in September 2005 and I haven’t looked back. So how did your business courses help you in the start-up and running of the club? I get asked this question a lot. My answer has always been that the main thing St. Thomas taught me was how to think. My business courses were not classes that you just took multiple choice tests every Friday. There were a lo
