Author: Jon Los

  • Big Dreams, Big Disappointments

    A couple of 1:25 scale models that I built, hoping to make them in 1:1 scale. Anne was getting nervous. She’d already bankrolled me to the tune of almost half a million dollars, and we still hadn’t sold anything. And just to make life interesting, my wife was pregnant with our first child. Which, under…

  • Do You Know The Way To San Jose?

    Richard, for all his faults, was really trying to get our business off the ground. We had what seemed to be endless meetings with potential investors. And it’s funny how talking to one person leads to another, which leads to another, and so on. One fellow we talked to said he knew an investment group…

  • $110,000 Later…

    And there it was, a brand new 1990 Peterbilt 357 motorhome, complete with an Allison automatic transmission, a 3306 Cat diesel, and air-ride suspension front and back. The coach had a washer and dryer, a full sized bathtub, and every possible gadget I could think of. It really was a beautiful unit. It took a…

  • One Peterbilt Coming Up, From Texas

    It was a long wait but the day finally came when our brand new custom built Peterbilt arrived. To say I was excited is a huge understatement. Frankly, my guts were churning and I felt a bit sick! I mean, there I was, a 28 year old with no business experience and who was quickly…

  • We Neeeeeeed A New Peterbilt

    So there I was, unable to sell the ’63 Kenworth RV, mainly because it had a manual transmission that folks who had money didn’t know how to drive. Anne was getting anxious and wanted to see some movement. I was out of my element and just couldn’t seem to sell it. So after explaining the…

  • The Homeless Millionaire

    “Embrace the suck”. Character comes from suffering, so I hope everyone has a good dose of suffering in their lives. The business failed? The job is pure drudgery? Your spouse is going nuts? Your children are spinning out of control? Great! This is where your really learn to live. There’s a quaint old analogy about…

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