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Nathan Pearce
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age: 23
hometown: Alabaster, Ala.
scholarships
education: Attended Kingwood Christian
School. Earned business degree from Millsaps
College.
parent to parent
current job:
Co-founder & CEO of Fraternity Collection
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Nathan’s main project
Turning off his business brain isn’t easy,
but Nathan enjoys quiet time hunting and
fishing in the great outdoors. His most
recent read: “The Goal” by Eli Goldratt.
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out of the office
Nathan Pearce has been selling for as long as he
can remember. At 12 years old, he was hawking
equipment and estates to large crowds working as
an auctioneer for his dad’s auction company. In
middle school, he scored a locker in a great spot and
then rented it to some fellow students. Today, he’s
using his entrepreneurial spirit to run the clothing
company he co-founded, The Fraternity Collection,
and to help others who want to do the same through
his apparel manufacturing consulting business. He
shared some of the advice he’s gotten (good and bad),
mistakes he’s made and where he’s headed next.
parental guidance: My dad has always
harped on reputation. One quote that has stuck with
me is, “It takes a lifetime to build a good reputation,
and one second to ruin it.” It’s always been a
reminder for me to try to make good decisions in
everything I do.
making tough calls: For both my college
and career choice, it was a gut feeling I had; I wanted
to go to a school where I would feel comfortable,
and I wanted a career where I didn’t have to answer
to anyone. I wouldn’t have been happy in a cubicle,
and life is too short to work day-in and day-out on
something you don’t love to do.
rookie mistake: I wish I had listened more in
class. I never imagined some of the things I learned
would be beneficial in the real world, and every once
in awhile, I find myself having to relearn things.
advice for parents: Support your kids’
dreams. They can do anything they put their mind to,
and I am living proof of that.
a pleasant surprise: How much fun my job
is. I had always heard, “Enjoy college; they are the
best years of your life. I guess the people who say that
made the wrong career choices.”
advice fail: “Focus on what you know.” If
I followed this advice, I would not be where I am
today in the apparel industry. You can do anything
you want in life, as long as you are willing to learn.
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