Teenager rides wave of success with fishing clothing small business

A Pinellas County teen is “swimming with the large fish.”


What You Will need To Know

  • Jackson Moncrief commences fishing attire company
  • He sells T-shirts and other items on the web and at Bayshore Breeze
  • Moncrief’s instructor says the enterprise showcases what it truly is trying to instruct pupils
  • Moncrief has also started out a Canadian line

Jackson Moncrieff, 18, has started out a fishing apparel company.

Moncrieff claimed he is always loved fishing but he didn’t love the price tag he was shelling out for fishing apparel, so he made a decision to create his possess.

“I had a bunch of selections but I preferred to come across something that really spoke to me and a little something I could be passionate about,” Moncrieff mentioned.

Using capabilities he learned as a student at Palm Harbor University High School’s Career Academy for Enterprise Administration and Management, Moncrieff created a corporation emblem and Launch Fishing Apparel was born.

Jackson Moncrief

“Our catchy minimal slogan is “Obtain Your Launch” which mainly usually means when you launch a fish, you’re acquiring your release but you also come across your launch out on the h2o,” he stated.

Moncrieff sells T-shirts and other things on the web and at Bayshore Breeze, a retailer in close proximity to Honeymoon Island.

He runs the small business out of his property.

“Of system I want to hold it expanding, maintain it likely,” he explained.

Moncrieff’s instructor, Kevin Schachter, explained the business showcases what they are attempting to teach college students, which is to have an entrepreneurial spirit.

“Jackson is a fantastic case in point of what we hope our conclude end result will be with our learners, which is currently being capable to get the matters he is learned in the classroom and place them to simple use to see a favourable result,” mentioned Schachter.

Moncrieff hopes to maintain riding his wave of success.

“The sky is the restrict,” he reported. “To get into a big retail keep, that would be brilliant, something cool like that, but the sky is the limit. I’m open up to new options.

He’s made a Canadian line, as well.