In an interview with Complex, Skater Jimmy Gorecki of Standard Issue Tees and JSP talks of his start and how he's built partnerships in fashion throughout the years.
Gorecki was first asked about his origins in business, to which he said, “My first job was being a paperboy when I was 11 or 12 years old, because you could get a route really young. I somehow hustled my mom to help me take on another route, so she’d throw a bag in her car and drop me at this apartment complex, then I’d jump on my bike to the next. The shitty part of the gig is collecting money—you realize how selfish adults are and how they don’t want to pay bills. So you’re spending more time chasing down grown-ass people to get a few bucks. [Laughs.] A friend of ours owned an Italian restaurant, and they started me off as a dishwasher on Friday and Saturday nights, so I’d make good money but missed all the fun shit in middle and high school. Then I started bussing tables, and later anything from dollar stores to gas stations. But when I think about it, those early jobs showed me that the harder you hustled, the more you made, whether it was tips or just taking on more work.”
