We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Brandon Gist a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Brandon, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. We’ve love to hear an interesting investment story – what was one of the best or worst investments you’ve made? (Note, these responses are only intended as entertainment and shouldn’t be construed as investment advice)

The best investment at any stage of business is marketing! We are firm believers on making sure we exceed expectations of each and every task we do. Wether it be the walking into our bathrooms and you see flowers hanging from the ceiling or a strawberry mimosa rimmed in suger topped with a fresh strawberry, everything we do is instagram-able!

Brandon, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

We are the only art studio in our area that serves food and alcohol.

We often hear about learning lessons – but just as important is unlearning lessons. Have you ever had to unlearn a lesson?

That friends and family are your support group. The greatest amount of support comes from like minded art lovers that sometime turn into family!

We’d love to hear your thoughts on NFTs. (Note: this is for education/entertainment purposes only, readers should not construe this as advice)

Being a creative is hard due to the fact that I need to touch it for it to be “real”.

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