Seventh Journal: Role Model/Mentor

While working at Core2Print I had the pleasure of meeting one of the major investors of Core2Print. His name is Joeson Ko. The first time I saw Joeson Ko walk into the Core2Print office, my supervisor pulled me aside and told me that he was a big player in the Core2Print business and that he is the investor and owner of a few other businesses including a clothing brand called MACHINE NY. That to me was impressive because my goal is to be someone like him, to own businesses and especially be an owner of a well known profitable clothing brand. My supervisor introduced me to him as a designer for graphics and clothing, which I assume sparked some interest in him because he started to show me and my supervisor some sample of his future releases for his brand MACHINE. He asked for our opinion on several designs and listened carefully to what we had to say. He eventually asked for my portfolio which I very embarrassingly had to reply “it is not done yet.” However, he did let me show him my work on social media. He seemed to like it and asked me some questions about some of my work. It was great to have a conversation with someone who already is doing the things I want to eventually achieve. After we finished talking he said bye to us, opened the door to an exotic blue Maserati, and drove off. You can not get more inspiring than that. I frequently thinking about that moment now and see him as a model of where I need to be.