Well, not exactly. I guess the days of "warming up the checkbook" chatter to motivate someone are gone. Sort of like calling video "footage" or music a "record" or an "album". But you get the point. We are so excited to reward some deserving entrant prize money.
I sent an update about Omar Hakim being our special guest judge, look back in this string for more about Omar.
Our other judges will include...
Kevin Luby
Kevin is Roost & Roots general manager and is responsible for all aspects of production and acquisition of materials. He'll no doubt be weighing in on the manufacturability of the submitted designs.
Dyan Twining
Almost two decades of backyard chicken keeping experience and having provided customer service on over 10,000 coops sold probably makes Dyan one of the, if not THE, preiment backyard chicken keeping expert in the country. Not that MIGHT be hyperbole... but maybe not. There's not much Dyan doesn't know about egg laying chickens. She'll no doubt weigh in heavily on the chicken keeping aspects of designs.
Montie Twining
Montie is a lifelong serial entrepreneur who has developed everything from super yachts to software and everything in between. Roost & Root became his family's primary way to "pay the bills" in 2013 and is his primary focus.
Montie is the inventor or co inventor on a portfolio of patents and has even enjoyed a stint as an executive in a publicly traded company. For decades, he has enjoyed "small business" startups because of the broad and intense hands on experience they provide. His day to day responsibilities at Roost & Root are a combination of product development and marketing what the company makes.
Talk soon!
Montie
