Lakebound began in 2007 when I was looking for a map of my hometown lake, Lake Coeur d’Alene, and couldn’t find one. I was living in L.A. at the time and wanted a piece of home. So my friend Chris, a graphic designer and also a Coeur d’Alene kid, made one. While ho...

There’s this thing about running your own business; about building something from the ground up. Over time, you gain some serious resilience and stick-with-it-ness. You get gritty and scrappy. You learn to take a problem and see it as an opportunity. Don’t get me wr...