https://padlet.com/cooperrussell25/iq4yjpivzkmn Story of the Great, Mark Kurchena en-us 2019-10-01 16:48:06 UTC 2024-10-13 15:43:25 UTC hello@padlet.com cooperrussell25 https://padlet.com/cooperrussell25/iq4yjpivzkmn/wish/392211681 Upon graduating from Pitt with an engineering degree Mark’s landscaping business ‘Bubba’s Bump & Mow’ was booming and thus came his absolute break. As he was finishing up the lawn of a rather immensely wealthy customer in a neighborhood Mark was greeted by a man who he would later find out was the CEO of Dodge Motors. After doing research on who he was dealing with Bubba began plotting. His hope was to speak with the CEO on an upcoming hunting trip put on by the wealthy customer. He wanted a shot into the company as an engineer. He’d practiced over and over how he’d pitch his request; and it went flawless. ]]> 2019-10-02 00:36:25 UTC https://padlet.com/cooperrussell25/iq4yjpivzkmn/wish/392211681 cooperrussell25 https://padlet.com/cooperrussell25/iq4yjpivzkmn/wish/392211767 By the time his senior year of high school came around Mark was left defeated. Mark began suffering from sleep loss as he often times woke up out his sleep dizzy and lethargic. On top of all of this, he started experiencing rapid weight loss that was happening out of his control leaving him dangerously scrawny, resembling a skeleton. Worst of all came headaches that left Bubba fuzzy and at times blinding him to light of any kind. The sport he once loved so much had taken a toll on his body and he was officially burned out. All he could think about was what he was going to do next. ]]> 2019-10-02 00:37:00 UTC https://padlet.com/cooperrussell25/iq4yjpivzkmn/wish/392211767 cooperrussell25 https://padlet.com/cooperrussell25/iq4yjpivzkmn/wish/392211994 After handing his landscaping business over to his sister for the time being and successfully becoming an engineer for Dodge Motors Mark was offered the CEO position at Dodge due to his great success. But this success was nothing to Bubba as the birth of his first son, who he viewed as the greatest gift he had ever been given, was upon him. His son grew up to be very smart and took after his father in the sense that his work ethic would be the biggest stand out about him. Mark passed his landscaping company over to his son when he was of age. Bubba moved to the county and lived out his life on a ranch, raising cows. ]]> 2019-10-02 00:38:01 UTC https://padlet.com/cooperrussell25/iq4yjpivzkmn/wish/392211994 cooperrussell25 https://padlet.com/cooperrussell25/iq4yjpivzkmn/wish/392212511 While looking around in the newspaper one morning for job openings, with the intention of putting himself through school, Mark’s phone began buzzing in his pocket as if it were screaming for him to answer it. It was his old wrestling coach who wanted to know if he’d be interested in working for new a landscaping company that was looking for employee’s. Mark cheerfully accepted the offer with elation pouring out his mouth as if he had just been told he had won the lottery. After calming down and returning to reality only one thing lay still in his mind; he’d never cut grass a day in his life. ]]> 2019-10-02 00:40:36 UTC https://padlet.com/cooperrussell25/iq4yjpivzkmn/wish/392212511 cooperrussell25 https://padlet.com/cooperrussell25/iq4yjpivzkmn/wish/392212603 Cutting grass in the beginning was rough for Bubba. He wouldn’t let this come in between his dreams however. After many days of long hours in the blistering heat with sweat gleaming on his body and then dashing off to class, Bubba still worked to be the best. After a few years of going to the University of Pittsburgh as well as landscaping in the area Mark finally caught a break. The owner of the landscaping company was looking to move away, and he wanted to leave the business in the hands of a trusted soul. ]]> 2019-10-02 00:41:04 UTC https://padlet.com/cooperrussell25/iq4yjpivzkmn/wish/392212603 cooperrussell25 https://padlet.com/cooperrussell25/iq4yjpivzkmn/wish/392213012 Childhood is a time of great passion and love for things that make one happy. For Mark this love, and passion was rooted deeply in the sport of wrestling. It was a place that encouraged discipline and instilled in him a superior work ethic. Living in the moment on the mat was a skill that was key, but off the mat the future was all he could think about. He figured his wrestling would be the way he got into the university of his choice and live out his true dream; becoming an engineer and creating the cars of tomorrow. ]]> 2019-10-02 00:42:46 UTC https://padlet.com/cooperrussell25/iq4yjpivzkmn/wish/392213012 cooperrussell25 https://padlet.com/cooperrussell25/iq4yjpivzkmn/wish/392383916 2019-10-02 12:33:08 UTC https://padlet.com/cooperrussell25/iq4yjpivzkmn/wish/392383916 cooperrussell25 https://padlet.com/cooperrussell25/iq4yjpivzkmn/wish/392384320 2019-10-02 12:33:59 UTC https://padlet.com/cooperrussell25/iq4yjpivzkmn/wish/392384320 cooperrussell25 https://padlet.com/cooperrussell25/iq4yjpivzkmn/wish/392384839 2019-10-02 12:34:58 UTC https://padlet.com/cooperrussell25/iq4yjpivzkmn/wish/392384839 cooperrussell25 https://padlet.com/cooperrussell25/iq4yjpivzkmn/wish/392388878 2019-10-02 12:41:28 UTC https://padlet.com/cooperrussell25/iq4yjpivzkmn/wish/392388878 cooperrussell25 https://padlet.com/cooperrussell25/iq4yjpivzkmn/wish/392389665 2019-10-02 12:42:43 UTC https://padlet.com/cooperrussell25/iq4yjpivzkmn/wish/392389665 cooperrussell25 https://padlet.com/cooperrussell25/iq4yjpivzkmn/wish/392390541 In the small town of South Fayette, Pennsylvania big dreams were rare. Everyone stuck to the norm, nothing that challenged the status quo; then came Bubba. Since a young boy Mark “Bubba” Kurchena saw things in a different light. When an engine was started up, his heart began to race as if he himself was one with the vehicle. Others looked at a car and thought of something to take them from point A to point B. However, Mark saw a dynamically live creation that if treated right could be man’s best friend. As a child he set out on a lucrative mission to make a new model to be just that; man’s best friend. ]]> 2019-10-02 12:44:09 UTC https://padlet.com/cooperrussell25/iq4yjpivzkmn/wish/392390541 cooperrussell25 https://padlet.com/cooperrussell25/iq4yjpivzkmn/wish/392391499 2019-10-02 12:45:42 UTC https://padlet.com/cooperrussell25/iq4yjpivzkmn/wish/392391499 cooperrussell25 https://padlet.com/cooperrussell25/iq4yjpivzkmn/wish/392392451 2019-10-02 12:47:07 UTC https://padlet.com/cooperrussell25/iq4yjpivzkmn/wish/392392451