About Me

My name is Ryan, and I am currently in third year studying Bachelor of Business Administration. Growing up I always wanted to start my own business and be my own boss. When I was about 12 years old my father and I started selling hot sauce from our own family recipe. We are now in about 20 or so small butcher shops and restaurants just selling our product locally. In March of 2013 I applied to a competition called Pythons Pit (similar to Dragons Den) where young high school entrepreneurs of the Halton Region area pitch their product to a panel of judges for a chance to win cash prizes. I ended up winning the competition and making great connections along the way. One of the judges on the panel now allows me to make my sauce out of his brewery.

I first started selling my product at my home town farmers market. It was difficult at first as most people selling products at the farmers market were selling produce and groceries and I was the only one selling spicy sauce. As a 12 year old it was difficult for me to promote and sell my product especially considering not a lot of people wanted hot sauce at 8 am. However the more I went the easier it became and the word of mouth started to spread. After a couple of years it was no longer just fruits and vegetables being sold at our market but multiple hot sauce and other small business's started selling their product at the market as well.

Starting my own business has been one of the greatest experiences for me I have really learned a lot throughout the whole process. Another Passion of mine is golf. I love to golf and whenever I get a chance to play I will. Throughout high school my friends and me would play close to a 100 rounds over the course of the summer sometimes playing 3 rounds a day if we could. I started playing golf when I was about 13 so I am not the greatest golfer I just enjoy getting out and playing the game. The love of golf runs in my family and every year on thanksgiving weekend my family and I have our annual golf tournament, where the person with the least amount of puts throughout the round wins the trophy. I am lucky to say I am the 2015 winner barely beating out my Grandpa. 

I also love watching golf as well but I usually only watch the major tournaments such as the Masters. Another sport I love watching is hockey. My favorite team is the Toronto Maple Leafs. It has been very hard being a fan of the leafs as many other leaf fans know however I am excited for the next couple of years as Toronto has a lot of up and coming talent. One of my favorite memories was traveling to see the Winter classic between Toronto and Detroit a couple of years ago. It was extremely cold and my Dad and I were freezing, but it was definitely worth it.