This interview features Stephan Aarstol, the founder and CEO of Tower Paddle Boards, a local San Diego company and San Diego District Attorney Candidate, Bob Brewer. Mr. Aarstol earned an MBA in New Venture Management from the University of San Diego and has over 15 years of entrepreneurial experience. While he has been a long time avid backpacker and hiker, paddle boarding was a sport that he had been introduced to less than a year before seeking capital to create his own shop.
It was on ABC’s “Shark Tank” that Mr. Aarstol gained financial backing from Mark Cuban and was able to open Tower Paddle Boards in Pacific Beach with only four employees. Since 2010, the small company has grown to be named one of the top ten most success stories in the history of that show by Entrepreneur Magazine.
Robert Brewer
Bob Brewer grew up in upstate New York and earned his undergraduate degree from St. Lawrence University. He then joins the ranks of the U.S. Army as an officer where he successfully completed Ranger and Airborne training. Serving an honorable 15-month tour in Vietnam, he came back to Stateside to obtain his Law degree from University of San Diego Law School. He then served as a Deputy District Attorney in the Los Angles area for seven years.
Since that 1982, he has proudly called San Diego his home. Initially, he started with a small private practice, but has most recently been named Partner in Charge of the San Diego office of the international law firm Jones Day.
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