From Missionary to Gentlemen

       “Before I tell you about how I started GentKey, you'll first have to understand a little more about me. Growing up, I didn't really fit in with other kids. I remember in high school while other kids were off partying I was instead always learning a new instrument or watching free college lectures on YouTube. The big change came when I decided at the last minute to graduate early. I had grown tired of the lack of maturity in my fellow high school students. I grew up in a strong Christian family, and there is an expectation within my faith to serve a two-year mission for our church. To be honest, I had no interest at the time in doing that. So, I ran off to college, where I learned two things. One, I love D&D, and two, I was done with school. I didn't see any value in a degree that only taught me what I could teach myself on the internet. I certainly had no interest in paying someone to tell me whether I was learning what they “said” was important.
        Due to some faith promoting experiences at college, I decided to serve that two year proselytizing mission my parents wanted me to and it changed my life. I not only learned the value of balancing old and new ideas, but I began to wonder what a 21st century gentleman was. Along the way I also knocked over the metaphorical dominoes that would prove to plant the seed for GentKey. I can remember it like it was yesterday. It was the winter of 2022 in Salt Lake City, Utah (yes that was my mission assignment, no, I didn't get to pick) and it was the worst winter they had had in years. There was snow on the ground (and a lot of it) and I was assigned to serve without a vehicle. I was biking around with another missionary on snow covered streets. We were knocking door to door one evening. We were on the last door of a complex. No one had answered and I told my missionary companion if this door didn't open, I didn't care what time it was, we were going home. I was cold and wet and it was dark. I walked up to the last door and knocked on it.
       After a few moments I knocked again and as I was turning to leave I heard the jolting of a dead bolt. The door opened and a long blond haired man with eyes that smiled looked at us and said, “Elders, come in!” I was just relieved to be out of the cold. Little did I know I just knocked on the door of a man who would change my life. After giving a brief spiritual message, we got to talking and exchanged information. The name of the man was Kai Micah Mills; Millionaire, Serial Founder, Tech Entrepreneur, Vitalist, and I'm glad to say still to this day a friend.
       After chatting for a while over the phone and visiting every few weeks, I found my childhood dream to change the world be reignited as I heard his story of dropping out of high school after two weeks and jumping head first into building companies. It was in the middle of these conversations on my days off that I found myself trapped in my apartment for two weeks due to me and my companion being sick. I'd sleep for 16 hours and then have nothing to do but sit around our small apartment thinking. It was in that dark basement that I got to thinking about the Joe Rogan Podcast. I know, it's kind of a weird twist. But I was half asleep dreaming about sitting across that table when I realized I would hate it. I had done nothing with my life. I had this urge to change the world yet had settled for doing so little besides my mission up to that point. So at that moment I got up, sat up at my desk, opened a notepad, and started to write down ideas.
       I still have the notepad. I have scribbles, idea's, notes, and a cobbled mess of what would prove to be the foundation of GentKey. I'm still building and I don't have much but I'm miles from where I started. In a small basement missionary apartment, with the thoughts of a friend and the dream of podcast, the seed was planted. GentKey, the future of gentlemen, the gentlemen of the future.”