Ep. 64 Kevin Kelly of Snake Bite Co. and Anti- Agency on Living Where You Work

In this episode, REALTOR® Adam Kruse and REALTOR® Shannon St. Pierre talk to Kevin Kelly, the owner of Snake Bite Co. and Anti- Agency. Find out what Kevin was thinking when he bought a mixed use property to serve as both his home and office and how he gets the most productivity out of his day. Email questions to [email protected] Adam Kruse-https://hermannlondon.com/realtor/adam-kruse/ Shannon St. Pierre-https://hermannlondon.com/realtor/shannon-st-pierre/ Kevin Kelly of https://snakebiteco.com/ and http://www.anti-agency.org/ ITUNES-http://goo.gl/rs1q9X Blog-https://hermannlondon.com/resources/ Producer - Joey Vosevich Theme Song by Trastornobeats 1:42 Adam introduces Kevin Kelly, the owner of Snake Bite Co. and Anti- Agency 1:56 Adam helped Kevin buy a building 7 years ago 2:44 Kevin started Snake Bite Co. 6 years ago 3:06 Custom wholesale is a big part of Snake Bite Co. 4:05 Adam and Kevin did an event on Cherokee where Adam was giving away coozies while Kevin was selling his 4:40 Definition of Perfunctory 6:00 Snake Bite Co. started by making over designed bottle openers 8:35 Adam didn’t know whether to show Kevin commercial properties or funky houses 10:52 Kevin has filmed commercials in his home 11:50 The public office idea fell away after 2 years 13:37 Kevin had to strategize how to stop people from wasting his time by taking less meetings 15:03 Kevin has a system to his day that includes avoiding his phone and reading a book 16:30 Kevin’s problem with pop psychology self-help books and why he often prefers fiction 18:55 Going to a coffee meeting doesn’t mean you furthered your business 19:49 Kevin quit his 60 hour a week art direction job when he was 25 22:22 Adam has friends who works from home but are tracked by mouse movement and phone calls 23:35 “You won’t be happy until you work for yourself but I wouldn’t recommend it to anybody” 24:10 What are vacations like when you work for yourself? 26:18 What happens when no one expects you to be at the office? 29:58 “Being productive is a form of meditation” 31:44 Kevin never takes his laptop out of his office room 39:20 “Time is the most precious currency that people give away so freely” 39:40 Will the Corona Virus cause more people to work from home? 40:35 Kevin hates video conferencing but currently likes https://whereby.com/ 42:15 Kevin used to lie and say Anti- Agency was 9-15 people but it was just him 44:00 Finding good employees is the hardest thing to do 47:44 Listen to the Anti- Podcast http://podcast.anti-agency.org/