He Quit His Sales Job to Make Golf Putters in the Garage (ft. Jared Doerfler - Hanna Golf)

Jared Doerfler was walk-on turned Division 1 golfer at the University of Northern Iowa.He had grown into a comfortable life with a well-paying job as VP of Sales. He just had his first kid and decided to start writing online based on the advice of his MBA professor. With zero followers and zero writing experience, he grew the Perfect Putt newsletter to 10,000+ subscribers and built a healthy following on X.Then he took it one step further and quit his job to start making golf putters in his garage. He bought a CDC machine and taught himself how to use it through trial and error and a whole bunch of YouTube videos.Now, he has sold putters to golfers around the world, put them in the hands of guys on the PGA Tour, and continues to scale up his homegrown operation through sheer grit and hard work.This is the story of Jared Doerfler and Hanna Golf.SUPPORT THIS HERO: Website: https://hannagolf.com/X: https://x.com/HannaGolfCoX: https://x.com/DoerflerJaredInstagram:   / hannagolfco  GET IN TOUCH WITH HALFTIME HEROESInstagram:   / halftimeheroesshow  X: https://x.com/TeamHalftimeTikTok:   / teamhalftimeheroes  Substack: https://halftimeheroes.substack.com/ABOUT HALFTIME HEROES:I'm Ryan. Host of Halftime Heroes. I'm a former Division 1 college soccer captain and serial content creator. I've tried everything from blogs to podcasts to newsletters to very bad TikToks. With this show I'm hoping to bring together my two favorite things: sports and creators. My goal is to get to the bottom of how these incredible creators and entrepreneurs are bringing their athlete mindset to the creator economy.