Growing up, Kyle York and his four brothers pitched in with various aspects of the business: working retail or printing T-shirts or helping with the parking lot detail. Along the way, they learned the power of a good work ethic and the value of being deeply involved in the community.
Those principles — efficient growth, hard work, strong community ties — helped Indian Head Athletics survive some of its biggest challenges, including the onslaught of big-box sporting goods stores in the 1990s and the advent of online shopping.
Tech Beckons
Still, York knew early on that he wouldn’t make a career in sporting goods.
“I learned from my parents that success is not necessarily about being the smartest person in the room. It’s about being the most prepared and the hardest working,” he says. “They wanted us to build our own careers on that foundation.”
Those lessons — and an eye for the right opportunities — led York to his calling in the technology industry. He interned at an education software company called WhippleHill for several years while studying at Bentley. Within a couple years of graduating, York was in California running their West Coast sales and marketing operation.
Then came a call from a high school classmate who had co-founded Dyn, a New Hampshire-based company specializing in domain name infrastructure. He wanted York to be its first sales and marketing leader, and someone who would almost act as an additional founder as they evolved.
read more (bentley.edu)
Those principles — efficient growth, hard work, strong community ties — helped Indian Head Athletics survive some of its biggest challenges, including the onslaught of big-box sporting goods stores in the 1990s and the advent of online shopping.
Tech Beckons
Still, York knew early on that he wouldn’t make a career in sporting goods.
“I learned from my parents that success is not necessarily about being the smartest person in the room. It’s about being the most prepared and the hardest working,” he says. “They wanted us to build our own careers on that foundation.”
Those lessons — and an eye for the right opportunities — led York to his calling in the technology industry. He interned at an education software company called WhippleHill for several years while studying at Bentley. Within a couple years of graduating, York was in California running their West Coast sales and marketing operation.
Then came a call from a high school classmate who had co-founded Dyn, a New Hampshire-based company specializing in domain name infrastructure. He wanted York to be its first sales and marketing leader, and someone who would almost act as an additional founder as they evolved.
read more (bentley.edu)
