Pangborn Design
Dominic Pangborn of Pangborn Design is an Entrepreneurial inspiration on many levels. Starting at the young age of ten, Pangborn has made decsisve decisions and has been successful ever since. At the age of ten Pangborn decided to leave Korea for a better life in
America. The tough part about this decision was that he had to leave his Mother behind. That was a pretty tough decision for a ten year old boy to make; nonetheless he made it with confidence.
One of the first things that Dominic said to us was “I’m not a traditionalist”. I liked that he said that because I agree that Entrepreneurs are not traditionalist. We take chances, we don’t take the traditional 9-5 workday, and we take chances. He said multiple times that his thought process when he would make a decision or risk was “what’s the worst that can happen?” In my opinion, the most impressive trait about Pangborn is his innate ability to continue to grow, and always find a better way.
Instead of looking at Detroit as a bad place to conduct business, he looks at it in a positive way that what he does mainly takes place in L.A. and
New York. He managed to capitalize in a market that his industry was pretty much non existent in the city. He loves what he does and in turn that makes him the best at it. Regarding his work habits he said to us “People call me a work-a-holic and that I am crazy for working eighteen hour days. In response I say to them that I can’t remember a day that I went to work”. That type of attitude and passion for work is something that I look forward to very much in my business. Dominic is the poster child of rags to riches and I would love to be as successful as him one day.
