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Chris Fettes

👤 Speaker
2103 total appearances

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The Shawn Ryan Show
#156 Chris Fettes - A SEAL Team 6 Sniper’s Worst Nightmare

This is going to be, you know, they're going to perceive this as, you know, weird or strange. So I kind of like just wasn't creative for all those years. You know, I just kind of like hid it away, you know. So once I got out... I had that job, but a year, not a year, but as soon as I decided to get out, I started looking into how do I learn how to make formulas for ice cream?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#156 Chris Fettes - A SEAL Team 6 Sniper’s Worst Nightmare

This is going to be, you know, they're going to perceive this as, you know, weird or strange. So I kind of like just wasn't creative for all those years. You know, I just kind of like hid it away, you know. So once I got out... I had that job, but a year, not a year, but as soon as I decided to get out, I started looking into how do I learn how to make formulas for ice cream?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#156 Chris Fettes - A SEAL Team 6 Sniper’s Worst Nightmare

This is going to be, you know, they're going to perceive this as, you know, weird or strange. So I kind of like just wasn't creative for all those years. You know, I just kind of like hid it away, you know. So once I got out... I had that job, but a year, not a year, but as soon as I decided to get out, I started looking into how do I learn how to make formulas for ice cream?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#156 Chris Fettes - A SEAL Team 6 Sniper’s Worst Nightmare

Because I know there's something with that that I want to do. So I started making moves before I was even ever out, right? When I was at that out station making that decision, you know, there's this 150-year-old ice cream school at Penn State that's been there that's pretty renowned for it. Like Ben & Jerry's, I think, went there, a couple other big company founders to learn how to make ice cream.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#156 Chris Fettes - A SEAL Team 6 Sniper’s Worst Nightmare

Because I know there's something with that that I want to do. So I started making moves before I was even ever out, right? When I was at that out station making that decision, you know, there's this 150-year-old ice cream school at Penn State that's been there that's pretty renowned for it. Like Ben & Jerry's, I think, went there, a couple other big company founders to learn how to make ice cream.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#156 Chris Fettes - A SEAL Team 6 Sniper’s Worst Nightmare

Because I know there's something with that that I want to do. So I started making moves before I was even ever out, right? When I was at that out station making that decision, you know, there's this 150-year-old ice cream school at Penn State that's been there that's pretty renowned for it. Like Ben & Jerry's, I think, went there, a couple other big company founders to learn how to make ice cream.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#156 Chris Fettes - A SEAL Team 6 Sniper’s Worst Nightmare

And so I went there, I signed up for it. My wife's like, you're going to spend this much money on what? I'm like, I'm going to go to college. So it's a short course. It's a food sciences course there. You get full semester credits for this course. This thing, you go around the dairies, you formulate ice cream, you do tests. You got to do it on paper just like sniper school.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#156 Chris Fettes - A SEAL Team 6 Sniper’s Worst Nightmare

And so I went there, I signed up for it. My wife's like, you're going to spend this much money on what? I'm like, I'm going to go to college. So it's a short course. It's a food sciences course there. You get full semester credits for this course. This thing, you go around the dairies, you formulate ice cream, you do tests. You got to do it on paper just like sniper school.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#156 Chris Fettes - A SEAL Team 6 Sniper’s Worst Nightmare

And so I went there, I signed up for it. My wife's like, you're going to spend this much money on what? I'm like, I'm going to go to college. So it's a short course. It's a food sciences course there. You get full semester credits for this course. This thing, you go around the dairies, you formulate ice cream, you do tests. You got to do it on paper just like sniper school.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#156 Chris Fettes - A SEAL Team 6 Sniper’s Worst Nightmare

And pass the test, you gotta pass. You know, you don't just get through. And also learning the business side of things. They've got all kinds of cool keynote speakers and people coming in from big companies and small shops. And it's for everybody from the beginner to somebody that's building a fucking ice cream factory. So great experience.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#156 Chris Fettes - A SEAL Team 6 Sniper’s Worst Nightmare

And pass the test, you gotta pass. You know, you don't just get through. And also learning the business side of things. They've got all kinds of cool keynote speakers and people coming in from big companies and small shops. And it's for everybody from the beginner to somebody that's building a fucking ice cream factory. So great experience.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#156 Chris Fettes - A SEAL Team 6 Sniper’s Worst Nightmare

And pass the test, you gotta pass. You know, you don't just get through. And also learning the business side of things. They've got all kinds of cool keynote speakers and people coming in from big companies and small shops. And it's for everybody from the beginner to somebody that's building a fucking ice cream factory. So great experience.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#156 Chris Fettes - A SEAL Team 6 Sniper’s Worst Nightmare

And then I went right into my job and kind of forgot about it for a while. So as I evolved through that transition and sort of self-transformation, I started to feel good enough to go, man, I can visualize myself doing something with ice cream. And then COVID happened. That's when I really started making ice cream in the kitchen.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#156 Chris Fettes - A SEAL Team 6 Sniper’s Worst Nightmare

And then I went right into my job and kind of forgot about it for a while. So as I evolved through that transition and sort of self-transformation, I started to feel good enough to go, man, I can visualize myself doing something with ice cream. And then COVID happened. That's when I really started making ice cream in the kitchen.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#156 Chris Fettes - A SEAL Team 6 Sniper’s Worst Nightmare

And then I went right into my job and kind of forgot about it for a while. So as I evolved through that transition and sort of self-transformation, I started to feel good enough to go, man, I can visualize myself doing something with ice cream. And then COVID happened. That's when I really started making ice cream in the kitchen.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#156 Chris Fettes - A SEAL Team 6 Sniper’s Worst Nightmare

I kind of converted our kids' baby playroom into a little ice cream lab. I started testing out samples, created my chocolate flavor that my wife loves, and it's still that formula. And Eventually, COVID cleared up. I had time then to get on YouTube, start learning how to make a business plan.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#156 Chris Fettes - A SEAL Team 6 Sniper’s Worst Nightmare

I kind of converted our kids' baby playroom into a little ice cream lab. I started testing out samples, created my chocolate flavor that my wife loves, and it's still that formula. And Eventually, COVID cleared up. I had time then to get on YouTube, start learning how to make a business plan.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#156 Chris Fettes - A SEAL Team 6 Sniper’s Worst Nightmare

I kind of converted our kids' baby playroom into a little ice cream lab. I started testing out samples, created my chocolate flavor that my wife loves, and it's still that formula. And Eventually, COVID cleared up. I had time then to get on YouTube, start learning how to make a business plan.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#156 Chris Fettes - A SEAL Team 6 Sniper’s Worst Nightmare

And it was a joke at first, you know, but you'd laugh at it if I showed you my, hey, Chris's idea and all the things I went through, you know, with the whole branding of it and the naming and everything. Do you still have it? Yeah, I still have it. Nice. Definitely. I've shown it to a couple people and, you know, I'm like, see, I told you to laugh, you know. Can we put it up on screen?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#156 Chris Fettes - A SEAL Team 6 Sniper’s Worst Nightmare

And it was a joke at first, you know, but you'd laugh at it if I showed you my, hey, Chris's idea and all the things I went through, you know, with the whole branding of it and the naming and everything. Do you still have it? Yeah, I still have it. Nice. Definitely. I've shown it to a couple people and, you know, I'm like, see, I told you to laugh, you know. Can we put it up on screen?