Do you know Mouser's history????

[Blues Healer]

The other day I was checking out of my Mouser order and noticed a page that read "A ... Berkshire Hathaway company". Wow, that's Warren Buffett's investment company.

Yes, it's true that Mouser is a big company now, but it started small. Years ago I got Craig Anderton's book, and Mouser was one of a handful of suppliers then. Since I lived in San Diego and they were local, I started ordering from them. The other day I was going through my storage and found an old Mouser box with some mojo parts, and an invoice from 1995.

Anyway, you can read Mouser's history on their site. As I already knew, it was started by a high school science teacher who had a hard time finding parts for his classroom projects.
I suppose there's a lesson there: start small and dream big ... or something like that.

[jkokura]

That sounds wicked awesome!

Jacob

[bcalla]

That sounds wicked awesome!

You're doing a Boston dialect, eh?

[playonit]

Jerry Mouser was one of my High School teachers at Granite Hills High in El Cajon Ca.. His Son Jerry Jr. is a friend of mine.. He had a little distribution center off hwy 67 in the Santee - Lakeside area.. the place was packed to the rafters... But jerry knew where every part was..nothing short of amazing..

[m-Kresol]

...As I already knew, it was started by a high school science teacher who had a hard time finding parts for his classroom projects.
I suppose there's a lesson there: start small and dream big ... or something like that.

That  sounds a lot like Breaking Bad to me

[Blues Healer]

Jerry Mouser was one of my High School teachers at Granite Hills High in El Cajon Ca.. His Son Jerry Jr. is a friend of mine.. He had a little distribution center off hwy 67 in the Santee - Lakeside area.. the place was packed to the rafters... But jerry knew where every part was..nothing short of amazing..

that's cool

I think Mouser was still in San Diego in the early 90s, after I moved back ... I'm not sure when they started distributing from Texas

[GrindCustoms]

That's awesome, I have lots of respect for ambitious minds and that is certainly one!