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Tom Putnam is the founder of BeeLine, a company he and his buddy Mark Jenner created to make journeys better. They design and build simple, smart products that make getting around a pleasure. It’s a navigation tool for bicycles that is focused on helping you better experience the world around you. Tom’s love for adventure stems from spending his infancy in Zambia, camping trips in the Welsh hills, hitch-hiking from Buenos Aires to New York and driving Land Rovers through the Congo. Then there was dirt bike riding in the Sahara and the Savannah in Kenya. Tom’s worked in several other industries, was an officer in the British Army and he studied Aerospace Engineering at the University of Bristol.
SHOW SPONSORS
Covercraft • MetronGarage • Bonanza • Christopher Kimball Financial Services
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE
Dance like nobody’s watching.
CAREER & LIFE CHALLENGES
A challenge I had was when we were riding land Rovers down the whole length of Africa. We had one car being shipped in and it was late. We kept checking on it day after day, and it continued to be late. Eventually, we did get ours but never depend on a shipping company to get anything to Africa on time We learned to have a high level of patience.
FIRST SPECIAL VEHICLE
The first special vehicle I had was a short-wheeled base Land Rover we had shipped to Africa. It was special because a lot of love went into it. I didn’t have a mechanic, so I quickly had to learn to work on it. It was a very sad day when it rolled and I had to scrap it.
BEST AUTOMOTIVE ADVICE
Understand how something works so if it breaks, you can fix it.
RECOMMENDED RESOURCE
Horizons Unlimited forum
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Haynes Service and Repair Manuals
PARTING WORDS OF ADVICE
Enjoy the ride!
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