Bob Bode:
CLASS OF 1965
San Marcos High SchoolClass of 1965
Santa barbara, CA
Bob's Story
After getting my BS in Biochemistry from UCSB in 1969, I was able to join the Hawaiian National Guard thru a friend of a friend as my draft lottery # was low, and I got my draft physical notice soon thereafter. I hopped a plane, moved to Maui, and was able to join before the pre-induction physical.
So, instead of going to the jungles of Vietnam, I worked at the Sheraton Kaanapali Resort at night as a waiter, and surfed or skin dove during the day. After returning to Santa Barbara, I commuted to Ventura College of Law for 2 years, and at the same time got involved in real estate, bought a small home, lived in it while fixing it up, sold it, and bought 2 more. and did the same thing again. I worked at night at the Somerset Restaurant in Montecito as a waiter, saved my tips, sold the last 2 homes, and moved to Santa Monica where I continued what I had been doing successfully in SB. After a couple of years I was able to buy a 60 unit apartm...Expand for more
ent building. Sold that Apt. building after renovating it, and bought a successful restaurant near Disneyland.
Real Estate slowed and went down due to 18% interest rates, so I shifted to Network Marketing and was very successful and built a network of over 20,000 distributors. I was hired to be on the company's training team doing sales and marketing workshops all over the US. It was a blast!
Subsequently, I worked for a couple of nutritional companies over the years, working on new product development.
I finally am now set to do what I've been aiming for over the past 15+ years, which is to get patents on my many inventions, and then secure funding to develop these ideas into successful products and companies. So, that's what I'm doing, and my plan is to be on Shark Tank in a year or two. If I get on the show I'll let you my classmates know so you can tune in if you'd like to. Thanks for visiting. Wish me luck!!!
Bob Bode
10-20-15
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