Did you know that Google, The Walt Disney Co., HP, Amazon, and Apple were all started in garages? So was ours! Well ... a shop, technically speaking, which ought to be considered the Cadillac of garages, so I'm hopeful!

Clayton and I are college sweethearts! We met through mutual friends and quickly realized we had a lot in common, including the dream of being entrepreneurs, which is what lead you to our site.

We both grew up on small farms in rural Iowa communities which is a first hand entrepreneurial endeavor indeed, and while the lessons we learned and work we endured were difficult, life on the farm was simple.

Weather vanes are most common on top of old barns, acting as an indicator of wind direction. Farmers would use them to predict impending weather changes. Weather vanes have actually been around since 48 BCE (a.k.a. way before our time).

As Christianity spread across Europe in the 5th century, people began to associate the rooster on top of the weather vane as a messenger between Heaven and Earth. The Charlotte Observer says, "The rooster was a symbol of fearlessness in battle and Christian Devotion. ... an ancient symbol for divine guidance."

That's the end of our history lesson, I digress.

Ironically, I’m directionally challenged!

All of this to say - we were both on the straight and narrow after college, destined to take on the world with prosperous corporate jobs, only to realize there isn’t a burning passion in working for others.

Trusting in God to pursue our inner entrepreneur and find our true direction, we founded The Weathered Vane!