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And Read this bio of this screwball socialist:
"Dan was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1949. While in school, Dan's favorite subject was economics. His study of that field has served him well over the years.
With a law degree from JD Drake University, Dan started practicing law in Iowa. It didn't take Dan long to realize that he did not enjoy being a lawyer. Dan is often quoted as saying, "I was in general practice and had three types of clients: ones who were in jail, getting a divorce or dead. The dead ones were my favorites -- they didn't call nearly as often." So Dan started his first business, a coffee bean shop. Unfortunately, Dan was about 10 years ahead of his time, and coffee sales were dismal. Some days, business was so slow that he and a neighboring store owner would play gin rummy all day. It was his shop that Dan met John Martinson, who was selling coffee wholesale to restaurants. In 1981, Bunn came out with an iced tea brewer. The two recognized an opportunity when they saw one, and decided to sell their old businesses and start anew.
Each of the partners scraped together $300 to start the business. Dan claims that he learned about tea from an Underground Hippie store in Iowa City in the late 60s, but when they started the business, he needed to refresh his memory. Dan exhausted the local library's resources researching tea. They tried many different types of tea until they discovered the perfect blend of China black teas. Their first warehouse was actually John's garage, but they soon realized that they needed a little bit more space. They rented 500 square feet from someone else's warehouse, but as they didn't have a key, they could not work the hours necessary to start a business. They finally got their own warehouse in 1983. Dan remembers hand packaging the tea all night to get the larger orders out. But their hard work eventually paid off. By 1991, Dan felt confident that the business was successful, so late that year, he was married. Dan also had time to play an active role in the community. In 1986, Dan became a board member for Phoenix City Club and the Phoenix Local Development Corporation. In 1987, he was on the board of the Phoenix Day Child Development Center. Later, Dan became a board member for Business Volunteers for the Arts, Children's Action Alliance, Teach for America, and the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce.
Even though he was spending a lot of time in the community, Dan and John were still able to make the China Mist Tea Company grow. In 1993, both partners were awarded the Entrepreneur of the Year award sponsored by Ernst & Young, Inc. Magazine, and Merrill Lynch. Dan was also awarded the Small Business Person of the Year Award from the Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, and the Small Business of the Year Award from the Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce.
Dan remains an important part of China Mist Tea Company in the position of Chairman, Co-Founder, and CEO.
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His favorite subject was econ, but he didn't get a degree in it and it never says he did well in it.
He is a political hack in Phoenix.
He learned his trade from hippies.
He won't take his company public because he would then hear the continual wrath of the Board and Shareholders about his being such a complete idiot to want higher taxes.