10/07/2026
THIS IS WHAT OPPORTUNITY LOOKS LIKE.
Watch this video. Not just for the camera training.
- Watch Travis.
- Watch the confidence.
- Watch the patience.
- Watch the way he teaches.
- Watch the pride he takes in doing his job the right way.
The man you're watching isn't an outside trainer we hired. He's one of our managers at Sip & Develop. And less than a year ago, his life looked very different.
Travis came to us after spending a little over two years in federal prison, returning home in December 2025 to a world that often tells people with his history everything they can no longer be.
Doors close.
Applications get rejected.
People see the conviction before they see the person.
And somewhere in that process, talented men and women who are ready to work, ready to provide for their families, and ready to rebuild their lives can become people society simply decides to leave behind.
We chose to open a door. What Travis did after walking through it belongs entirely to him.
- He worked.
- He learned.
- He showed up.
- He took ownership.
And he brought a work ethic that became impossible to ignore.
Today, Travis isn't standing inside Sip & Develop asking someone to give him an opportunity.
He's standing inside Sip & Develop as a manager, creating a training video to teach our incoming employees how to succeed here.
Think about that for a moment. Someone society could have easily written off is now responsible for helping us develop the people coming behind him.
That's leadership. That's why I'm sharing this 2-minute-and-15-second video.
Look into the eyes of this young man.
- Don't look for an inmate.
- Don't look for a conviction.
- Look for potential.
- Look for a man working to provide for his family.
- Look for an employee who became a leader.
- Look at what can happen when opportunity meets accountability, determination, and an infectious work ethic.
Sip & Develop may have opened the door. Travis is the one who proved he belonged on the other side of it.
His past is part of his story. It doesn't have to be the ending.
And maybe the next Travis is standing outside someone else's door right now, hoping they'll see more than what happened yesterday.
Sometimes people don't need us to erase their past. They just need a fair opportunity to build their future.
We're proud to have Travis building his with us.
This is what opportunity looks like.
Owner
Sip & Develop
