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Derek Blankenship was born in Yakima, Washington in 1982. Derek grew up in Washington State, Idaho, West Virginia and graduated college in Colorado.

As a child Derek enjoyed sports, and learning how to make money (young entrepreneur). While in high school Derek cut grass, collected golf balls for resell from the bushes in Twin Lakes Village (Rathdrum, Idaho), babysat, cleaned cars and shoveled snow from driveways. When he was 14 he conceptualized an idea of putting hair back on to vintage GI Joe dolls to restore the collectable (www.clubhairforgijoe.com). Derek's father Craig showed him how to run a business, and allowed him to run the business in the summers. Entrepreneurship was in his blood.