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Category: 18

Show & Tell: d.trio 18 in 2018

In honor of our 18th birthday, we decided to throw an online party. For 4 weeks, we posted articles, trivia, photos, quotes, personal anecdotes, words of wisdom, and a silly music video—all tied to the number 18. We also invited our friends and business associates to join the party by [...]

By |February 26, 2018|Categories: 18, Newsletter|

What does it feel like to be 18?

[vc_row][vc_column][social_buttons hide_share_count="true" facebook="true" twitter="true"][divider line_type="No Line" custom_height="25"][vc_column_text]We asked the three d.trio partners how they feel about d.trio turning 18 and here are their responses. Megan: Eighteen is one of those numbers that resonates in your DNA. You aspire to be 18 from the time you are little until you hit [...]

By |January 29, 2018|Categories: 18|

18 Coming-of-Age Movies

[vc_row][vc_column][social_buttons hide_share_count="true" facebook="true" twitter="true"][divider line_type="No Line" custom_height="25"][vc_column_text] The Breakfast Club Dazed and Confused Fast Times At Ridgemont High American Pie Juno The Outsiders Superbad Dead Poet’s Society Good Will Hunting Say Anything Clueless Mean Girls The Perks of Being A Wallflower The Spectacular Now 10 Things I Hate About You [...]

By |January 28, 2018|Categories: 18|

18 Random Facts Related To The Number 18

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][social_buttons hide_share_count="true" facebook="true" twitter="true"][divider line_type="No Line" custom_height="20"][vc_column_text] Louisiana was the 18th state admitted to the U.S. Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution deals with Prohibition The #1 Billboard hit 18 years ago was Breathe by Faith Hill The highest grossing movie [...]

By |January 28, 2018|Categories: 18|

On becoming 18…the first time

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][social_buttons hide_share_count="true" facebook="true" twitter="true"][divider line_type="No Line" custom_height="20"][vc_column_text]All this conversation about d.trio turning 18 leads to some reminiscing about how it felt to actually turn 18, transition from child to adult in one day For me, turing 18 became a long-awaited adventure filled with bad decisions, stupid ideas, unconventional choices, [...]

By |January 22, 2018|Categories: 18|

18: The employee survey (with pictures)

[vc_row type="full_width_background" bg_image="3473" bg_position="left bottom" bg_repeat="no-repeat" scene_position="center" text_color="dark" text_align="left" top_padding="50" bottom_padding="50"][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/2" animation="none" column_padding="padding-7-percent" column_padding_position="bottom-left" font_color="#ffffff"][vc_column_text] What was your fashion style at age 18? [/vc_column_text][divider line_type="No Line" custom_height="15"][vc_column_text]While many of us were unwilling to claim that what we were wearing at age 18 could be called "fashion", we [...]

By |January 19, 2018|Categories: 18|

18 Things You Can Do Once You Turn 18

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][social_buttons hide_share_count="true" facebook="true" twitter="true"][divider line_type="No Line" custom_height="20"][vc_column_text] Vote Get a tattoo or piercing Enlist in the military Skydive without a parent or guardian Buy a lottery ticket Buy cigarettes (not that we’re condoning it) Open your own bank account Get your own credit card Order a beer in London [...]

By |January 18, 2018|Categories: 18|

18 Impressive Accomplishments By 18-Year-Olds

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][social_buttons hide_share_count="true" facebook="true" twitter="true"][divider line_type="No Line" custom_height="20"][vc_column_text] Composer Franz Schubert had written almost 200 musical pieces Aretha Franklin began singing professionally Archaeologist David Stuart became the youngest recipient of a MacArthur Foundation “genius” grant Isaac Asimov sold his first short story Asa A. Long became the youngest U.S. checkers [...]

By |January 18, 2018|Categories: 18|

We’re 18! Video

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][social_buttons hide_share_count="true" facebook="true" twitter="true"][divider line_type="No Line" custom_height="20"][vc_column_text]In a fit of giddyness about d.trio's 18th birthday, Fred and Megan rewrote the lyrics to the greatest rock anthem about being 18 ever, Alice Cooper's "I'm Eighteen". Megan's very talented friends Dik, Brian, scooter and Dale recorded it for us and here [...]

By |January 15, 2018|Categories: 18|

Fred’s Words of Wisdom: Reflections on 18 years in business from the partners

[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][social_buttons hide_share_count="true" facebook="true" twitter="true"][divider line_type="No Line" custom_height="20"][vc_column_text]The more absurd something appears, the more likely it is to be true. In life and in business, there are givers and takers. Givers are always happier. If more people were as trusting, loyal and loving as dogs, we’d all be better off. Truth [...]

By |January 12, 2018|Categories: 18|
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