Owen Essen

Entrepreneur

Designer

Storyteller

Owen Essen

Entrepreneur

Designer

Storyteller

About

I'm named after a mountain in rural Colorado, where I grew up living 'off the grid' in a geodesic dome, homeschooling and riding horses up into the high country.

I studied film and television at the Savannah College of Art and Design and started an e-commerce company called Nesse Distribution out of my dorm room there.

Five years later, I'm now a full time entrepreneur and designer. I come up with ideas for products and figure out how to make them and sell them on the internet.

  • Last big trip: 7 month road trip across the USA
  • Current residence: Chapel Hill, North Carolina
  • Last book read: 'A Moveable Feast' by Ernest Hemingway
  • First product listed on Amazon: A scented candle
Top brands
Insprinity

Makers of 'Photography Idea Cards,' at one time one of the top 300 card games on Amazon.com

Pine Pentagram

Leading source for spiritual, metaphysical, Wiccan, pagan and Chakra supplies

Axton

Offering high quality education posters, used in schools around the country

Grant Field Specimans

High quality scientific replicas, especially of dinosaur claw fossils

Fun Facts
1,047 products listed on US Amazon
2,121,250 paid ad views via US Amazon last month
62 books read last year
13 Countries Visited
Resume
Experience
2015 - Present
Founder
Nesse Distribution

Distributed, designed and / or marketed a wide variety of e-commerce products

2016 - 2017
Manager of E-Commerce Sales
Seaplane Shirts

Was responsible for the brand's e-commence sales, which grew significantly in the time I worked there

Education
2017
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC

Six month certificate program in full stack web development

2013 - 2015
Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah, GA

Studied film and television and worked on numerous student films

Works
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