Road Trip To DIscover America's Small Businesses

Michael Grove Start Date: Jun 14, 2017 - End Date: Jun 13, 2018
  • Educational/Research Trip
  • Professional Development
  • Vacation/Personal Trip
  • New York, United States of America
  • Alabama, United States of America
  • Arkansas, United States of America
  • Alaska, United States of America
  • Hawaii, United States of America
  • Nebraska, United States of America
  • Pennsylvania, United States of America
  • South Carolina, United States of America
  • South Dakota, United States of America
  • Florida, United States of America
  • Texas, United States of America
  • Washington, United States of America

My Travel Story

by: Michael Grove Start Date: Jun 14, 2017 - End Date: Jun 13, 2018
  • Educational/Research Trip
  • Professional Development
  • Vacation/Personal Trip
After starting, struggling & suceeding with our own small business startup, My wife & I wanted to know how all these amazing small businesses from around the country started and keep going. 
So we planned the small business roadtrip. 

Our Goal:
To Travel To All 50 US States
To Meet With At Least 1 Small Business Owner In Each State
Make A Video Documentary Of Each Business
Doument Our Trip On Our Blog & Youtube
Help Boost The Small Business Movement

Our Plan:
We Plan To Start In Our Homestate Of South Carolina
We Will Follow (Loosely) Randy Olsons Road Trip Map
We Will Fly To The Big Island of Hawaii & Alaska
We Plan To Release A New Video At Least Once A Week, Sometimes 2 A Week

Our Expenses:
Fuel (Biggest Expense)
Estimated Between $4,000 & $6,000
Lodging (Looking Into Camper/RV)
Estimated Around $3,500
Camera (High Quality To Provide Best Video)
Canon Rebel T6 Costs Around $500
Drone (Optional But Would Provide Excellent Shots)
DJI Mavic Drone Costs About $1,000
We Would Also Like To Purchase A Video Editing Laptop. This Is Not A Big Issue As My Desktop Can Handle It But A Laptop Would Be More Convient. 


Total Expenes(Not Including Food & Fees/Tolls):
$9,000 - $14,000

We Will Be Looking To Get Corporate Sponsors To Hopefully Help Fund This Project. If We Can Raise At Least Half Of This In 2 Months (Aug 2017), We can get started this summer. 



  • New York, United States of America
  • Alabama, United States of America
  • Arkansas, United States of America
  • Alaska, United States of America
  • Hawaii, United States of America
  • Nebraska, United States of America
  • Pennsylvania, United States of America
  • South Carolina, United States of America
  • South Dakota, United States of America
  • Florida, United States of America
  • Texas, United States of America
  • Washington, United States of America

Updates

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  • 1st Sponsor

    1st Sponsor
    Our 1st Sponsor is Intrepid Design Solutions. They have graciously offered to donate our website, blog, social media and graphic design. Please support this great South Carolina based business! Own a small business and want to help us out? Shoot us a message and we can talk!

Adventure Registry

  • DJI Mavic with Extra Battery

    1,000
  • Canon Rebel T6 (or similar)

    500
  • RV/Camper (Minimum Sleeping 6)

    3,500
  • Airline Miles For Hawaiian Air

    1,000
  • Fuel Cards

    500