Hello Everyone 

Here's My Story

I am 18 years old so my story will be constantly updated as my life continues. My name is Avery Raspa, I grew up in Annapolis Maryland, I've always been the kid that likes figuring out how things work, from watching a chair mechanism spin at 5 years old to building computers at 18, Tech has been a major part of my life, starting during the covid years of 2020 and 2021. I enjoyed looking at a barebones pc learning how each component works together to have a functioning computer, it intrigued me. and to this day I still love the idea of working on/building computers. Entrepreneurship started to call me after I wasn't able to get a job for over 3 years, I could of been the perfect candidate for many tech jobs but was denied every time, it could of been simple jobs like cashier or valet, and I would still get denied. I thought that it was normal because I was so young but I couldn't of been more wrong. In school I was an ok student, I wasn't the smartest but I also wasn't the dumbest I found out early on that only a scarce amount of people who go to college and get degrees make a lot of money, so I started to think outside the box on how wealthy people made their money. I was at rock bottom financially and so I finally had the idea of starting my own tech company because that was my passion, with many failed attempts I inevitably gave up because I lacked the understanding of how to properly start one. During these times only one the only things that kept pushing me was my faith. I am a strong believer in Jesus Christ. I believe he died for my sins. I knew that this life wasn't meant to be easy going. I have faced trials that men in their 40s should experience but here we are. It was over the summer of 2024 that someone gave me the idea of print on demand, I did research on it and found it to be quite interesting. eventually I created an Esty page for wall art. during that time it was popular so I went with it. I had the dangerous mentality that I will get rich instantly. Nothing happened for months, I was putting almost all I had into it and still wasn't seeing results. Then it actually happened, I got my first sale. I was so excited that I was actually seeing progress. Then I had to stop, I had to end the Etsy store because I couldn't afford to keep it alive. Then a couple months later a friend of mine gave me a professional photo printer along with a lot of paper, I didn't think much of it at first but then I realized that Instead of being the middle man for print on demand I could be the print company. Which inevitably led me to start South River Prints. While it is still new I have found much more success. Through trial and error you find the right application and take action. I didn't know what it would cost me but in the end it was all worth it because I had Jesus by my side the entire time.