Author Archives: Rohre Titcomb

When I was growing up, my parents didn’t allow us to say “I can’t”. Instead, we had to say “I’ll try”. These days, it’s not a strict rule I hold for myself, but it has become an attitude my siblings … Continue reading →

As many of you know, my siblings and I are big Ultimate Frisbee players–we’ve played Ultimate almost all our lives. As a result, our first company, Five Ultimate, started in 2006, is an Ultimate Frisbee apparel company. A few weeks … Continue reading →

Yesterday afternoon we gathered at our parent’s house to do some strategic planning for our upcoming company retreat! We were lucky to have sun–quite the rarity here in Seattle, and enjoyed an afternoon of dreaming big, setting goals, and coming … Continue reading →

Hello! Our house got broken into on Tuesday, so instead of blogging, I have been police-reporting and dealing with other nasty things like insurance. Sorry for the break, and we’ll be back on next week! Thanks for your patience, -Rohre

Yesterday Zahlen, Xtehn, Vehro, a woman we were interviewing and I sat down in the conference room for a marketing brainstorm. We each took 10 minutes with a piece of paper and wrote out ideas which we then presented to … Continue reading →

This afternoon, Xtehn and I participated in a Native Energy webinar on voluntary carbon reductions. The two speakers were Jake from 1% For the Planet, and Kim from Go Lite. In hearing each of them present what their organization and … Continue reading →

Well, folks, we are in full-on Bumbershoot preparation mode. I’m not going to lie, it’s been a busy week. This weekend will be the first time we’ll get to share our products with the world! I’m excited to meet new … Continue reading →

For this week’s blog post, I wanted to focus on the first of our philosophies here at Five Bamboo: “Try.” Our Philosophy section begins as follows: “Our planet is at an environmental crossroads. The problems of climate change, environmental degradation, … Continue reading →

This past weekend I was eating some chips that came in a compostable bag. As I munched, I wondered about compostability–so I did a little bit of research. I’ve read that in a landfill a compostable container will degrade about … Continue reading →

For a company, where does the balance between professional and personable lie? As a bunch of young, twenty-something year-old entrepreneurs, finding that golden mean is a challenge. As a group of five siblings loving every minute of working together to … Continue reading →