Page 3 THE MASHPEE ENTERPRISE FRIDAY, MAY 24, 2013

up this summer, Matt said.

When asked what he thought
would be popular this sum-
mer at Popponesset, Matt did
not hesitate to say that the Wa-
boba product line of balls that
bounce on water and Melissa &
Doug innovative arts and crafts
items should be hot sellers.
Sage Advice
Matt leveraged his passion
for entrepreneurship and suc-
cess as a shopkeeper at Med-
eld High School this spring,
using it as the basis for his
senior project. As part of the
project, Matt had to enlist some
outside mentors, which meant
interviewing some successful
entrepreneurs.
He took some big swings, and
got three big hits.
During the course of com-
pleting the project, Matt spoke
with Jack Dorsey, creator of
Twitter; Shep Murray, founder
of the Vineyard Vines apparel
retailer; and Mark Cuban, own-
er of the National Basketball
Associations Dallas Mavericks,
and a judge on the popular ABC
reality investment show Shark
Tank.
Matt said that Mr. Cuban re-
sponded to an e-mail within
a half-hour on a Saturday af-
ternoon. His advice was to do
your homework and know your
business better than anyone
else, Matt said.
Mr. Murray told Matt that it
is better to do a few things well
than to try to do too much and
not do it well. And, of course,
Mr. Dorsey advised that the
young businessman use social
media platforms as a way to con-
nect and communicate with his
customers. Both Kids Creative
Corner and On the Cape cloth-
ing already have a presence on
Facebook and Twitter.
At the end of the summer,
Matt will be heading off to Bry-
ant University in North Smith-
eld, Rhode Island, where, not
surprisingly, he will be study-
ing entrepreneurship, but he
fully intends to return to Pop-
ponesset next summer.
I plan on keeping the store
going for at least the next three
or four summers, he said.
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By GEOFF SPILLANE
When Matt Triest graduates
from Medeld High School next
month, he knows there is a sum-
mer job on the Cape waiting
for him. And it is a good one, at
thathe will be his own boss at
his own store in Mashpee.
A veteran entrepreneur at
the tender age of 18, Matt opens
his shop, Kids Creative Corner,
today for a third season at the
Popponesset Marketplace. A
summer resident of New Sea-
bury for nearly a decade, Matt
conceived the idea to open the
toy, arts and crafts, and beach
accessories store in 2011, when
he was only 16 years old.
I wrote a business plan, and
presented it to my investor, who
liked the idea, and provided
funding, Matt said.
Luckily, the store has been
successful, or there may have
been some awkward moments
around the family dinner ta-
ble. Matts investor is also his
father, Mark Triest, president
of Ex Libris North America, a
world leader in library automa-
tion solutions.
Matt said that in its rst year
of operation, the store occupied
260 square feet of retail space
at the marketplace, but busi-
ness was so brisk that last year
he doubled the size of the store.
Working with his brother Chris,
20, a student at Curry College in
Milton, the stores product line
has recently been expanded to
include a custom-designed line
of On the Cape clothing. The
clothing line, which features a
distinct logo of a map of Cape
Cod overlaid with names of
towns, villages, and popular
summer activities, includes
hooded sweatshirts, T-shirts,
bibs, and hats. The brothers are
also selling their clothing line
at Hyannis Marina and hope to
have other retail outlets lined
No Summer Doldrums For This Entrepreneur
The Young Man Behind
Kids Creative Corner
In Poppy Marketplace
His advice was to
do your homework
and know your
business better than
anyone else.
Matt Triest,
speaking of Mark Cuban
DON PARKINSON/ENTERPRISE
Matt Triest behind the counter of Kids Creative Corner store in Popponesset Marketplace. The store
opens this weekend for the third consecutive year.
The detours on Great Neck Road
North that backed up trafc around
the rotary for miles this week are a
thing of the past.
The construction this week went
according to schedule, so while the
repaving and addition of a sidewalk
down the full 2.2 miles of Great
Neck North is not yet totally com-
plete, the remaining work will not
require the detours and complete
road closures that choked trafc
through the rotary for several days
in the past two weeks, Mashpee De-
partment of Public Works Director
Catherine A. Laurent said.
The full project was estimated to
cost $2.2 million, although the nal
gure may be lower because of as-
sistance provided by the DPW, she
said. State transportation funding
covered much of the cost.
The work did not include earli-
er plans to lower the road surface
where it passes over a hill south
of the intersection with Meeting-
house Road, a change that was in-
tended to improve the sightline for
cars turning from Meetinghouse
onto Great Neck North. Nor did it
include plans to alter the intersec-
tion with Meetinghouse itself, Ms.
Laurent said.
Both measures were taken out
of the plans due to their high cost,
she said. For example, lowering
the road over the hill would have
required laying a new water main,
which alone would have added at
least another $100,000 to the total
price tag.
Ms. Laurent said that safety con-
cerns at the intersection of the two
roads will be addressed in the com-
ing years when the town repaves
Meetinghouse Road.
Great Neck North
Construction Detours Done
Mashpee Middle School is ac-
cepting applications to a special
summer program focusing on sci-
ence and mathematics.
Dubbed M3Molecules, Mod-
els, and Maththe program has
30 openings for current 7th and
8th graders.
Different units in the hands-on
program will explore physical
science and geometry, life sci-
ence and ratios and proportions,
and Earth science and measure-
ment.
The free program runs three
days a week for four weeks: Tues-
days and Thursdays, from 7:30 to
11:30 AM, and Wednesdays, from
7:30 AM to 1:30 PM. The dates are
July 9, 10, 11; July 16, 17, 18; July
23, 24, 25; and July 30, 31, and Au-
gust 1. Students must be able to
attend all sessions. Parents must
transport students to the pro-
gram; transportation will be pro-
vided at the end of the day.
Applications are available
from Mashpee Middle School
Principal Sheila Arnold, who can
be reached at sarnold@mashpee.
k12.ma.us or 508-539-3601.
The program is made possible
by a grant from the Bilezikian
Family Foundation.
Middle School Accepting Applicants
For Summer Science & Math Program
The Mashpee Town Clerk has an-
nounced that absentee ballots for
the June 25 special state election
are available at Mashpee Town
Hall, 16 Great Neck Road North.
Registered voters who are un-
able to vote in person on Election
Day may cast an absentee ballot at
the clerks ofce Monday through
Friday from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM,
and until noon on Monday, June
24.
Mashpee Town Clerk Deborah
F. Dami said absentee ballots may
be sent to those voters who are un-
able to vote in ofce by request-
ing an application from the town
clerks ofce (508-539-1418); or by
downloading the application at
www.mashpeema.gov.
Absentee Ballots Available
Page 3 THE MASHPEE ENTERPRISE FRIDAY, MAY 24, 2013
up this summer, Matt said.
When asked what he thought
would be popular this sum-
mer at Popponesset, Matt did
not hesitate to say that the Wa-
boba product line of balls that
bounce on water and Melissa &
Doug innovative arts and crafts
items should be hot sellers.
Sage Advice
Matt leveraged his passion
for entrepreneurship and suc-
cess as a shopkeeper at Med-
eld High School this spring,
using it as the basis for his
senior project. As part of the
project, Matt had to enlist some
outside mentors, which meant
interviewing some successful
entrepreneurs.
He took some big swings, and
got three big hits.
During the course of com-
pleting the project, Matt spoke
with Jack Dorsey, creator of
Twitter; Shep Murray, founder
of the Vineyard Vines apparel
retailer; and Mark Cuban, own-
er of the National Basketball
Associations Dallas Mavericks,
and a judge on the popular ABC
reality investment show Shark
Tank.
Matt said that Mr. Cuban re-
sponded to an e-mail within
a half-hour on a Saturday af-
ternoon. His advice was to do
your homework and know your
business better than anyone
else, Matt said.
Mr. Murray told Matt that it
is better to do a few things well
than to try to do too much and
not do it well. And, of course,
Mr. Dorsey advised that the
young businessman use social
media platforms as a way to con-
nect and communicate with his
customers. Both Kids Creative
Corner and On the Cape cloth-
ing already have a presence on
Facebook and Twitter.
At the end of the summer,
Matt will be heading off to Bry-
ant University in North Smith-
eld, Rhode Island, where, not
surprisingly, he will be study-
ing entrepreneurship, but he
fully intends to return to Pop-
ponesset next summer.
I plan on keeping the store
going for at least the next three
or four summers, he said.
#
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7
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Ih88 & F8I - 9AM-5FM
8AI - 9AM-2FM
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9 Technology Park Drive, East Falmouth, Massachusetts 02536, 508-548-7080
2%-) .$%2
h&ALMOUTH)CE!RENA3UMMER3KATINGv
SIGN UP TODAY!!!
SUMMER LEAGUE 3 ON 3
FYHL WARM-UP CAMP
FIGURE SKATING
SK8-4-FUN
HOCKEY I0I/I02
POWER SKATING
ADULT HOCKEY
!..5!,-%%4).'
to be held at the
&!,-/54()#%!2%.!
ON TUESDAY, MAY 28, 2013
at 6:00 P.M.
1) Stop in the Business Ofhce At 9 Technology Park Dr., E. Falmouth
2) Visit www.FalmouthIceArena.com
3) Call 508-548-7080, Ext. 18
170 East Fa|mouth Hlghway East Fa|mouth 5085402303
MILLPONDDENTALCOM
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By GEOFF SPILLANE
When Matt Triest graduates
from Medeld High School next
month, he knows there is a sum-
mer job on the Cape waiting
for him. And it is a good one, at
thathe will be his own boss at
his own store in Mashpee.
A veteran entrepreneur at
the tender age of 18, Matt opens
his shop, Kids Creative Corner,
today for a third season at the
Popponesset Marketplace. A
summer resident of New Sea-
bury for nearly a decade, Matt
conceived the idea to open the
toy, arts and crafts, and beach
accessories store in 2011, when
he was only 16 years old.
I wrote a business plan, and
presented it to my investor, who
liked the idea, and provided
funding, Matt said.
Luckily, the store has been
successful, or there may have
been some awkward moments
around the family dinner ta-
ble. Matts investor is also his
father, Mark Triest, president
of Ex Libris North America, a
world leader in library automa-
tion solutions.
Matt said that in its rst year
of operation, the store occupied
260 square feet of retail space
at the marketplace, but busi-
ness was so brisk that last year
he doubled the size of the store.
Working with his brother Chris,
20, a student at Curry College in
Milton, the stores product line
has recently been expanded to
include a custom-designed line
of On the Cape clothing. The
clothing line, which features a
distinct logo of a map of Cape
Cod overlaid with names of
towns, villages, and popular
summer activities, includes
hooded sweatshirts, T-shirts,
bibs, and hats. The brothers are
also selling their clothing line
at Hyannis Marina and hope to
have other retail outlets lined
No Summer Doldrums For This Entrepreneur
The Young Man Behind
Kids Creative Corner
In Poppy Marketplace
His advice was to
do your homework
and know your
business better than
anyone else.
Matt Triest,
speaking of Mark Cuban
DON PARKINSON/ENTERPRISE
Matt Triest behind the counter of Kids Creative Corner store in Popponesset Marketplace. The store
opens this weekend for the third consecutive year.
The detours on Great Neck Road
North that backed up trafc around
the rotary for miles this week are a
thing of the past.
The construction this week went
according to schedule, so while the
repaving and addition of a sidewalk
down the full 2.2 miles of Great
Neck North is not yet totally com-
plete, the remaining work will not
require the detours and complete
road closures that choked trafc
through the rotary for several days
in the past two weeks, Mashpee De-
partment of Public Works Director
Catherine A. Laurent said.
The full project was estimated to
cost $2.2 million, although the nal
gure may be lower because of as-
sistance provided by the DPW, she
said. State transportation funding
covered much of the cost.
The work did not include earli-
er plans to lower the road surface
where it passes over a hill south
of the intersection with Meeting-
house Road, a change that was in-
tended to improve the sightline for
cars turning from Meetinghouse
onto Great Neck North. Nor did it
include plans to alter the intersec-
tion with Meetinghouse itself, Ms.
Laurent said.
Both measures were taken out
of the plans due to their high cost,
she said. For example, lowering
the road over the hill would have
required laying a new water main,
which alone would have added at
least another $100,000 to the total
price tag.
Ms. Laurent said that safety con-
cerns at the intersection of the two
roads will be addressed in the com-
ing years when the town repaves
Meetinghouse Road.
Great Neck North
Construction Detours Done
Mashpee Middle School is ac-
cepting applications to a special
summer program focusing on sci-
ence and mathematics.
Dubbed M3Molecules, Mod-
els, and Maththe program has
30 openings for current 7th and
8th graders.
Different units in the hands-on
program will explore physical
science and geometry, life sci-
ence and ratios and proportions,
and Earth science and measure-
ment.
The free program runs three
days a week for four weeks: Tues-
days and Thursdays, from 7:30 to
11:30 AM, and Wednesdays, from
7:30 AM to 1:30 PM. The dates are
July 9, 10, 11; July 16, 17, 18; July
23, 24, 25; and July 30, 31, and Au-
gust 1. Students must be able to
attend all sessions. Parents must
transport students to the pro-
gram; transportation will be pro-
vided at the end of the day.
Applications are available
from Mashpee Middle School
Principal Sheila Arnold, who can
be reached at sarnold@mashpee.
k12.ma.us or 508-539-3601.
The program is made possible
by a grant from the Bilezikian
Family Foundation.
Middle School Accepting Applicants
For Summer Science & Math Program
The Mashpee Town Clerk has an-
nounced that absentee ballots for
the June 25 special state election
are available at Mashpee Town
Hall, 16 Great Neck Road North.
Registered voters who are un-
able to vote in person on Election
Day may cast an absentee ballot at
the clerks ofce Monday through
Friday from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM,
and until noon on Monday, June
24.
Mashpee Town Clerk Deborah
F. Dami said absentee ballots may
be sent to those voters who are un-
able to vote in ofce by request-
ing an application from the town
clerks ofce (508-539-1418); or by
downloading the application at
www.mashpeema.gov.
Absentee Ballots Available