The Road Trip Nation story begins with recent college grads Nate, Mike, and Brian who weren't sure about what they wanted to do with their lives after graduation. So they went on a road trip to learn the stories of career professionals who built their lives around their passions. These interviews/conversations generated such powerful insights that the original roadtrippers decided to start Roadtrip Nation as a platform to share stories of people who have defined their own roads in life.
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