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North Face Paid the Dreissigackers 35 Cents an Hour in Backpack Royalties

Peter Dreissigacker · Concept2 Rowing Machines: Dick and Peter Dreissigacker · May 27, 2024 · at 11:59

Concept2 co-founder Peter Dreissigacker describes licensing a backpack design to The North Face as part of a Stanford engineering project with his brother Dick.

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“They did actually produce it for a while, and they licensed some of the components that we were getting royalties from them... We figured the royalties, when all was said, amounted to about 35 cents an hour for our work.”

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The North Face licensed and manufactured backpack components designed by Peter and Dick Dreissigacker, paying royalties that amounted to roughly 35 cents per hour of their work.

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