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| Entrepreneur Courtney Jordan stands in the doorway of his Scenester staff office. |
It was during the summer of 2016 that I first met Entrepreneur and Investor[2] Courtney Jordan. It was at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in downtown Toronto, that asking for a salt shaker would turn into a five-day interview with the outspoken visionary.
I had just wrapped a morning photo shoot and was enjoying the breakfast spread at the Fairmont Royal. Seated at the table next to me was a svelte man with a table full of food. Seated alone, and reading a paper, something I found equally interesting. I noticed his salt shaker was present where mine was not. I asked him if he would let me borrow it for my smoked salmon. Immediately he agreed to the simple request like most would. Unlike most though would follow a series of questions that would engage me in a two-hour long conversation that seemed shorter than a few minutes.
Jordan’s questions were invasive and deeply conscionable, they invoke in me a sense of deep thought and reflection.
I could not understand why a stranger would care to ask me things my closest friends never have or would. Why the interest was so genuine. Moreover, why I felt so at ease to even answer them. Questions about my childhood trauma and my life goals. Goals I was ashamed to admit had failed. His words of encouragement and real-life fluff free criticism and advice seemed to flow with ease as if he had known me. I cannot explain it, but it was during the following months in a small town located inside the bible belt of the United States that I would come to learn that it was something that comes with knowing and experiencing Courtney Jordan.
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