{"id":120546,"date":"2022-03-15T09:48:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T13:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/?p=120546"},"modified":"2024-07-29T12:56:52","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T16:56:52","slug":"hitting-the-mark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webapp2.wright.edu\/web1\/newsroom\/2022\/03\/15\/hitting-the-mark\/","title":{"rendered":"Hitting the mark"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daniel Huiet, a Wright State University marketing<\/a> alumnus, has started multiple businesses since graduating in 2008.<\/p>\n

A serial entrepreneur, Huiet says he has made hundreds of business mistakes over the years and failed occasionally, but he has always learned from them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI never thought negatively about business,\u201d he said. \u201cThere is no failure in life; there are just lessons to be learned.\u201d<\/p>\n

That, he says, is the secret to his success.<\/p>\n

In 2011, at age 25, Huiet started his first business, renting photo booths out for weddings and other events. When he lost a photo booth job to a disc jockey, he decided to become one, spending the next 10 years working weddings. Along the way, he had many different opportunities, including things like a party bus and bartending.<\/p>\n

Huiet and his business partner\u2019s original breakthrough was the Great Escape Game, in which a team of players discovers clues, solves puzzles and accomplishes tasks in order to escape a themed room in under an hour.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t actually sleep that night,\u201d Huiet recalled. \u201cWe went to my house. I had these dry erase walls in one of my rooms that was full of ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Wright State marketing graduate Daniel Huiet\u2019s latest success is Wild Axe Throwing, an entertainment center that opened in June 2019. (Video by Kris Sproles \/ photos by Erin Pence)<\/p><\/div>\n

The two brainstormed and sketched out an escape room they call the Bank Vault. That led to the Great Escape Game in Beavercreek.<\/p>\n

Huiet\u2019s latest success is Wild Axe Throwing, an entertainment center that opened in June 2019. Customers throw axes at targets, playing against their friends for bragging rights and for a little reality escape. There are multiple games with a few surprises and a final competition against other customers. There is also an axe-throwing league, a pinball league and special events such as Black Light Weekends.<\/p>\n

Wild Axe Throwing features 11 throwing lanes, a party room, a full bar and 11 pinball machines. Patrons are paired with an axe-master, who guides them through the games, in 60- or 90-minute increments. Weekends are usually sold out so reservations are advised.<\/p>\n

Huiet grew up in Beavercreek, graduating from Beavercreek High School in 2003. After getting an associate degree in business and science from Sinclair Community College, he transferred to Wright State, where he earned a bachelor\u2019s degree in marketing<\/a>. He later earned his Master of Business Administration, some of which he studied for at Wright State.<\/p>\n

While working on his bachelor\u2019s degree, Huiet took a full load of courses while working full time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWright State was great,\u201d he said, adding that one of his favorite courses was in supply chain management. \u201cThat course really changed my life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Huiet said that when starting off as a business owner, you are in charge of everything, from marketing to human resources to paperwork and other duties.<\/p>\n

\u201cI learned all of that at Wright State, so I wasn\u2019t starting from scratch, I was starting from experience,\u201d he said. \u201cIf you run the business right and if you provide more value than you get paid for, people are going to notice that and are going to give you their business.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Wild Axe Throwing offers an axe-throwing league, a pinball league and special events.<\/p><\/div>\n

Huiet said he has there is even more entrepreneurship to come, hinting at plans for a large entertainment center. \u201cI\u2019m going to continue on with the entertainment train I\u2019m on,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m pretty good at it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Huiet\u2019s advice to budding entrepreneurs is don\u2019t be afraid to fail, there\u2019s greatness inside of you.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are going to stumble along the way, certainly,\u201d he said, \u201cbut if you move in the right direction, you\u2019ll get there sooner than you think.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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