What I’ve built.

Brainerd Skate Co.

I opened Brainerd Skate Company in downtown Brainerd, Minnesota, in 2022. The idea grew from the local effort to create a skatepark and from my own experience with BMX riding as a kid. I wanted to help people find the same kind of healthy activity and community that riding had given me. A shop built […]

Lemon Squad

FOUNDED & SOLD · 2007–2020 I founded Lemon Squad Automotive Inspections in 2007 and grew it from a one-person operation into a national vehicle inspection business. I sold the company to Wrench, Inc. in 2020 and continued as a consultant through early 2024. My work included building the inspector network, establishing quality standards, managing customer […]

Hell’s Head Coffee

Hell’s Head Coffee was a bold, motorcycle-inspired coffee brand built around a darker, rebellious identity. From branding and product design to overall direction, it was a project that blended creativity with attitude. After building the foundation, I passed the company on to a friend—it was one of the most fun brands I’ve created. Projects like […]

Punk Rock Press

Punk Rock Press is a project I built around the things that have stuck with me over the years—punk rock and classic gaming. It’s a space for music, stories, and history on the punk side, mixed with content around Nintendo and the games I grew up on like Mario and Zelda. At its core, it’s […]

Books by Antone Hempstock

I didn’t set out to be an author. I set out to make sense of my own life, and writing turned out to be how I did it. Along the way, I built and sold a national company — Lemon Squad Auto Inspections — and I’m now building my next one, Clunker Busters Auto Inspections. […]

Antone Outdoors

Antone Outdoors is my YouTube channel where I document life on the road—living full-time in an Airstream with my wife, our dogs, and a cat. It’s a mix of hiking, travel, and the real day-to-day of building a life outdoors, sharing both the highlights and the realities along the way. Watch Antone Outdoors → https://www.youtube.com/@antoneoutdoors Full-time […]

Clunker Busters

Clunker Busters has launched. I founded the business to bring my experience building and selling Lemon Squad into a new chapter in pre-purchase vehicle inspections. My focus includes customer ordering, inspector workflows, report standards, pricing, and the operating systems behind the service. Explore my role and the current project ↗ https://clunkerbusters.com Our goal is to […]