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Business Development

How to Become a Contract Printer

How to Become a Contract Printer

The idea of a customer that frequently hands you orders to produce on a steady basis has a lot of shops constantly considering becoming a contract printer.  After all, there are employees and bills to pay, and the attractiveness of “easy” money makes...

Debate of Holding Inventory

Debate of Holding Inventory

With the current market climate of always doing things faster, the apparent need to save some time with having inventory on hand may seem like an obvious one.  However there are some things to consider before you stock shirts in your warehouse on the shelf in...

Run your print shop like a startup

Interate - Always improve Use pre-built solutions Hire the absolute best / go getters  Set goals/missions everyone can rally on Obsess with your growth rate Generate revenue early Watch your burn rate closely and keep it low Your long term in the business Make...

Getting Out of Your Comfort Zone

More than one small printer has dreamed of letting go of the everyday tasks they are faced with so they could work on more high profile or valuable needs.  The question that’s always asked is “how do you let go?” It’s not easy for some...

Survival Tip: Protect Your Cash Flow

Quite often businesses will fail, even during great periods of sales growth, because they didn't protect their cash flow. In the decorated apparel industry, money-management skills are often learned on the job and through tough lessons. It just takes dealing with a...

Hire the Right People for Success

Congratulations! Your business is doing fantastic and orders are growing everyday. It's gotten to the point where you need to start thinking about getting some help in the shop. It's a decision that a lot of shops mentally wrestle over. Who should you hire? Where to...

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