As solopreneurs and entrepreneurs, we're on the front lines every day and every night. We don't have the luxury of punching a clock and being handed a paycheck every two weeks. We have to go out and kill our dinner every night - no one microwaves it for us.

Joining us to talk about all that and more for episode 123 is designer/branding man and serial solopreneur, Dave Collier.

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Dave Collier is the brother of one of my best friends, JJ. JJ joined us to talk men’s fashion in episode 24, which you can hear here. Dave and I met through JJ about five years ago and he’s got an entrepreneurial streak a mile wide just like his brother.

His current path began when he followed his future wife to Charlotte after college, Dave worked a regular 9 to 5 gig for awhile. Even as an employee, he had always had a side hustle. But now it was time to go full throttle on his own with Saturday Skateboards.

With a lot of hustle, ingenuity and elbow grease, Dave built his skateboarding business from the ground up. As a natural addition to Saturday Skateboards, he also started making T-shirts to sell and promote his boards at different events. The tees took off and from there, another company was born in Ink Floyd.

You'll also discover things like:

* How does he recommend you turn your hobby into a business?

* When to move ahead and when to take more time to develop your brand.

* What would he do differently if he were to do things over again?

* The if, then trap we often fall into.

* And loads more!

Today, Dave is resident ink master at Ink Floyd, which has grown into a full service company that began as a “just a humble t-shirt print shop” according to their web site. What started as a T-shirt line, a natural addition to the skateboards, has grown into a thriving business of its own.

And when he isn’t at the helm of Ink Floyd, he is building his latest creation: Golf Slayer. Golf Slayer is a lifestyle brand that offers golf wear for golfers who hate typical golfing clothing.

Dave is a solopreneuer if there ever was one! He takes an idea and runs with it, following the next step til the next one appears. Even if he doesn’t know the “how” of getting something done, he goes ahead and takes the next possible action. In this episode, he gives us the step by step process he went through to create Saturday Skateboards. Wherever you are in the progression of your business, you'll want to have a listen!

Thank Dave for stopping by the show and send him some Unemployables love on Twitter and Instagram, or just drop a note in the comments below.

Episode Resources

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Ink Floyd

Golf Slayer

Ink Floyd on Instagram

Saturday Skateboards

Big Cartel Themes

The E-Myth Revisited

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JJ Collier on The Solopreneur Hour

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