The Ashleys truly do what they love, and their work is something special. Pulling inspiration from culture and fashion of yesteryear, their pieces truly stand out in a crowd, and the passion put into their work is undeniable. Co-hosted with Sammy from Branded Threads, we had a great conversation that went off the rails a time or two, but a good time was had nonetheless. Topics of discussion include: Universal vs Disney, tariffs, 90’s fashion and wolf shirts, thrifting, custom distressed and dye services, troubleshooting your pricing, efficiency whiplash, upgrading equipment, live printing hacks, stolen designs, and steak dinners.

Angel, a New York native who moved to Australia 11 years ago after playing the Sydney map on Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater Underground 2, chose printing over plumbing and has never looked back. His boutique, Halo Print Co has become a staple in their community by prioritizing customer experience, education, and playing the long game. Topics of discussion include: Australia’s habitability, passion projects, coffee inks & dyes, working at AS Colour, ordering direct, software headaches, focusing on same day one off shirts, the education station, vintage clothing, plumbing shirts, how different prints age, social media focus, customer reviews, some marketing shop hacks worth gatekeeping, and printing for Ryan Gosling.

The world is not enough, but Brandon & John are doing their darnedest to make it enougher with Twine Graphics. Branding and design are essential pillars in the shirt game, and the ability to execute their production is paramount. Get in the weeds with us, Twine, and Seth from R&S Printing, and let’s talk shirt. Topics of discussion include: Sim process printing, cautious growth, coming up with your business name, rolling with the punches, leveraging your printing services by running a retail brand, ink preferences, underbase techniques, printing bandanas, upside down designs, building relationships, collaborating with shops, and slathering your body in ink.

Our guest and co-host both fell in love with the art side of this industry first, and we got to dissect how their entry point shaped their perspectives on operating their businesses. With Dave sticking to design, and Tim falling deeper into the craft of screen printing as a whole, this was a fun discussion to have. Topics of discussion include: Shops shutting down, Dylan’s unique relationship with Dave(his longest standing client), Pantone vs bucket colors, reprints, public speaking events, cryptids, pursuing the craft over money, finding your limitations, incorporating ai, designing mockups, and Dylan’s Eulogy.

We’ve got Frank and David from Stahls’ to fill us in on their company’s 90 year history, educate us on their going ons of today, and what they’re working on for tomorrow. Topics of discussion include: Keeping custom designs fresh for long standing clients, integrating ai more and more, the varying quality of DTF, common heat printing mistakes made by decorators, the importance of information and resource availability, post press hacks, dimensional patches, fulfill engine, and deep sea diving.

Co-Hosted with Mr. Vegas himself, Tyler Caroll of TC Screen Printing.

Daniel Parente's introduction to screen printing was made while he was running his paintball & skate shop. Needing a better solution to their merch issues, he took matters into his own hands and dove in head first. When his shop had to call it quits during the great recession, his next venture was born in Revival Print Co. Topics of discussion include: crooked prints, the importance of tiny orders, bootlegging, weathering economic hardships, word of mouth growth, printing a 70,000 tote bag order for American Eagle, charging for logistics, sew on patches, creating SOPs, implementing unlimited paid sick days, and milk showers.

This episode is co-hosted with former COD MLG gamer, paintball ref, and current industry robot, Matt Marcotte.

Had such a great convo with our guest Nick Robinson of Forward Printing, and guest-host Ricky Pridmore of Presstime Design. Nick climbed his way up the print ladder across multiple print shops in Arizona and California, and it was this hands on learning experience that built him up to become COO of Forward Printing. We sure covered a lot of ground picking each other's brains, and understanding our different approaches to running our shops. We left this podcast feeling stoked and inspired to get to work, and we hope you'll feel the same. Topics of discussion include: Starting families, the band life, live printing, janky screen printing classes, fireable offenses, the pros of having worked at different shops, restructuring your shop, to Traction or not to Traction, meetings, employee benefits, outbound sales, whale clients, and Bad Luck Brian.

It’s been some years since we last had these fellas on the pod, and a whole lot has happened in both of their shops since our last hang. So it’s time to catch up with Rodney from DLH, and Miles from Miles T-shirts. Topics of discussion include: 4 day work weeks, how fast shops evolve, hair plugs, upgrading equipment, disc golf, towel prints, updating your financials, moving your shop, third party HR, diving into outbound sales, CTS, Miles’ shirt reviews, garment printability, and Merch Madness.

Hello students, our teacher today is Shamus Barrett from Raider graphics, and class is in session. Your average high school screen printing class does not take place in a top of the line full size print shop, but Shamus' does. Teaching the same class he was once a student of, his full circle print career is something special. The world needs more of this. Topics of discussion include: Teaching current techniques on modern equipment, keeping a self funded operation, continuing education, sparking interest in students, learning profit, incentives, and print accreditation. 

When an engineer builds a press to help his son start a clothing line, there’s a high chance they may get bit by the print bug. In Jeremy Ray’s case, he fully changed careers and has been playing the print game with engineer cheat codes on ever since. This experience of entering the industry ‘late in the game’ lends to a unique perspective, and we’re happy we got to pick his brain and get his story. Topics of discussion include: Doing live podcasts, finding your audience, HOAs, shop mergers, moving spaces, taking conscious steps to elevate your business, starting a side business, having an owner’s retreat, core values, and rucking.