What Brian started in his college dorm 20 years ago, is now a Southern California staple, with a nationwide clientele. Duds By Dudes has become a one stop shop you can count on. Topics of discussion include: Standing desks, douchebag roommates, contracting out your printing, acquiring businesses, growing strong not fast, auto reclaim, heat applied products, and cauliflower crust.

Nicole has had a hell of a journey through this industry, and played a wide variety of roles all the way from a reclaimer to a shop owner. Now she's helping others on their own print journeys by removing the stigma around buying and selling used equipment, and making these transactions simple and trustworthy. Topics of discussion include: Carbs, the ins and outs of buying and selling through embellishr, insurance claims, moving from LA to Reno, vitamins, the perfect day, the importance of shop visits, the best auto to transition to from manual printing, and peanut butter pizza.

Raw Paw are more than printers, they’re a creative team bent on bringing their community together for the sake of art. With their Punk ethos, and DIY spirit, Chris & Kyle are looking to make a Texas sized impact in their city of Austin. Topics of discussion include: No call no shows, training new hires, UPS strike, punk ethos in business, wrestling, increasing payroll, design contests, waiting on DTG, fulfillment, micromanaging, posters, and leaving poly white in the dust.

Yes, there's more to Montana than Yellowstone and Cowboying, it's also home to Allen Benedikt and 12ozCollective. A shop that is hyper-focused and specializes in what they care about most, the details. Topics of discussion include: R&D, switching from offset printing to screen printing, ROQ Hybrid, raising the bar, sharecropping, gaming, production managers, the importance of community, and... turmeric.

After a successful career in logistics, Dan decided to dive headfirst into an industry he knew absolutely nothing about, and purchased Silver Screen Printing & Embroidery. No joke, his fresh perspective has worked wonders for his shop, and we hope our conversation with Dan will provide some valuable insight that we could all use. Topics of discussion include: Swamp coolers, logistics, meritocracy, purchasing a business, customer service, clients who leave, rewarding your team, credit card rewards, and off roading.

Hailing from the little big town of Bremerton, Derek & Sam have been making their tight knit community better looking with every custom, retail, and live print they crank out. After inspiring Dylan to step up his live printing game, we just had to talk with these two. Topics of discussion include: Tiny houses, buying out partners, design automation, mall printing, switching manufacturers, the do's and don'ts of live printing, and frozen grapes.

After years of print conversations through DMs, we finally are meeting the fellas behind Subucoola in Germany. Holger & Sebastian are truly passionate about their craft, and the goals they've set for themselves are truly refreshing to hear. Topics of discussion include: Shirt Show Summer Camp, brioche, running your own retail brand, ads, learning printing through school, SOPs, shifting away from custom work, aiming to make a difference rather than a larger profit, production sheets, and reading.

If you're like us, you've seen the beautiful videos this power printing couple have been posting at their shop, Up All Night Ink. Find out how an animator and a cinematographer found themselves in the print industry. Topics of discussion include: Swimming with sharks in Barbados, staying small, diving in head first, separating themselves from competition with high quality in-house artwork, fuckups, vinyl, working with your partner, garage printing stigma, pushing social media, putting a face to your business, rating the world around us, rest, and bougie cheese.

Back again after narrowly escaping death, Ryan Kasparian is here and ready to tell us all about the new developments with Covered In Ink, and how we need to get out of our own way. Topics of discussion include: Tooth infection, management course, correcting mistakes, variable compatibilities, downshifting on consulting, app development, Shirt Show Summer Camp, and Cashmere.

Dave Gardner needs no introduction, unless you’re new to the print game (Still shouldn’t need an intro though…). He’s got one hell of a portfolio and he was kind enough to share his past work with us and the stories behind them. Topics of discussion include: floppy disks, the origin of “Underbase”, what drives you, reductionist mentality, adhesion vs cohesion, industry secrets, New Buffalo, working with Gildan, and tuna casserole. Hey, cheers to three years of Shirt Show!