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Specializing in high color counts and a beachy Comfort Colors aesthetic, Seth’s ability to sell R&S’s services to new customers face to face has proven to be able to get them through just about anything, including hurricanes. Topics of discussion include: Amazon, urine, lord of the rings, bird rescue, hiring stupid people, a $150k mistake, working with Nicolas Cage, haunted houses, door to door sales, followups, building your brand, marketing flops, and aliens.

Printing since ’92, and on the path of print education, John Magee has helped countless shops improve their prints and processes, ourselves included. You can follow him around the globe @traveling_screenprinter. Topics of discussion include: Sitting and standing, homework, favorite blanks, battling over print placement, false gurus, getting into social media, self advocacy, and a boat load of shop hacks.

Derek Robinson had an interest in screen printing, and after a turn of events forced him to jump into the print game, he now finds himself at the helm of the long established, All Color Ink. Topics of discussion include: Office distractions, quoting, Coldplay, balls, sports camps, contract printing properly, longterm employees, the importance of paid time off, shop communication, and zoos.

There are definitely more than a few paths that lead to the life of a screen printer, and for Eddy, there were quite a few stops along the way to founding Gator Studios. This Army combat veteran, and former trucker, is now sitting pretty on a few acres cranking out shirts for a clientele he has built solely on word of mouth, and shared interests. Topics of discussion include: Physical therapy, packing tips, couriers, registration systems, grit, genuine networking, tough love, tipping, and grocery delivery.

We crashed the Logo Daddy House Party, had excellent hangs, and great conversations with Adrienne Palmer from DTFprinting.com, and John Gibbs from Logo Daddy. Topics of discussion include: DTF education and resources, 3 ways to integrate DTF into your shop, a failed hypnotist, the safety of transfer powder, a 3 round blank T-shirt draft, Logo Daddy’s new HQ, print education, and laughing in the face of risk.

Winterset is home to John Wayne, numerous llamas, and Lumberjack Design Co. Brent, the man responsible for said llamas and print shop, is looking to expand outside of his community, while maintaining his personable customer experience. Like a shepherd leading his flock to greener pastures, Brent is trying to show his surrounding Iowan communities that their custom apparel doesn't have to be hot garbage. Topics of discussion include: Reverse bippage, olives, the history of sunglasses, enticing returning customers, putting in the extra work, chambers of commerce, and NEW SHOP HACKS.