Walker Williams and Evan Stites-Clayton Talk T-shirts Via Teespring
Entrepreneurs on Fire
John Lee Dumas
4.8 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 18 July 2013
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Walker and Evan are the Co-Founders of Teespring. These two Brown University students created a website that leveraged the crowdfunding model to successfully sell a t-shirt to commemorate their favorite college bar that shut down. Within six hours they had amassed hundreds of pre-order sales via PayPal. Coupled with the success of the momentous sale, they received interest from clubs, communities and individuals who all expressed interest in creating similar campaigns for their custom products. The concept for Teespring was born.
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| 0:00.0 | Entrepreneur on Fire Episode 271 |
| 0:03.6 | Fire! Fire! Fire! Fire! |
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| 0:15.8 | Prepare to ignite now. Use your most idiot another amazing gift. |
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| 0:48.8 | Okay Fire Nation, let's get started. I am simply thrilled to introduce my guests today. |
| 0:55.8 | Walker Williams in Evan Stites Clayton. Walker, Evan, are you prepared to ignite? |
| 1:01.8 | We are ready to ignite. |
| 1:04.8 | Alright guys, Walker and Evan are the co-founders of Teespring. |
| 1:08.8 | These two Brown University students created a website that leveraged the crowdfunding model to successfully sell a t-shirt to commemorate their favorite color. |
| 1:16.8 | They commemorate their favorite college bar that shut down. Within six hours they'd amass hundreds of pre-order sales via PayPal. |
| 1:24.8 | Coupled with the success of this momentous sale, they received interest from clubs, communities, and individuals expressing interest and creating similar campaigns for their custom products. |
| 1:35.8 | And the concept for Teespring was born. |
| 1:38.8 | Given Fire Nation just a little overview Walker and Evan, but take a minute. |
| 1:42.8 | Tell us about you personally and we want to get to know you and then give us an overview of your business. |
| 1:47.8 | Sure, so my name is Walker. I am the non-technical co-founder, which means I do all the easy stuff. |
| 1:53.8 | I was born in New York City, spent a few years in St. Louis, and then spent the ages of 10 to 18 over in New Zealand before coming back for college at Brown where I met Evan. |
| 2:06.8 | Yeah, I'm from Oakland, and I'm the technical co-founder, which I guess means that I supposedly do the hard stuff, but I mean Walker's underselling himself a little bit. |
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