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♪ SOMETIMES GOVERNMENT
REGULATION SEEMS LOOK THE
OLD JOKE ABOUT THE WEATHER,
EVERYBODY COMPLAINS BUT
ABOUT IT.
NOW THAT MAY CHANGE.
RHODE ISLAND'S 2-YEAR-OLD
OFFICE OF LEAGUE STORY
REFORM IS ON THE MISSION.
CUT THE RED TAPE FAST.
GOVERNOR CHAFEE AND ALLSTATE
OFFICES TO REVIEW THE
REGULATIONS BY IN THE OF
THIS AREA IN AN ERT TO HELP
THE STATE 96,000 SMALL
BUSINESSES.
I HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO
BUSINESSES OVER THE YEAR TO
KNOW HOW IT IS A PRIORITY TO
ADDRESS REGULATIONS.
THIS WEEK, RETHINKING
REGULATION WITH THE STATE'S
POINT PERSON ON THE TOPIC.
LESLIE TAITO PLUS ONE OF
THOSE SMALL BUSINESS IS
TEESPRING, A NEW APPROACH TO
MAKING CUSTOM T SHIRTS THAT
IS ATTRACTING NATIONAL
ATTENTION.
TEESPRING CO-FOUNDER WALKER
WILLIAMS.
WELCOME TO EXECUTIVE
SUITE.
AM TED NESI AND LESLIE,
THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
HE KNOW YOU MAY REMEMBER THE
DAYS WITH THE MANUFACTURING
EXTENSION SERVICE.
I REMEMBER IN 2011 I THINK I
WAS COVERING THE STATE OF
THE YUN AND WERE YOU THERE
AS THE WHITE HOUSING'S
I WAS.
A GREAT HONOR.
NOW YOU HAVE A NEW JOB.
LET'S DIVE INTO THAT.
LET'S START WITH THE EASIEST
QUESTION OF ALL -- WHAT THIS
IS OFFICE OF REGULATORY?
THE OFFICE, OUR JOB IN
REGULATORY REFORM IS TO
REALLY TRY DRIVE A CLEAR ARE
REGULATORY SYSTEM.
THAT SOUNDS VERY KIND OF
EASY TO DO SAYING THAT I WAY
BUT WE ARE TRYING TO LOOK AT
THE REGULATIONS THAT ARE ON
THE BOOKS AND REVIEW THEM
AND START LOOK ATS WHAT THE
COMMUNITY.
ARE THEY HAVING TO DO
ADDITIONAL THINGS IN ORDER
TO COME WHE THOSE REGULATION
AND HOW DO WE GET A BETTER
BALL LAPSE IN HE THERE.
WE NEVER WANT THE COST OF
AM POSING REGULATION TO
OUTWAG THE BENEFIT OF THE
COME-CITY.
THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY
BEEN DONE IN THE PAST TO SAY
WHAT IS THE BENEFIT OF THIS
REGULATION AND WHAT ARE THE
NOW.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY
HARD TO CREATE KIND OF
ECONOMIC IMPACTS FORM THAT
WE ARE ASKING THEM FILL OUT
SO THEY KNOW HAVE IF THEY
HAVE A REGULATION ON THE
BOOKS.
HOW IS THAT IMPACTING
BUSINESSES EXACTLY HOW MANY
SMALL BUS IN RHODE ISLAND
AND SOMETIMES THAT NUMBER
HAS BEEN KIND OF A LOOSE
NUMBER.
WE ARE LOOKING TO FIRM THAT
UP SO WE KNOW HOW MANY
BUSINESSES THAT AFFECTS.
AND THEN ULTIMATELY WHAT
DOES IT COST FOR THEM TOLL
COME PLY AND TO MAKE SURE
THAT AGAIN WE ARE KEEPING
THAT IN A GOOD BALANCE, SO
BY A NUTSHELL, THAT WAS WHAT
WE ARE TRYING TO DO.
REGULATIONS JUST SO
SENSE.
THAT ENCOMPASSES EVERY RULE
ABOUT WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO TO
KEEP YOUR WATER CLEN OR HOW
SOMETHING.
IS THE WHOLE SPECTRUM.
IT IS.
IT US ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL
THINGS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO
WHAT DO YOU NEED DO WITH
EMPLOYEES AND RESORT RUNS
THE GAMUT IN THERE.
ING NOW WE HAVE 1638 NOW AS
OF TODAY, REGULATIONS AND
THROWS ALL REGULATIONS THAT
BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE TO
COMEBLY.
20642 SEPARATE
REGULATIONS OF SOME SORT.
STATE REGULATIONS INTO.
THAT IS BEFORE YOU GET TO
THE LOCAL LEVEL.
THAT IS CORRECT.
OBVIOUSLY EVERY BUSINESS
DOESN'T MEET THOSE REG
LAGSES BUT THERE IS A LOT OF
THEM.
THERE ARE A LOT OF
REGULATIONS SO WE JUST WANT
TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT
BALANCE MAINTAINS.
10 AS WE WERE TALKING
ABOUT EVER WE STARTED THE
SHOW ABOUT MY SKEPTICISM
ABOUT THE WHOLE INITIATIVE
ON.
NO I YOU ARE NOT SOMEWHAT
WHO I GOING TAKE NO FOR AN
ANSWER.
IF YOU TOOK THIS JOB YOU
MUST THINK IT IS REAL.
YOU HEAR ABOUT REGULATION
ALL THE TIME.
THERE IS THINGS WE WANT TO
DO BUT SO MUCH RED TAPE AND
IT TAKES SO LONG TO CALL
BACK AND ANSWER.
WE DON'T MAKE ANY SENSE AND
THEN YOU KNOW, THEY
COMPLAINED FAR LISTENING
TIME ABOUT IT AND PEOPLE
SAY, WHERE WE, THAT IS BAD.
THE POLITICIANS BUT THEN
NOTHING CHANGES.
I MEAN, WHY IT WOULD BE ANY
DIFFERENT?
I THINK, WE HAVE, WHERE
WE AT MOMENT WHERE IT IS
DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT.
THE REASON I TOOK IT BECAUSE
I THINK WE ARE DRAMATICALLY
DIFFERENT POINT IN OUR KIND
OF EVOLUTION OF HOW THIS HAS
EVOLVED TO SAY, THIS IS THE
STOPPING POINT WHERE WE ARE
GOING TO STOP AND LOOK AT IS
GOING ON HERE.
I AM TAKING MY BACKGROUND
FROM PRACTICE AND MOVING YOU
MENTIONED THE EX TENSE
DID.
IT WAS ABOUT PROCESS.
HOW DO WE MAKE IT FASTER,
BETTER, MORE EFFICIENTLY
QUALITY.
IT AM TRIKING TO TAKE THOSE
THING THAT IS HAVE LEARNED
THERE AND BRING THEM TO THE
OFFICE OF REGULATORY
REFORM.
SO WE ARE DOING IT IN A KIND
OF A THREE-PRONGED
APPROACH.
IN THE SYSTEM.
BUSEDMEN.
THEIR MAIN GOAL, JOB, IT IS
MY OFFICE, HER MAIN GOAL IS
TO KEEP PEOPLE UNSTUCK THAT
REASON THE SYSTEM NOW.
WE DON'T WANT ANYBODY STUCK
IF THEY ARE NOT GETTING A
CALL BACK IF SOMEONE TOLD
THEM IT WOULD BE 30 DIANCE
THEY ARE AT 60 DAYS THEY
NEED TO CALL OUR OFFICE AND
TALK TO US.
WE WANT THEM UNSTUCK.
OUTSIDE OF THE AGE!
SY BECAUSE WE CAN CALL IN
FROM A TOTALLY DIFFERENT
CHECK IN.
WHAT IS GOING ON HERE.
WHY ARE THEY NOT GETTING AN
ANSWER TO AND TO MAKE SURE
THAT LEVEL MAINTAINS IN
THERE BECAUSE THAT IS
RITECALLY IMPORTANT WHEN YOU
HAVE BUSINESS OWNERS WHO
TIME IS MACHINE MY FOR
THEM.
SOMEONE TELLS THEM 30 DAY
AND THEY ARE AT 6 NOW YOU
ARE IN A MONEY ISSUE.
WE DON'T WANT THAT TO
HAPPEN.
CREATED.
THE OTHER THING WE ARE
DOING THAT IS THE GOVERNOR
WAS VERY BOLD AND PUT OUT A
NEW INITIATIVE.
GOVERNOR CHAFEE SAID I
WANTED TO DO THIS REVIEW SO
THEY TOOK THE LEGISLATION
WHICH GAVE THEM ACTUALLY
FOUR YEARS TO DO IT IN.
25% OF THEIR REGULATIONS HAD
TO BE REVIEWED.
REMIND THOSE PEOPLE.
THIS IS ALLSTATE DEPARTMENTS
AND AGENCIES AND THE LAW
SAID 25% OF THEIR
REGULATIONS HAVE TO BE
VIEWED EVERY YEAR OVER FOUR
YEARS.
GOVERNOR CHAFEE HAS
ANNOUNCED HE WANTS TO SNEED
UP AND DO 20% BY THE END OF
THIS YEAR.
CORRECT.
NOW.
I MEAN, THAT IS WORKING WELL
NOW.
WE ACTUALLY JUST GOT A
PACKAGE IN FROM THE
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND THEY
GET THE COLD STAR.
THEY ARE THE FIRST ONCE.
YEAH.
LET'S DIVE INTO THAT.
WHAT IS THAT PACKAGE.
IT IS IT EVERY, ALL OF THEIR
A RIGHT.
THEY LOOK AT THEIR
INDIVIDUAL REGULATIONS.
THEY ALL HAVE A MUM SO THEY
LOOK AT THOSE INDIVIDUAL
REGULATION AND WE WANT TO
LOOK AT THEM FOR A COUPLE OF
THING ANOHOW LONG HAVE THEY
BEEN ON THE BOOKS.
WE WANT THOSE REVIEWED.
SO THAT IS THE FIRST CUT.
WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE
BUSINESS IMPACT.
WE WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY IF
ITS THAT SMALL BUSINESS
IMPACT HOW MANY BUSINESSES
DOES IT AFFECT?
WHAT DOES IT COCOST TO
IN?
WE WANT TO LOOK AT THE
WITHINS THAT ISSUED
BULLETINS OR GUIDANCE.
THAT IS KIND OF A WAY TO
SAY, WELL WE HAD THE
REGULATION HERE.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED
TO CLARIFY HERE.
WE SHOULDN'T BE ISSUING
BULLETINS AND GUIDANCE.
IT SHOULD BE WRITTEN CLEARLY
THE FIRST TIME SO SOMEONE
THAT.
ORIGINAL.
IT IS A BAND-AID.
DONE.
WE WANT THEM REVISE SOD WE
CAN IN CORPORATE THE
APPROPRIATE LANGUAGE AND WE
WANT PEOPLE TO START, THE
DEPARTMENT HEADS TO GO TO
OTHER DEPARTMENTS TO SAY,
READ THIS.
WHAT DO YOU THINK THEY DON'T
DO IT EVERY DAY.
HANDS OF PEOPLE.
THEY WRITE.
THEY DO THEIR BEST JOB.
THEY WRITE THEM SO THEY
UNDERSTAND THEM.
WE WANT SOMEONE ELSE TO DO A
CHECK ON THAT AND SAY DOES
IT MAKE SENSE TO YOU?
IS IT CLEAR?
IS IT PREDICTABLE IS?
IT RELIABLE.
THEN FIT IS, WHAT IS THE
IMPACT TO THE SMALL BUSINESS
COMMUNITY SO WE CAN LOOK
THAT THRESHOLD TO SEE WHAT
IT COSTS THEM TO COMPLY.
SO YOU HAVE A LIST NOW, WHAT
IS YOUR OFFICE?
OUR OFFICE IS THE
CHECKER.
WE WILL GO BACK THROUGH THEM
THEY LIST OUT.
IT IS NOT JUST THE DATA THAT
WE ARE GETTING IN.
WE ARE ASKING QUESTIONS.
THIS IS STILL RELEVANT? I
MEAN, THERE IS BASIC
QUESTIONS IN THERE THAT WHEN
I FIRST PUT THIS LIST
TOGETHER, PEOPLE ARE LIKE
REALLY, YOU ARE GOING TO ASK
THAT SOMETIMES I THINK YOU
HAVE TO ASK THE VERY PLAIN
AND SIMPLE QUESTION IS IT
STILL REL RENT FIT IS, DO WE
NEED TO REVISE IT SO IT IS
CLEAR SO THERE ARE QUESTIONS
IN THERE AND HENN WE ALSO
WANT TO KNOW, ARE THEY
CONFLICTING REGULATIONS WITH
THE OTHER DEPARTMENT THAT IS
THE OTHER CUT THAT WE ARE
LOOKING AT SO IF THERE IS
OVERLAP INJURIES DICTION OR
OVERLAP IN WHO IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.
WE WANT THAT CLEANED SOUP IT
IS CLEARLY DEFINED.
DEPARTMENT.
YOU KNOW IT IS HERE.
YOU WILL NOT WORRY ABOUT
ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE TO TAKE A BREAK AND
WE'LL CONTINUE THIS
CONVERSATION MACHINE WE GET
BACK WITH LESLIE TAITO.
SUITE.
SUITE.
IT AM TED NESI.
SHES THE NEW HEAD, NOT TOO
NEW BUT THE HEAD OF THE
OFFICE OF REG WILLING STORY
REFORM IN RHODE ISLAND AND
TALKING ABOUT THAT SHOE OF
REGULATIONS WHICH DAVE SOME
BUSINESS PEOPLE CRAZY.
YOU HAVE, A PRETTY POWERFUL
JOB AT LEAST BASED ON HOW
THE LEGISLATION PUTS.
PROTHORACESSED TO INTERVENE
IN ANY MATTER BEFORE
ANY,TIVE BRANCH AGENCY OR
DEPARTMENT BEFORE ANY BOARD,
COMMISSION OR SUBDIVISION TO
MAKE SURE HOW THE IMPACT IS
ON BUSINESS.
I MEAN, YOU COULD JUST JUMP
TO.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THAT
TOGETHER RIGHT?
LEVEL.
BECAUSE SOMETIMES HOUSING
FOR EXAMPLE.
BUILDERS.
WE ARE HAVING A BUILDING
SHOW NEXT WEEK ACTUALLY.
THEY SAY THE DF RENT RULE IS
A CROSS TOWN AND WHERE YOU
EVERYTHING.
WHAT IS YOUR OFFICE AS WELL
WITH CITIES AND TOWNS?
CITIES AND TOWNS RIGHT NOW
WORKING WITH THE WILLING SO
I DON'T HAVE ANY
JURISDICTION OVER THERE.
WORKING WITH THE THERE.
NOT EVERYONE STEPPED
FORWARD IMMEDIATELY.
NOT NECESSARILY SO.
LET ME IT WILL YOU ABOUT
CITY AND YOU TO BE LEVEL.
THERE WAS A PIECE OF
LEGISLATION THAT CAME
FORWARD LAST YEAR THAT THEY
WANT TO GET TO ELECTRONIC
PERMIT SOG WE ARE WORKING
WITH THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL
AND WORKING WITH THE STATE
BUILDING INSPECTOR TO SEE
WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE SO WE
CAN BUILD ON-LINE SYSTEM SO
INSTEAD OF HAVING TO DRIVE
TO DIFFERENT OFFICES YOU CAN
ACTUALLY GO ONLINE FROM YOUR
INFORMATION.
THAT IS THE CASE TODAY IN
MOST PLACES?
YOU CAN'T GO.
YOU LIT ARE SLY TO GO TO
THE DEPARTMENT PICK UP THE
PAPERWORK, TAKE IT BACK
THROUGHOUT THE PAPERWORK AND
MULTIPLE TRIPS INVOLVED.
IT IS REALLY NOT COST
EFFECTIVE IF YOU LOOK AT IT
FROM THE LEAN PERSPECTIVE.
IT IS NOT AN EFFICIENT WAY
TO DO BUSINESS.
SO BECAUSE WE ARE WORKING AT
THE STATE LEVEL.
THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL WE
ARE LOOK AGENT THE CITY AND
THE TOWN LEVEL.
THERE ARE CITIES TUNES WHO
HAVE DONE GREAT THING.
YOU CAN LOOK AT TOWN LIKE
PROVIDENCE AND REALLY GREAT
THINGS WITH THEIR ON-LINE
PERMIT BUT WHAT WE ARE
TRYING TO DO IS BUILD AN
OPEN ENOUGH ARCHITECTURE
THAT WE CAN IN CORPORATE
THOSE CITIES AND TOWNS SO
YOU COULD END UP WITH THE
STATEWIDE ON-LINE PERMITTING
THAT IS THE GOAL THAT IS
WHERE WE WANT TO GO IS THE
BEEN DOING.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH
MAYOR GRAY IN THE CITY.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH
NORTH KINGSTOWN AND GONE
THROUGH AND PROCESSED MAPPED
IN.
WANT TO A BUILDING PERMIT.
WE KNOW EVERY SPOT AND STEP
IN THAT PROCESS IN THE CITY
WITH THE DEPARTMENT HEADS TO
DO THAT.
WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS WORK
WITH FIVE OR SIX DIFFERENT
COMEN IN IS TO GET THOSE
PROCESSES TOGETHER.
MOLT LUT I LAY THOSE MAPS ON
TOP OF ONE ANOTHER TO SEE IF
WE CAN EYE DIDN'T I THE BEST
PRACTICE BECAUSE WE ARE
BUILDING THE STATE SYSTEM WE
WANT TO MUCK SURE WE CAN IN
CORP FROM THE CITY AND TOWNS
AT THE LATEST DATE SO WE CAN
GET TO A STATEWIDE
ELECTRONIC PERMITTING.
IT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS WE
ARE GETTING THERE BUT
STARTING TO NOW GET REALLY
DETAILED MAPS OF EVERYTHING
THAT IS ENTAILED IN THAT
PROCESS AND YOU HAVE TO
START.
EVERYBODY SAYS WELL IMPROVE
IT AS YOU GO.
WE NEED TO GET OUR ARMS
AROUND AND WHAT DOES IT LACK
LIKE NOW SO ITS THE BASELINE
DATA SO WE CAN START TO
BUILD ON TOP OF THAT AND
REALLY GET TO A BEST
PRACTICE.
LET ME TICK A BROADER
VIEW.
SOME VIEWERS AT HOME DON'T
OWN A BUS MESS THEMSELVES
SAYING THIS SOUNDS IN THE
PROCESS, REVIEW AND
EVERYTHING ELSE.
S WHAT THE NICHE AVERAGE
WORKS.
THIS WORK MATTERS BECAUSE
WE MAKE IT EASIER FOR
HERE.
THIS IS THE MANTRA.
HE WANTS TO MAKE IT EASIER
FOR BUSINESSES TO DO
BUSINESSES HERE IN RHODE
ISLAND IF WE CAN MAKE
ITS'IER THAT MEANS MORE
JOBS.
IT IS MORE JOBS FOR A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT OF WORK
LONG TIME.
IF WE CREATE AND GET AN EVEN
PLAYING FIELD WHERE WE DO
BETTER BUSINESS ATTRACTION
AND DO BUSINESS GROWTH THE
EXCELLENT BUSINESS AS THERE
HERE THAT MATTERS TO
EVERYBODY AT HOME.
ROLL TOO LONG.
SPOT.
CAN YOU THICK OF EXAMPLES.
IT ISEN THERING TO ME.
THAT HAVE COME OUT OF THAT
IT IS.
IN THAT HAPPENS ON A DAILY
BASIS AND OUR OFFICE WE GET
WHO STUCK IN THE SYSTEM SO
WE HAVE WORKED WITH
DEVELOPER WHO WAS HAVING A
HARD TIME NAVIGATING THROUGH
THE IN THE ONLY THE STATE
PERMITTING BUT THE LOCAL
PERMITTING AND THE WATER
SUPPLY BOARDS AND THE
NATIONAL GRID SO WE WHAT WE
HAVE DONE.
WE RECREATED AM OPPORTUNITY
AND GOT ALL THE PLAYER IN
THE ROOM AT ONE TIME AND AND
WE HAD APPLICATION MEETING.
LET'S ALL SIT DOWN AND
K.
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT
BY WHAT DY AND WE CAN KIND
THAT.
WE CAN CALL IT TO DID A
CHECK-IN.
WE PUT FLAGS TO SAY, ARE
FIVE DAYS OUT AND GOING TO
HIT YOUR DEADLINE.
IT IS REALLY MONITORING THAT
SYSTEM SO EVERYBODIES ON THE
SAME SHEET OF MUSIC THEN
THEY END UP WITH FOLKS WHO
ARE HAVING LICENSING
PROBLEMS AND THEY CANNOT GET
A LICENSE FOR WHAT EVERVON
WE CAN CALL IN TO SAY WHAT
IS GOING ON HERE AND ALLOVE
IT A THE BOTTLENECK SO THEY
CAN MOVE AND GET IT MOVE
LEAGUE THIS SYSTEM.
DO YOU FIND SOME THINGS
SPEED UP WHEN THE GOVERNOR'S
OFFICE CALLS AND SAYS WHAT
IS GOING ON WITH THIS?
IT IS FASCINATING
SOMETIMES HOW THAT WORKS.
UP.
THE DEPARTMENTS HAVE BEEN
REALLY GREAT, THE DEPARTMENT
DIRECTORS HAVE BEEN GREAT
ABOUT PROVIDING US CONTACT.
WE HAVE A CONTACT PERSON IN
DEPARTMENT.
THAT IS OUR GO-SO.
SAID.
S WHO THE GO-TO WHEN WE CALL
THEY WILL PICK UP FIRST
PHYSICIAN AND AND THE CALL
AND TRI TO HELP US FIGURE
OUT WHAT GOING LON.
IT HAS BAN HUGE HELP.
ALL RIGHT.
WE ARE UP AGAINST THE BREAK
SO BEFORE YOU GO.
SOMEONE MIGHT BE LISTENING
ABOUT REGULATION.
HOW DO PEOPLE FIND YOU.
278-9100 EITHER ASK FOR ME
OR SHERRIES WHO THE SMALL
BUSINESS IN OUR OFFICE.
WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO
HUP BE A GET YOU STAFFED.
I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED TO
GET A FEW CALLS ON MONDAY
THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
WHEN WE COME BACK WALKER
TEESPRING.
WE'LL TALK ABOUT HIS COMPANY
AND ENTREPRENEURIALISM IN
RHODE ISLAND.
SUITE.
SUITE.
AM TED NESI AND WANT TO
WELCOME MY GUEST FOR THE
SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW.
BACKER WILLIAMS CO-FOUNDER
OF KEY BRING.
INTERVIEWED YOU WHEN YOU
WERE A STUDENT FOUNDING'S
JOB ROLE, A JOB APPLICATION
SYSTEM FOR COLLEGE
WHAT IS TEE SPRING THANKS
FOR HAVING ME.
ABSOLUTELY.
TEESPRING IS A BLASE
ANYONE CAN COME TO CREATE
AND SELL CUSTOM T SHIRTS
WITHER?
ROW UPFRONT COSTS AND ZERO
RISKS SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS
IF YOU HAVE AN EVENT OR A
FUND-RAISER OR A COMMUNITY
AND YOU ARE THINKING OF
PRINTING T SHIRTS.
INSTEAD OF DECIDING EXACTLY
HOW MANY SHIRTS YOU NEED.
EXACTLY WHAT SIZES YOU HEAD
TO THOSE SHIRTS IN AND
SPENDING THOUSANDS OF
DOLLARS UPFRONT TO GET THE
SHIRTS PRINTED YOU COME TO
TEESPRING, DESIGN A GREAT
SHIRT, CHOOSE A GOAL WHICH
IS EVENTUALLY THE MINIMUM
NUMBER OF SHIRTS YOU NEED
SELL FOR THE SHIRTS TO BE
PRINTED AND WE'LL LARCH YOU
ON-LINE WEB SITE WHERE THEY
CAN BUY THE SHIRTS SO YOU
DRIVE YOUR SUPPORTERS TO
THAT SITE OVER FACEBOOK,
TWITTER, E-MAIL HOWEVER YOU
REACH THEM.
THEY CAN PREORDER EAR SHIRT
TOWARD THE GOAL.
AND ONCE YOU REACH THE GOAL,
WE HANDLE THE PRINKING AND
THE SHIPPING AND YOU GET A
CHECK OR THE PROFIT.
IT IS SIMPLE APPLICATION AND
GETS RID OF THE RISKS AND
HASSLE.
TECH CRUTCH PICKED UP.
A NEW SITE THAT A LOT OF US
READ.
THEY STATED IS LIKE
KICK-STARTER WHICH FUNDS
PEOPLE'S CAMPAIGNS THAT GETS
GOING AND THE MOLD OF
BUILDING UP ENOUGH SO YOU
CAN GET TO THE POINT TO SAY
RIGHT.
EXACTLY.
KICK-STARTER IN THE SENSE
THAT WITH KICK-STARTER YOU
CAN GO AND YOU CAN RAISE
THIS MONEY AND AT THE END IT
IS UP TO YOU TO PRODOS THE
ITEM AND WITH TEA SPRING YOU
HEAD TO THE IDEA.
WE HANDLE THE PRODUCTION.
WE HANDLE THE FULFILLMENT
AND NEVER HAVE TO WORRY
ABOUT THAT.
YOU BRING THE IDEA.
WE TAKE CARE OF THE REST.
SO YOU GOT THE IDEA AND I AM
GOING TELL YOU TELL THE
STORY.
WHERE DID THIS COME WERE.
IT CAME FROM.
I RAN THROUGH THE PROBLEMS
THAT TEA SPRING SO DURING
THE SENIOR YEAR OF COLLEGE
HERE IN RHODE ISLAND.
ONE DAY, THE FAVORITE LOCAL
BAR, THE FISH COMPANY FOR
CLOSED DOWN AND EVERYBODY
WAS TALKING ABOUT IT.
FACEBOOK WAS GOING CRAZY.
SWITER WAS GOING CRAZY.
TOWN.
AND YOU KNOW, BEING ON TRA
PRA MU YEAR SAW THE
DESIGNED A QUICK T SHIRT,
AND THREW IT OUP ON FACEBOOK
AND YOU KNOW,ING AWAY.
GOT ALL OF THESE RESPONSES
AND LIKES OF PEOPLE SAYING
ONE.
SURE.
SOMETHING.
THEN I CALLED A LOCAL SCREEN
PRINTER WHO SAID I MIGHT
HAVE SOMETHING.
I AM NOT SURE.
BUT I THINK I NEED BETWEEN
200 AND 500 SHIRT AND WANT
TELL ME HOW I DO IT.
TO KNOW HOW MANY SHIRTS YOU
NEED AND HOW MANY SIZES ARE
AND IT IS GOING COST ARE 1
THIS YOU AND BUY THE WAY THE
SHIRTS WON'T GET HERE FOR
TWO WEEKS.
THAT IS WAS NOT GOING TO
WORK.
BE GONE.
AND YOU KNOW, I WAS A
COLLEGE STUDENT I DIDN'T
HAVE $1,000 TO RISKS.
SO I SAT DOWN ON THE
COMPUTER I AM A PROGRAMMER
AND I PUT TOGETHER A REALLY
BASIC WEB SITE THAT I THINK
IT IS ACTUALLY STILL UP AND
LITERALLY AT 11:00 P.M. THAT
NIGHT I THREW SOMETHING UP
ON FACEBOOK WITH A SIMPLE
PREMISE IF I COULD GET 200
PEOPLE TO RESERVE ONE OF
THESE SHIRT THEN I WOULD
PRINT THEM AND SHIP THEM OUT
INDIVIDUALLY TO EACH BUYER
WITHIN THE FIRST 24 HOURS WE
SOLD SOMETHING LIKE 400
SHIRT AND ENDED UP MAKING A
NICE MARGIN ON THAT AND IT
WAS MORE INTERESTING THEAN
MONEY WE MADE OR THE AMOUNT
OF VISITORS WE GOT WITH THE
E-MAILS I GOT FROM
COMMUNITIES AND CAUSES AT
BROWN AND ACROSS THE BOARD
FROM PEOPLE WHO SAID, YOU
KNOW, I HAVE AN IDEA.
OR I THINK I WANT TO CREATE
A T SHIRT.
CAN YOU MAKE ME A WEB SITE
LIKE TO?
HOW DO I DO THAT?
THE CLASSIC ORIE YOU
THAT IS BEING SERVED.
S WHAT THE DIFFERENCE TWO
END TEESPRING AND CAFE PRESS
WERE YOU SEE A PICTURE AND
MICK A SHIRT OUT 6:00.
THE DIFFERENCE WE DON'T USE
DIGITAL PRINTING.
CAFE PRESS IF YOU GO ON AND
DID HE SIGN A T SHIRT THE
PRICE IS GOING START AT 18
OR 20.
THE SHIRT YOUR SUPPORTERS
ARE BIG IS A DIGITAL PRINT.
NOW DIGITAL PRINT IS BEHIND
BEING EXPENSIVE AND A HIGH
QUALITY PRINT.
THE COLORS ARE LESS VA BEEN
AND GOING TO WASH OUT IN 20
WASHESSANCE IT WAS NOT
RETAIL QUALITY SO WHAT WE
HAVE DONE IS TACK THAN NO
RISK MODEL AND APPLIED IT TO
SCREEN PRINTING.
IT IS 99% OF WHAT YOU SIGN
CLOTHING STORES AND THAT
PREMIUM FEEL AND ITS LOSER
COST SO YOU WILL MAKE MOREEN
IN NY YOU ARE TRYING TO FUND
RAISE AND A BETTER PRODUCT.
10 IT SOUNDS LOOK YOU ARE
HAVING SUCCESS SO FAR.
I GAIN WITH TECH CRUNCH YOU
SAID MORE THAN 1600
ORGANIZER USED THE CITES TO
DESIGN CUSTOM SHIRTS.
COVER POLITICS.
GUY.
I MEAN.
YOU HAVE BEEN CLEARING OVER
100,000 A MONTH.
OVER 500,000 IN SALES.
27,000T SHIRTS IT SOUND LOOK
WELL.
IT IS FANTASTIC EXPERIENCE.
WE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO.
YOU KIND HAVE TAKEN THE
FIRST STEP SO EXCITED.
VENTRES.
SO LET'S PIVOT HERE.
I WANT TO KNOW.
OKAY.
SO TALK ABOUT HOW DO WE KEEP
THE YOUNG SMART TYPES AND
BRING TO RODE ELAND FOR THE
COLLEGE EDUCATION TODAY.
WHY ARE YOU TAKING IF.
FOR ME, IT WAS REALLY
BECAUSE I GOT INVOLVED AND
LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET INVOLVED
IN THE ON TRA PRA MUIAL
START-UP COMMUNITY PRETTY
EARLY ON.
DON'T THINK THATS THE CASE
FOREVER ONE.
SO I WAS AGAIN LUCKY ENOUGH
TO BE INVOLVED IN THE RHODE
ISLAND BUSINESS PLAN
COMPETITION.
I WENT TO THE EK SELLRATOR
AND BY THE TIME GRADUATION
ROLLED AROUND AND HAD THE
IDEA AND I KNEW I WANTED TO
PUR SITE.
I ALREADY HAD THIS GREAT NET
ORC WORK OF MENTOR,
RESOURCES AND FOR ME, THE
CHOICE BETWEEN KIND OF
STARTING OFF WITH THAT LEVEL
ALREADY.
OR YOU KNOW, STARTING OVER
IN NEW YORK OR SAN FRANCISCO
OR BOSTON YOU KNOW THE
CHOICE WAS CLEAR.
RODE LAND PEOPLE WOULD BE
SURPRISED PIE THE RESOURCES
THAT ARE AVAILABLE HER AND
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WILLING
TO HELP.
IT IS VITAL TO HAVE THAT
NETWORK IN PLACE.
WHILE WERE YOU A STUDENT SO
YOU SET DONE THE ROOTS
BECAUSE IF YOU HADN'T HAD
YOU WOULD GET OUT.
YEAH.
I THINK THAT NOT EVERYONE
REALIZES THAT THERE IS ALL
OF THESE YOU KNOW AAMAZING
RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO RHODE
ISLAND BECAUSE NEVER EXPOSED
GRADUATE.
BY THE TIME THEY GRADUATE
THE NATURAL PROGRESSION IS
YOU FINISHED COLLEGE NOW YOU
GO THOUGH BIG CITIES.
AND IF YOU GET INVOLVED
EARLY ENOUGH IN THE
COMMUNITY YOU CAN REALLY SEE
WHERE THE VAL ICE AND WHY IT
MAKES SENSE TO STAY IN AM
YOURSELF.
NOW, THERE IS A CONSTANT
TALK NOW ABOUT WHAT STATE
LEADERS AND BUSINESS LEADER
CANS DO TO MAKE THIS POLICE
ATTRACTIVE TO BUSINESS.
PLAN.
WHAT WOULD YOU TELL THEM
WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR RHODE
TALKING.
YOU ARE IS DIFFERENT.
A LOT OFISM TIMES, YOU JUST
KIND OF NEED TO STEP BACK TO
GET OUT OF OUR WAY AND LET
US TRY YOU KNOW.
REALLY HAVING A LINE OF
COMMUNICATIONS THAT ARE OPEN
AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE THAT'S
US.
HOW DID YOU FIND THAT
NETWORK THAT MADE SUCH
IMPACT ON YOU?
YOU WOULD BE SR. PRICED
HOW MANY PEOPLE RESPOND WITH
JUST E-MAIL I THINK A LOT OF
PEOPLE ASSUME THAT SOMEBODY
WHO IS RUNNING A COMPANY OR
LOCAL LEADER YOU KNOW THEY
ARE TOO BUS CITY TO REPLY TO
E-MAIL OR SIT DOWN TO TALK
TO YOU OVER COFFEE.
YOU KNOW, I JUST STARTED
SENDING OUT E-MAILS TO
PEOPLE TRYING TO SEE WHAT
WAS AVAILABLE.
AND THE RESPONSE RATE WAS
INCREDIBLE AND OVERTIME I
DEVELOPED RELATIONSHIPS WITH
A LOT OF LOCAL LEADER.
WHAT IS NEXT FOR
TEESPRING.
WHAT IS GOING ON NOW?
WELL, WE ARE GETTING
BERGMENT WE STARTED WITH T
SHIRTS BUT WE HAVE A GOAL OF
CROWD FUND SOG BEING THE
PLACE WHERE YOU CAN COME AND
ALL YOU NEED BRINGS THE IDEA
AND WELL VALE THE HANDLE THE
BACK END AND PRODUCE IT AND
SERVICE.
HE WITH WANT THE GREAT
IDEAS.
POWERFUL.
IT MIGHT WORK WELL.
WE'LL KEEP AN EYE ON WHACK
COMPANIES.
THAT IS ALL THE TIME WE HAVE
THIS WEEK.
TEESPRING.
FROM THE OFFICE IF YOU
MISSED ANY OF THE SHOW YOU
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WEEK.