http://www.howtostartaclothingcompany.com/top-store-owners-questions/ Hey guys so I’ve been talking with a few friends about doing interviews and I thought it would be cool to throw it to you see what questions you want to ask. You can ask specific questions to a certain store owner or throw it up to everyone. I thought it would be really cool to hear the different perspectives from everyone. I’m going to have * Eric Terry from Linty Fresh * Ben from Fright Rags * John and Michael Paul from Fuzzy Ink * David Murray from SEIBEI * Ray from Lowdtown Friends & Freaks * Jorge from Stereo Bear * Jon Kruse from Shred and Mediocore Clothing * Tim from Assault Shirts Post all your joke answers below. If you've got a serious one put it on the site. Thanks duders. 2009-10-12T18:00:34-04:00 19 2009-10-12T02:43:09-04:00 true 0 87371 false false 1219 1219 1 2009-11-21T16:52:00-05:00 590 your interviewing yourself? 87371 Post 2009-10-12T02:47:17-04:00 2816861 9543 2009-10-12T02:47:17-04:00 <blockquote><cite>ChrisW said:</cite> your interviewing yourself?</blockquote> haha exactly what i was going to says 87371 Post 2009-10-12T02:48:36-04:00 2816871 2608 2009-10-12T02:48:36-04:00 <blockquote><cite>Chaud Lapin said:</cite> <blockquote><cite>ChrisW said:</cite> your interviewing yourself?</blockquote> haha exactly what i was going to says</blockquote> rofl copter 87371 Post 2009-10-12T03:08:03-04:00 2817011 6835 2009-10-12T03:08:03-04:00 It's just a bunch of people answering questions. You are interviewing me. 87371 Post 2009-10-12T03:39:07-04:00 2817261 1219 2009-10-12T03:39:07-04:00 -Everything I need to know about running a successful silly contest. -Contacting Boutiques comes up alot around here, or contacting the big bands. so rather then give up a list of contacts, what about Wholesale / consignment / drop shipping / cross promotion / sponsorship , things to watch out for (opportunities), do's and don't, when to say no thank's pal ect. -Themes: I have a hard time with this one, I have seen brands do a rethink after getting "pidginholed" with a two narrow theme and not have room to grow. I have seen brands not have any theme at all. How do I get strangers on the internet to click a button for me? Website checklist for dummies? I mean real dummies. BIG Blog list: Just a big fat list of everyone's blog in one place so I can get to it easy. This would be huge. Hmm demographics you say? We Have enough buyers here to come up with some good data that all the brands could use, Do you have any questions for us? Last shirt you bought, Where did you get it and what was it, and why? Mine was La Dolce Vita by a.mar.illo at wooska, they gave me $10 off for my birthday I thought that was nice of them. 87371 Post 2009-10-12T04:05:04-04:00 2817361 506 2009-10-12T04:18:29-04:00 Reasons why you won't buy a shirt, the price, it's ugly, to much of a hassle, can't find the buy button fast enough, everyone and their dog has that shirt, It looked kinda good but not really good, I hate the shirt color, Is that a v neck? It makes my boobs hurt, shipping cost, ect For me I don't have a credit card, so if you don't have paypal that's no sale, unless you take cash in an envelope? When is the last time you bought a shirt for someone else? For me it was last years Emptees secret santa, and I just bailed and sent cash. 87371 Post 2009-10-12T04:25:49-04:00 2817561 506 2009-10-12T04:25:49-04:00 pretty much everything Quakerninja said also I'm very interested in branding. I know it comes up allot on this site but I'm never quite sure if I'm reading the opinion of someone with a great deal of experience or a kid who likes to think they know allot. I'd like to hear about different store owners opinions on thier store layouts. I know within that list the layout varies greatly and there is a few B C users and a few that aren't. I'd like to hear their opinions on what they believe works and what they believe they may have done wrong to begin with (with store layout and in general I suppose). 87371 Post 2009-10-12T07:59:20-04:00 2818621 64041 2009-10-12T07:59:20-04:00 Ahem. Peoples...... <blockquote><cite>Jon Kruse said:</cite> Post all your joke answers below. <b>If you’ve got a serious one put it on the site.</b> </blockquote> I'll definitely keep an eye on this. Some interesting answers could pop up. 87371 Post 2009-10-12T08:05:06-04:00 2818641 6884 2009-10-12T08:05:44-04:00 Where do you hope to be in 10 years time? What have you sacrificed to make your business successful? How much capital did you start with? Are you where you thought you would be now, from when you first started? Have your goals changed since inception? 87371 Post 2009-10-12T08:11:01-04:00 2818681 3005 2009-10-12T08:11:01-04:00 "why the fuck would you call David Murray a top store owner? he's a jerkoff." 87371 Post 2009-10-12T08:25:26-04:00 2818851 497 2009-10-12T08:25:26-04:00 <blockquote><cite>seibei said:</cite> "why the fuck would you call David Murray a top store owner? he's a jerkoff."</blockquote> Backed. 87371 Post 2009-10-12T08:26:23-04:00 2818881 3005 2009-10-12T08:26:23-04:00 Kyle's not participating? 87371 Post 2009-10-12T08:28:18-04:00 2818901 10501 2009-10-12T08:28:18-04:00 <blockquote><cite>callmecrazy said:</cite> Kyle's not participating?</blockquote> there are plenty of people who run great stores who aren't participating. Jon's just got a decent cross section of a few different brands that have had some success in different circles. 87371 Post 2009-10-12T08:55:15-04:00 2819131 497 2009-10-12T08:55:15-04:00 <blockquote><cite>callmecrazy said:</cite> Kyle's not participating?</blockquote> weirdddd, i thought jon and kyle were bffaeaeaeaeaeaeaeaeaeaeae 87371 Post 2009-10-12T09:04:03-04:00 2819221 1208 2009-10-12T09:04:03-04:00 Are we supposed to jump in and start answering questions, or are you compiling the best ones for us to answer? 87371 Post 2009-10-12T15:56:39-04:00 2822851 1826 2009-10-12T15:56:39-04:00 <blockquote><cite>fright-rags said:</cite> Are we supposed to jump in and start answering questions, or are you compiling the best ones for us to answer?</blockquote> I think he's putting them together. He's also got this on the How To Start a Clothing Company blog so he's probably gonna compile everythang. 87371 Post 2009-10-12T15:59:43-04:00 2822921 497 2009-10-12T15:59:43-04:00 <blockquote><cite>seibei said:</cite> <blockquote><cite>fright-rags said:</cite> Are we supposed to jump in and start answering questions, or are you compiling the best ones for us to answer?</blockquote> I think he's putting them together. He's also got this on the How To Start a Clothing Company blog so he's probably gonna compile everythang.</blockquote> word 87371 Post 2009-10-12T16:15:24-04:00 2823261 1219 2009-10-12T16:15:24-04:00 <blockquote><cite>seibei said:</cite> <blockquote><cite>callmecrazy said:</cite> Kyle's not participating?</blockquote> there are plenty of people who run great stores who aren't participating. Jon's just got a decent cross section of a few different brands that have had some success in different circles.</blockquote> Also I wanted to include store owners that like to help out other people. 87371 Post 2009-10-12T17:58:52-04:00 2824181 1219 2009-10-12T17:58:52-04:00 BIG Blog list: Just a big fat list of everyone’s blog in one place so I can get to it easy. This would be huge. I have this Quakerninja. Check out my giant blog list on my site I break them down into page rank 87371 Post 2009-10-12T18:00:34-04:00 2824231 1219 2009-10-12T18:00:34-04:00