5 TECH TOOLS FOR YOUR PRINT SHOP By Gavin St. Georges, president of Proud TShirts (proudtshirts.com) Deciding which technology tools to use in your screen printing business is hard and complicated. When I started my shop four years ago, I knew I had to find advantages that'd set me apart in this crowded printing/ decorating space. In the beginning, it wasn't so clear what that advantage would be. After trying a few strategies to grow the company - wasting time and money along the way - we (my wife/co-owner, Erline) put a rough plan together to shift our company to be more lightweight and flexible. My personal goal was to run my screen printing shop mainly from my laptop and smartphone, with my team on the backend supporting me. In addition to wanting to grow the business, we were looking for a lifestyle change. We've always enjoyed traveling, but our new business was taking up all of our precious time. The only way to continue traveling was to transform our shop into a more flexible business. This allowed us to live our lives the way we wanted. AUGUST + SEPTEMBER 2020 | SCREENPRINTING 07http://www.proudtshirts.com