E-commerce. Yes, it’s fully possible! It will take some setting up though, but I’ve recently realized how I can just pick up the phone and order a set of hoodies, wait four days until they’re on the doorstep, pay for them a month later online, etc. Also, I can call up the fabric company down the road, or one in wellington, get them to send me samples of denim, call them back and order a set amount of denim to be sent to my garment manufacturer, and then call him and tell him how many of what I want right from my rocking chair at home.

Maxis are trending now so browse the different styles in the beaded, printed, lace or silk dress. If you are shopping for pants, you will find linen, cargo, denim and sweat pants.

Second, be on time. It’s better to get there early and wait at a nearby Starbucks than be late. If something absolutely prevents you from being on time, call ahead before the time of the meeting and explain.

Pretty soon, we found out that we could put all of our profits into purchasing our own equipment and learning how to print the funny t-shirts ourselves.

MindTrix has grown beyond just T-Shirts due to the fact that everyone including their moms have a t-shirt company. When I would go into stores trying to sell my T-Shirts, I would always get feedback, like what makes these any better than the other 90,000 brands we have in here, which most of these other brands people have heard of, and that is why we graduated to cut and Acttee sew as well as any higher end T-Shirts.

Work hard. I still do after three years. I work my butt off and hardly make any money off it, but I know it’s worth it in the long run and the things you learn along the way are invaluable.

3) Use your network and ask everyone you know (friends, colleagues, babysitters) if they know of any internships, if any of their friends have interned, or if they have any connections to places that offer internships – you never know who a friend of a friend might be.