Customizing Culture

During Silhouette Summit 2023, Crystal from CrystalAnn had the chance to speak with Jared about how her career to teach evolved to a successful digital endeavor into the crafting and customization industry, plus thoughts on Silhouette's new innovations through the Cameo 5, Portrait 4, and Curio 2 machines.

For digital artist Kenji Hilton, creativity is truly limitless through his passion for apparel and electronic music. On his visit to HeatPressNation, Kenji and Jared discuss the origins of IKendoit. Studio and how his brand continues to grow today.

Big Brandoh and HeatPressNation's Jared reunite, but not at the HPN headquarters! With the two attending Silhouette Summit 2023, Jared and Big Brandoh discuss their thoughts on the new Cameo 5, Curio 2, and Portrait 4 machines, plus catch up on general happenings since their first episode.

From her beginnings in personal training to a major switch towards passionate crafting, Courtney Brickner from The Crafty Brick discusses her humble and inspiring story with Jared.

Nick from A&N Custom Prints runs a humble customization shop, which was almost ended by a sting operation! Dropping the details to Jared, he touches on the history of his business, how he managed to reach that dangerous point, and warnings to others down the line.

Dannesh Kassamali of Silky Socks discusses with Jared about the beginnings of his company, why they have always sourced quality blanks, plus the best Silky Socks choices for any sublimation business to go after.

Erastus Snorweah of Garment Creations sits down with Jared to discuss how his humble customization business grew into success, and over time became a valuable source of education for any heat press beginner to follow.

We're kicking off season 2 of Customizing Culture with Lauren Meystedt of Three Pairs of Ears! She and Jared dive into the origins of her unique crafting business. They also discuss how Lauren managed to find and sustain viral growth on TikTok, Instagram, and other social media sites.

We've made it to the end...for now! Jared and Chris look back at everything they've learned from our first round of Customizing Culture guests, and ultimately about themselves with their professional growths and personal goals throughout this journey and beyond. For creators looking to be on Customizing Culture season 2, email us at:  podcast@heatpressnation.com

Chris Godfrey from FOREVER Transfers USA visits HeatPressNation, settling down with Jared about the many innovative white toner, sublimation, and DTF transfers from FOREVER, plus some creative business advice on mastering white toner printing.

AS Colour's Wyatt Strassner stops by HeatPressNation, discussing with Jared the surprisingly fine details of creating quality apparel while staying efficient and ethical during their production.

Jared and Sallie Shaw (Simply Sallie) discuss the Etsy business experience, covering some triumphant surprises, key advice, work-life balance, and more about operating one full-time in today's market.

Jared chats it up with the guys from Print On Demand Cast about, you guessed it, print-on-demand. They cover everything from making money with your existing digital artwork to common hurdles associated with a new print-on-demand business. And also a few dad jokes in between.

Graphic Tee Academy's Mae Cee visits HeatPressNation to talk with Jared about inspiring stories of her busy endeavors in the customization industry, how her family has been driven to run their own business, plus the triumphs, surprises, and hardships that took place.

Izy Clark of The Funnel Cake Tree stops by HeatPressNation, discussing with Jared about her family's story in her perspective, trials and victories in art education, what inspired her to run her blooming business as a social media-minded artist and more. Find Izy on social: @thefunnelcaketree

Jared taps into the mind of experienced apparel designer Jon Phenom, whom dived straight into an industry of cutting edge fashion, and grew into educating thousands of aspiring brand creators across the nation and around the world online.

After nearly two months since our first episode, Jared catches up with fellow HPN Live co-host Chris, discussing about how much his experience has changed and grown since joining the team, plus how much money you can truly receive from an Etsy side hustle.

Lee Stuart sits down with Jared to discuss his hard journey of once being a competitive motocross rider, into a professional screen printer that's succeeding with his Rogue Lab business. Along the way, he also covers his ultimate secret to running a rapidly growing business and future prospects.

The "free.99" visionary returns to HeatPressNation! Reyes The Entrepreneur and HPN's Jared discuss what it's like to start a business from the ground up with no money, and how YouTube has helped him grow and continue with apparel customization, as well as in covering other professional journeys  along the way.

Melanie from Mel's Crafty Corner drops by to talk about making the jump from side hustle to full time crafting and why to choose community over competition.

Jared visits the Supacolor headquarters to discuss the history, obstacles, victories, and technical details of the popular Supacolor custom transfers with company president Rum Walia.

Britney from Such A Creation stops by HPN, as she and Jared discuss about what sparked them into their crafting businesses, running them as busy parents, plus some nightmare stories with bad customers.

Jared sits down with longtime HeatPressNation customer and affiliate, Brandon Balasbas (a.k.a. Big Brandoh), discussing about his humble beginnings in the apparel industry and YouTube, supporting his following rather than big players, and maintaining work-life balance as a family man.

Jared talks to the newest member of the HeatPressNation team and talks about the limits and strengths of side hustle and the relevance of t-shirts in today's fashion.