for all the teams that we’re joining in the walk. So, I think it’s fun to really get involved with some of the causes and not just as the shirt printer, but actually do things for them. And, and I’ve always done that throughout my career, and have always enjoyed it, and you meet some great people and some of them turn into clients because, you know, they’re attending the breakfast kickoff or whatever. You never know who you are going to sit next to, and that’s kind of a fun way to meet business leaders. And, I’ve always enjoyed that aspect of it. Rick Roth I’ve met some pretty great people. I have to say it bothered me sometimes that we would go with trade shows to an area besides drinking the beer and providing some employment. You know, it’d be nice to do something else, right? And we’re printing t-shirts on one other there. Sometimes I didn’t really — it was kind of vague what the cause was. And I’m like if we’re going to print shirts anyway, and we’re going to be in New Orleans, then we should do something for New Orleans. So, you know, I didn’t have a close personal connection. I had a small one at the New Orleans Musicians Clinic, and my friend that lived there suggested that I check it out. So I want to check it out. And it’s a great organization, and I made some lifelong friends of the people that run it, and the people that work there now. And so, really great things came of it personally as well. It was a big payback; I have to say. Marshall Atkinson
And that kind of brings up the whole idea of ‘it’s more than just a business’. It’s more than transactional and has a lot of personal meaning and growth. Rick Roth
Correct. Yeah. It’s definitely more important than just the money, that’s for sure. But you build goodwill and other people that are involved are donors to see what you’re doing and, you know, have a good feeling about your company. I never got as much business as you might think though, you know, that’s not been the driving force behind me doing it. And it hasn’t happened as a happenstance either. You know, well, you do this for this organization. Maybe some of the other people involved are going to see and order shirts from you more often. Somebody tries to hit you up for free. It’s because they see you doing it. And you know, I’m okay with that. I just don’t have any illusions that just because you do something nice, you’re going to get a bunch of work out of it. Marshall Atkinson Right. You should be, you know, altruistic and not expect anything. Rick Roth Right. I mean, it can happen, but I don’t think it works as your main purpose. People see through that. Marshall Atkinson Well, what’s next for you guys? Do you have any causes that you’re going to be printing for?
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