Sticker Stories Podcast

To celebrate the fifth National Sticker Day and StickerGiant's 20th year in business, the team takes a look back into the archives to bring our Top Ten Stickers of All Time. Join Jesse, Andrew and Alison as they discuss stickers and labels that have made history.

Kim Pinkerton, co-founder of Aloha Trading Company, visits with Megan to talk about how their small business serves Main Street shoppers in Longmont. She also addresses how a modern consignment location can offer a different type of retail experience for discerning customers looking for that special item.

Sam dials in Shaquanda from Harlem, New York, to talk about how this hot sauce idea from a drag show at the Bowery turned into a growing small business. Born in Brooklyn but with roots planted firmly in Barbados, Shaquanda's sauce is a celebration of flavors and seasons of life that can turn every meal into a performance.

Phil Lewis is a visionary artist based in Colorado, and he joins Andrew to talk about his artistic process and how he uses stickers to promote his unique gallery space on Pearl Street in Downtown Boulder.

Elise Blaha Cripe is an accomplished entrepreneur, passionate crafter, long-time blogger, published author, and the host of her own Podcast: Elise Gets Crafty. In this episode, she talks with Hamish about her newest product, Get To Work Book, which a daily planner and goal-setting workbook that gives you the tools to help you do the work.

In this episode, Megan sits down with Mardi Moore, the Executive Director of Out Boulder County, an organization that builds community for the LGBTQIA population in Boulder County. Through events, activities, support groups, Out Boulder County reaches over 9,000 people each year.

Betsy Lay, Lady Justice head brewer and co-founder, joins this episode to talk with Sam about the early days of building a community supported brewery in Denver, CO, and how their commitment to social justice work assists Colorado-based organizations that promote the status and opportunity of women and girls.

Andrew Hyde and Ef Rodriquez of Glider.com, a community event non-profit, talk about how events like Boulder Startup Week, TEDxBoulder and Ignite Boulder have helped transform a college town into a hub for technological innovation, community organizing and new ideas.

Chef Bob Haney, founder of Heavenly Waffles, came by our factory to feed our team of Giants. Afterwards, he sat down with Andrew to talk about how he created the yogurt-based recipe for his waffles in his grandmother's kitchen in Omaha, and how his journey to becoming a chef with his own brand actually started as a fashion model. Along the way, they spoke about branding, marketing and how to evolve in the fast-paced food service industry.

Damon Baz Redd, founder of Kind Design, creates Colorado inspired clothing, gear and apparel. Hamish sat down with Damon to talk about how he's growing his eCommerce-based business, what's next as he branches into new markets with custom topographic ties, and how a disaster can lead to new opportunities.

Beth of Bee Square Apiaries chats with Megan about how her bee-powered business took flight, and how the many varietals of honey are made at her honey farm in Berthoud, Colorado. She also discusses the interesting life of bees and how their intelligence helps shape each hive, and in turn, the success of her business.

Jimmy Seidel talks with Hamish about starting Snarf's Sandwiches, and his path to making "the world's greatest sandwich." In the conversation they discuss how Jimmy learned the sandwich trade, how the business is growing into new markets, and what Snarf's does to promote their various locations.

Travis Towe from our Art Department sits down with Andrew to discusses his love of old school skateboard stickers and how that led to a career designing skateboards for Satellite Board Shop in Boulder and then working at StickerGiant.

John Fischer, founder and CEO of StickerGiant, shares the story of the annual cookbook tradition and how it helps create a company culture based around employees. This year's edition also features an digital-only offering of recipes and fun GIFs. See stickergiant.com/cookbook for more.

John Kure of Kure's Ginger Beer sits down with our podcast team to talk about how he started up his canned beverage business after a career in the craft beer industry. During this conversation, John talked about how they designed their company logo, how they decided on a sticker concept, what new flavors are on tap and what markets they plan to grow in the future.

Josh Crane of The Coffee Ride talks about his sustainable coffee business practices and growing a brand one bike ride at a time. Along they way, he and Hamish talk about grassroots marketing and how a small business can scale.

Our marketing team sits down to talk about the StickerGiant Five Step Proven Process for how we tell stories to sell stickers and labels.

Katie Hunt is the founder of Tradeshow Bootcamp, host of the Proof to Product podcast, a business strategist and mentor to creative entrepreneurs. Megan talks with Katie about her passion for creating, her mind for business and her desire to help others succeed with three essential tools: community, collaboration and education.

The folks at Johnny Battle embroider logos into professional apparel that their customers are excited to wear, and they are growing a new company culture as their business takes off.

Michael Memsic, co-founder and CEO of Sanitas Brewing, joins Hamish to talk about running a growing Colorado craft brewery and how his business has fundamentally changed since implementing Traction, a leadership system run by EOS Worldwide.