Self Employment Track · Veterans Business Community

Self Employment Track

Hi Everyone

My name is Justin Zelenak and I was just approved for the VR&E Self employment track. It was a long process! I want to thank

@Brian LaFauci

and

@David Jones

for the help and I cant thank you guys enough!

Next Steps-

Equipment purchase

Find a commercial place

If anyone in the Massachusetts area has any leads on a commercial space it would be much appreciated.

My Business-

I started out of my sun room with a small DTF printer and grew EXCEPTIONALLY quick by word of mouth with local sports teams and businesses. Few months later I saw so much potential with TikTok so I started to figure out how to post and what to post to get seen. I made a Christmas design, made a video and posted it to my TikTok shop and within 4 days I had 1400 orders totaling over $95,000, I had to shut down my TikTok shop because my little printer couldn't keep up. I was blown away with mind blowing growth with TikTok and realized I needed bigger and faster equipment to keep up with any demand that is thrown my way.

I am now able to get a commercial size DTF printer and I also get to add embroidery to my business which was HIGHLY requested from all my customers.

I will be providing services to consumers, businesses, and anyone that wants to build their own brand. I have accounts with 3 of the biggest clothing wholesalers sale suppliers in the US with a wide selection of name brand clothing like Carhartt, Nike, Underarmour, Addidas, Dickies, Puma and tons more.

Thanks for the invite to the community!

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