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demandred
"From the blog: http://bit.ly/startuptees

This started as an idea to save money on laundry. We've visited the offices of Dropbox, Twilio, PB Works; even new startup Piazza, and we always accepted free t-shirts because it means more to wear and less to wash. Our ambitious goal: Sell 25 startup tee shirts for $25 each from 25 of our favorite startups. "

oneschool
Er...we've barely had to wear the same startup tee twice!
atarian
"25 startup tee shirts for $25 each from 25 of our favorite startups."

I can't tell if you're selling a T-shirt for $25 or 25 T-shirts for $25.

corin_
The key word is "each", meaning $25 per tshirt.
swanson
Reminds me of (the now defunct) Startup Schwag (http://www.startupschwag.com/). I'm a sucker for stickers and tshirts with a cool company logo so it sounds awesome.

I would take a look at what Startup Schwag was doing - if I recall you got a 'goodie bag' each month that had a shirt and some stickers, buttons, pens, etc.

oneschool
Thanks for the link. We'd check it out.

For now, we're just looking to do a limited-time offer from 25 startups (already have 5+ great startups committed) as a scrappy way to keep on bootstrapping our startup.

rrival
Or feel free to email me, I ran StartupSchwag - I'd be happy to answer any questions.
draz
hmm, are there no copyright issues involved with using another company's logo (I suppose I'm assuming a trademark was filed)?
swanson
I think the idea is to work with the companies involved, they get some money from selling the shirts and the startups get brand exposure.
oneschool
Exactly. This is our version of "Obama O's" (AirBNB); we really did get the idea form wearing startup tee shirts to save money on laundry.
joshuahays
Would love to add our shirt to this. :)
oneschool
Send me an email; it's in our profile.
walexander
Why does everyone's ecommerce site need a "daily deals" email sign up form now? What works for a coupon site is not likely to work for a T-Shirt site.

Show me some products and there's a slim chance I might buy something.

Show me nothing but a form to REQUEST spam every single day for a product i'm not even sure if I want? Ctrl+W.

rexf
Agreed

What's even worse is the model that asks for additional friend e-mails after you provide yours to get an invite.