The Cause

How I Started An Apparel Printing Business Focused On Giving Back

June 20th, 2019
Antoine Taylor
Founder, The Cause
$8K
revenue/mo
2
Founders
3
Employees
The Cause
from Los Angeles, California, USA
started January 2017
$8,000
revenue/mo
2
Founders
3
Employees
market size
$1.38B
avg revenue (monthly)
$44K
starting costs
$18.9K
gross margin
43%
time to build
270 days
average product price
$7
growth channels
Word of mouth
business model
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Facebook, Stripe, Square
time investment
Full time
pros & cons
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Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?

My name is Antoine Taylor and I own an apparel and printing company called The Cause International that donates a percentage of its profits back to those in need.

We also finalized our papers to branch off and have a non-profit - which is now established as of this year, called The Cause International Non-profit. Yes I know it’s a bit confusing at first! We have two separate entities under the same name but hopefully I can explain that later throughout this interview in more detail. But that is the basic summary of what we do as a company!

So this is where it gets confusing. I have my own streetwear brand BUT we also print apparel and create spirit packs for high schools, colleges, and small businesses.

I think our flagship products would be the custom packs we do for schools and businesses though. More specifically for athletic teams within the schools we work with. In our first year of starting our business we gave back 65% of our profits to those in need. Truly we didn’t profit much from our first year of business because we realized there were people that needed that money more. And giving back to the community is a core value of...

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