business-cards
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VistaPrint made small orders a big business
A business card looks simple. Making a few hundred affordable took a different kind of factory - and a company willing to rewrite its own instructions.
Richard Moross and the curious survival of the business card
Richard Moross built MOO by giving an ordinary business card a little personality. Getting there meant abandoning a dreadful name, listening to people who disagreed with him, and learning which ideas deserved to survive.
USA Printing & Graphics makes the small business visible
A Visalia print shop puts business ideas onto cards, banners, blueprints and even a tablecloth. Its most revealing gesture began with a student selling water bottles.
Graphics360 and the price of “I need it today”
A family-owned Santa Ana print shop sells business cards, banners, and vehicle wraps. Its more revealing product is the human attention between an uploaded file and a very public mistake.
Ronna Kirkland Makes the Case for Marketing You Can Hold
Business cards, door hangers, magnets: Ronna Kirkland’s design-and-print business serves companies with something to say and no extra employee to say it.
All Printing Services sells the part you cannot upload
At this family-run Encino print shop, the pitch is personal: help with the design, a plan for the deadline, and everything from business cards to a trade-show booth.
IQ Graphics makes the neighborhood look good
From restaurant menus to storefront lettering, this family-owned San Diego shop turns business identities into things people can hold, wear, and spot from the street.
MOO Made the Business Card Worth Keeping
A failed social calling card became a business built on paper, personality and letting customers choose. Twenty years after launch, MOO is taking that idea into branded merchandise - with some hard lessons from the factory floor.