# Starting a shirt company. Questions. **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 31, 2014, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-shirt-company-questions/703183 "2014-10-31T23:25:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-shirt-company-questions/703183/61 "2014-11-03T00:16:48Z")
I have come up with a T shirt slogan that will have buyers queuing at your factory door like they were the latest generation ipad. I am willing to let a limited number of astute investors in on the ground floor. I need people who push the envelope and aren’t afraid of innovation. All they need is to send me $100 to join this 100% guaranteed profit making enterprise. Send cheques to Bob++ c/o The Straight Dope. (checks will do if you must) ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-shirt-company-questions/703183/62 "2014-11-03T01:36:47Z")
> [@bob\_2](#): > > I have come up with a T shirt slogan that will have buyers queuing at your factory door like they were the latest generation ipad. [Too late… already got it!](http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t464/monkapotamus/mua_zps33b60e2c.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2014, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-shirt-company-questions/703183/63 "2014-11-03T02:12:45Z")
> [@Henryunderborn](#): > > Yall came around here stating business plans to me. I didn’t ask for business plans. I didn’t ask for market details. I didn’t ask for opinions on the positive or negative basis of what and entire I might be able to strive for. > > I simply wanted to know. > > WALKING OUT THE DOOR: > > 1. What I should be structured as. > 2. The details surrounding Trade Marking / Copy Righting. > > Through 50 posts, a skim of 3 posts, answered it. Nobody has said you need a lawyer? Corporate lawyers are experts at figuring how what kind of corporate structure you need. S corporation, limited liability, general partnership? But you’re not going to get that expert advice from a message board. The intellectual property questions are even more dependent on specialized legal knowledge. The $$ you spend on our lawyer and accountant will of course be tax deductible. We are mostly not lawyers, and those of us who are are not your lawyers. The information you seek is information you will have to pay for. One way or another. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-shirt-company-questions/703183/64 "2014-11-05T21:49:52Z")
**Henryunderborn** You seem to have massively underestimated the capital, time and effort it takes to create a business. Most people do. Out of all the people I know, I consider two (maybe three) qualified to start and run a business. Everybody else falls short somehow. Before anybody asks- no, I’m not qualified to start or run a business. The big (huge, Brobdingnagian even) difference between the OP and I, is that I am aware of my shortcomings in this matter. **Henryunderborn** most of the posts raise good points. For example, how will you deal with copycats? ETA If you do decide to go through with this, **Hillarity N Suze** is right. You will absolutely need a lawyer who deals in trademark and intellectual property law. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-shirt-company-questions/703183/65 "2014-11-05T22:18:22Z")
> [@Henryunderborn](#): > > Yall looked way to into the details of my person operation. I didn’t come here with any real insights about how I am going to go about succeeding with my business plan. > > I simply needed to know, two technical operating details. > > I will give you a hint. I am already rich. You know, but when you got this capitalist market we got, the different sub cultures, and all that. you know. it aint hurt. you know to drop open that piggy bank… make a few magnet transactions. > > ya feel me? Please tell me your company is named “Funky Finger Productions”! ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-shirt-company-questions/703183/66 "2014-11-05T22:50:48Z")
\<---------- I’m with Community College Graduate Also, don’t call the company “Triangle.” That’s taken. ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2014, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-shirt-company-questions/703183/67 "2014-11-05T23:02:43Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > … > > Also, don’t call the company “Triangle.” That’s taken. - shudder \* Macabre. Funny, but macabre. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-shirt-company-questions/703183/68 "2014-11-06T00:44:14Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > Also, don’t call the company “Triangle.” That’s taken. Waist of a good joke, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8c91f0/32.png) [@Bam\_Boo\_Gut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bam_Boo_Gut)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-shirt-company-questions/703183/69 "2014-11-06T16:55:32Z")
> [@astro](#): > > One size “large” - One color “black” - Limited quantity one (1) shirt. > It’s the phrase that pays now on a shirt! Maybe your shirt! > [The Shirt](http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t464/monkapotamus/WALKINGOUTTHEDOOR_zpsfb47b0cd.jpg) > > The Price - $ 100.00 > > The “WALKING OUT THE DOOR!” classic Short Sleeve T-Shirt stands out for its fit, comfort and quality. Classic cut to fit like a T-shirt should: comfortable but not sloppy. 100% artisanal Egyptian cotton 4.8 oz ring-spun jersey fabric. Double needle straddle-stitching on critical seams. Clean finished interior neck taping for comfort and durability. Pre-washed and shrunk to fit. Built to last. Made in Mongolia by Mongolians. I’m in (or out) - but only if it comes with a free door. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/starting-a-shirt-company-questions/703183.md?page=3)