Taylor Killings Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Hi, my name is Taylor and I am a double major at the University of North Texas. I am majoring in Entrepreneurship and Broadcast journalism and I'm preparing to open a tattoo shop within walking distance of my university that currently has 36,000 students enrolled. My shop will be open jan 2015, and I'm in the hiring process of artists. You may contact me at [email protected]. Thanks Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4888-may-i-introduce-myself/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
tatB Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Welcome. Have any tattoo pictures to share with us? Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4888-may-i-introduce-myself/#findComment-87092 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CultExciter Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 May we introduce you to this thread: http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/general-tattoo-discussion/152-non-tattooers-opening-shops.html tatB, MadeIndelible, Johannes and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4888-may-i-introduce-myself/#findComment-87094 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugxjuice Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Scrappy's House of Pain Tattoo Company, WOW! What a fuckin joke MadeIndelible and tatB 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4888-may-i-introduce-myself/#findComment-87095 Share on other sites More sharing options...
exume Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 What aspect of your broadcasting and journalism majors best qualifies you to run a tattoo shop? Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4888-may-i-introduce-myself/#findComment-87114 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Killings Posted March 5, 2014 Author Share Posted March 5, 2014 I come from a line of entrepreneurs. That is my main focus. I am currently working on an apprenticeship, and learning about the art of tattooing. However, I don't believe that disqualifies me from being able to run a shop since I know the ins and outs of it. - - - Updated - - - It's a name based off of the university I go to. The shop will be within walking distance and catering to the 36,000 students that go there. The mascot is the Eagle, and the eagle's name is Scrappy. It's original to say the least. - - - Updated - - - What aspect of your broadcasting and journalism majors best qualifies you to run a tattoo shop? It was a typo and was supposed to say entrepreneurship and broadcast journalism. Entrepreneurship is by far my strong suit, but I decided to pick up a second major. - - - Updated - - - May we introduce you to this thread:http://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/general-tattoo-discussion/152-non-tattooers-opening-shops.html What's wrong with it? Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4888-may-i-introduce-myself/#findComment-87118 Share on other sites More sharing options...
motsimus Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 the thing that is scary here is that you keep mentioning your an entrepreneur, meaning your purely doing this as a business venture/money maker and not for the love of tattooing. I think you should reconsider and open a takeaway joint. tatB 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4888-may-i-introduce-myself/#findComment-87132 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadeIndelible Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 This is almost as bad as the Affliction ad I just saw on the bottom of this page. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4888-may-i-introduce-myself/#findComment-87133 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tatB Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 the thing that is scary here is that you keep mentioning your an entrepreneur, meaning your purely doing this as a business venture/money maker and not for the love of tattooing. I think you should reconsider and open a takeaway joint. hearing the word "entrepreneur" makes me feel unclean. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4888-may-i-introduce-myself/#findComment-87134 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bexter Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 hearing the word "entrepreneur" makes me feel unclean. So this. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4888-may-i-introduce-myself/#findComment-87135 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diehardonvhs Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Please ask yourself, do you have anything to offer to tattooing as a whole? Or do you just plan to make money and give nothing back? CultExciter 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4888-may-i-introduce-myself/#findComment-87137 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hogg Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Hi, @Taylor Killings. As several posters have already made clear, Last Sparrow is not a place you'll find tattoo artists to fill the roster at the shop you plan to open. I'll leave it at that. Now, if you have tattoos on your person (or that you've done) that you'd like to share, those would be welcome. Just understand that by asking professional tattooers to work at your as-yet-unopened shop when you are still but an apprentice, you have likely rubbed many people here the wrong way. CultExciter, tatB and Iwar 3 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4888-may-i-introduce-myself/#findComment-87138 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Killings Posted March 5, 2014 Author Share Posted March 5, 2014 the thing that is scary here is that you keep mentioning your an entrepreneur, meaning your purely doing this as a business venture/money maker and not for the love of tattooing. I think you should reconsider and open a takeaway joint. The only reason I mention that is because I believe that I have the necessary tools of running a successful shop, but just not for money. I love the art of tattoos and have 6 tattoos already and counting. I want my shop to be an artist forward shop, working as a team and always learning new things. I'm all for my artists and helping them help themselves. While I do realize I am running a business, my artists are also running their own business under me. I don't want to do a 60/40 split because I feel as if that's being robbed. So I am asking for booth rental, while I also advertise for them and bring in customers. I don't think what I'm trying to do is as bad as y'all make it out to be. I'm also about to start on my apprenticeship if that helps. Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4888-may-i-introduce-myself/#findComment-87147 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bugxjuice Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 "I'm about to start law school, so I might as well start my own law firm in the meantime!" Stax138 1 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4888-may-i-introduce-myself/#findComment-87149 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I totally agree, have a great day ! :) Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4888-may-i-introduce-myself/#findComment-87151 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tatB Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Absolutely none of these nonsense topics are worth discussing. It is actually embarrassing to be an active member of a forum that gets so easily side tracked by complete shitheads. Lets all (myself included) make a better effort to talk about good tattoos and only good tattoos. Ignore everything else. cltattooing, MadeIndelible, motsimus and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4888-may-i-introduce-myself/#findComment-87153 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orangutango Posted March 6, 2014 Share Posted March 6, 2014 The only reason I mention that is because I believe that I have the necessary tools of running a successful shop, but just not for money. I love the art of tattoos and have 6 tattoos already and counting. I want my shop to be an artist forward shop, working as a team and always learning new things. I'm all for my artists and helping them help themselves. While I do realize I am running a business, my artists are also running their own business under me. I don't want to do a 60/40 split because I feel as if that's being robbed. So I am asking for booth rental, while I also advertise for them and bring in customers. I don't think what I'm trying to do is as bad as y'all make it out to be. I'm also about to start on my apprenticeship if that helps. (Sorry Harry, just had to.) This just reads "Business cliche, university student idealism cliche, I'm super progressive cliche... Touch base... Shift paradigms... Revolutionize outside the box..." I'm all for fake it till you make it but this kind of generic patter is so transparent. Also when someone shows you exactly where to read some pertinent information about your questions, including opinions from some extremely well respected tattoo makers, but your response is not to read that information but just ask "what's wrong with it?" then we have nothing for you here. Good luck. tatB and CultExciter 2 Quote Link to comment https://www.lastsparrowtattoo.com/forum/t/4888-may-i-introduce-myself/#findComment-87227 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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