I’ve been overseas the past few days for work unrelated to The Syndicate. Traveling is great. It’s so important to experience other cultures outside of your own. Keeps you grounded and focused on whats really important.
-K
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My SoCal family was in town visiting SF this past week and we spent a day checking out some of my favorite spots in the city.
My cousins and I we’re testing out the new voice recorder app on the latest iphone upgrade. I’m actually pretty impressed with the clarity.
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Looking forward to the next family event,
-K
I recently went to my first Cubs game at the legendary Wrigley Field. Tony, Johnny and I made a day of it starting at Rocket Burger on Waveland Street. After lunch we headed over to the game. My brother Johnny had to check out the massive wall of red white and blue Cubs hats.
Our tickets were for the general admission outfield bleacher section and since we were running a little late from lunch we ended up having to stand for the first 15 minutes of the game. The frustration of having to stand at the game was soon replaced by that of amazement when we were escorted to a group of front row seats in right field at the expense of some Minnesota Twins fans. Apparently the stadium employees were looking to get rid of a few unruly out of town fans. Awesome.
After a nice afternoon at the ballpark, it doesn’t get any better.
-W
This proves that back in the hayday Saved By The Bell wasn’t just a soild TV show to spend your youth on but it also had a strong cast. Zack Morris (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) has gone on to pursue his acting career and shows here he can still jump back in to those old school high tops and washed out jeans. This made my Monday.
*Note: This also proves that Jimmy Fallon, although prob a decent guy, is still a horrible actor/host and should be removed as the replacement to Conan O’Brien.
-K
I wanted to post a note for those people who are new to the blog and have recently been introduced to our start-up.
The Syndicate is all about the group effort. Bottom line, that’s why we’re here and why we will continue to work towards our goals by involving as much friends, family and people we meet along the way. On this same note, Michigan will always be a key part of this collective. The company is a two fold operation divided evenly between myself and William. To dum it down, I apply my creative background of art, design and photography and William helps brings the ideas to life from a business and development side of things.
The story behind why and where is a little more in depth, which over time we will gladly explain in detail. For now, I’ll try to explain through a few key points.
I’ve known William for about 12+ years. From the same small town, to college roommates and now connecting across country via The Syndicate. For some of you, you may remember a small project, I started in college around 05 with another roommate Brad Burke. After school Brad and I decided to pursue our degrees and literally landed jobs on each coast of the country, NYC and LA. A huge accomplishment right out of college, but as a result the apparel project was put to rest.
It only took a month away before I had that creative craving back. A huge part of me didn’t want to let go of getting into apparel and graphics. I had numerous friends ask what the deal was.. where did the shirts go and what was next? With a college loan and other goals I didn’t have the time or money to start my own line. I had just committed to a new goal of moving across country and progressing my design career into soft goods.
I had a lot of friends support along the way and I decided if I did indeed start something new it was going to be a solid, well thought out company. I knew in order to take on the things I had in mind I couldn’t do it by myself. I needed some help to bring my ideas to life. So with almost a year of cross country planning, over 100+ names and logos later The Syndicate was born.
I’m enjoying reflecting lately so consider this a “to be continued” conversation…
-K
Sometimes in the middle of the grind it’s hard to keep up to date esp. with software and office supplies. William recently upgraded his computer setup with some new programs and OS on his Mac.
After being here in SF for over a year and plenty of trips to Kinkos, I finally invested in a combo printer and scanner setup. This is going to help bring some of those drawings to the computer stage with even more efficiency, so cheers to that.
New packaging setup and supplies…
and even inventory containers to keep those authentic items safe and sound.
All in all we’re trying to take every educated step we can as a brand to grow and move forward.
*photos by William
-K
