{"id":1524,"date":"2010-10-18T10:30:54","date_gmt":"2010-10-18T10:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/?p=1524"},"modified":"2010-10-18T10:30:54","modified_gmt":"2010-10-18T10:30:54","slug":"the-washington-post-tells-the-tale-of-customink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/the-washington-post-tells-the-tale-of-customink\/","title":{"rendered":"The Washington Post Tells The Tale of CustomInk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/WashingtonPostArticle2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1980\" src=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/WashingtonPostArticle2.jpg\" alt=\"Washington Post CustomInk Article\" width=\"660\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/WashingtonPostArticle2.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/WashingtonPostArticle2-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.customink.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/WashingtonPostArticle2-473x300.jpg 473w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3>Extra! Extra! Read All About It!<\/h3>\n<p>This morning, <em>The Washington Post<\/em> ran a story about CustomInk including an interview with our CEO, Marc Katz. Marc feels a little odd to be the focus of the story (he said so himself), but as one of the entrepreneurial minds behind a company that helps millions of people design <a title=\"Custom T-Shirts\" href=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/categories\/t-shirts\/4\" target=\"_blank\">custom t-shirts<\/a> and <a title=\"Custom Sweatshirts\" href=\"http:\/\/www.customink.com\/custom\/custom-sweatshirts.htm\" target=\"_blank\">sweatshirts<\/a> for their special groups and occasions; his is a tale worth telling. The print edition features a great photo of Marc with a headline about his trading in a suit for a t-shirt, but Marc was quick to point out that he feels building CustomInk has been a team effort and we\u2019re all proud of getting the company where it is and making our story worth telling!<\/p>\n<p>Yay for attention from our hometown paper! Just in case you missed it (or perhaps don&#8217;t read <em>our <\/em>local paper) you can read the <a title=\"CustomInk in The Washington Post\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/10\/17\/AR2010101702438.html\" target=\"_blank\">full story online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extra! Extra! Read All About It! This morning, The Washington Post ran a story about CustomInk including an interview with our CEO, Marc Katz. 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The print edition features a great photo of Marc with a headline about his trading in a suit for a t-shirt, but Marc was quick to point out [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-customink-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Washington Post Tells The Tale of CustomInk - Custom Ink Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Extra! Extra! Read All About It! This morning, The Washington Post ran a story about CustomInk including an interview with our CEO, Marc Katz. 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