Ann Arbor T-Shirt Company
start up

Sat, Jun 3 8:00 A.M. NH EXPLORE  

Jerry Kozak and Ricky Winowiecki began printing and selling t-shirts out of their college dorm with little success. After graduation, they borrowed $16,000 from friends and family to buy their first commercial t-shirt printer. After a couple more years of dismal sales, business started to pick up. The company got its first significant contracts and moved into a warehouse. With over 50 employees and two dogs, Ann Arbor t-shirt company prints and embroiders over 500,000 shirts per year for clients all over the world. This is a story about resilience and absolutely refusing to give up.

Episode Duration: 26 minutes and 48 seconds

Episode Number: 812

All broadcast times for this episode: (show all)

Sat, Jun 3 8:00 A.M. Ann Arbor T-Shirt Company     NH EXPLORE

About Start Up:

This series offers viewers an up-close and personal look into the world of the modern American entrepreneur.

As complicated as starting a business may seem, the goal is to demystify the process by sharing the real life experiences of average Americans who are taking control of their own destiny while creating jobs for others.

Over 90% of all companies in America are small businesses.

Those small businesses employee over 50% of all people working in this country.

Today's media rarely focus on the stories of those Americans and their hard work, despite small-businesses being the backbone of the country.

"Start Up" is a explores the next generation of American business owners and the dreams that drive them.


Future Broadcast times for "Start Up": (show all)

Sat, Jun 3 8:00 A.M. Ann Arbor T-Shirt Company     NH EXPLORE
Sat, Jun 3 8:30 A.M. Michigan Fields     NH EXPLORE
Sun, Jun 4 1:30 P.M. Big Bon Family- Savannah, GA     NH WORLD
Fri, Jun 9 6:30 A.M. Module: Pittsburgh, PA     NH CREATE
Sat, Jun 10 8:00 A.M. Tru Colors Brewery- Wilmington, NC     NH EXPLORE
Sat, Jun 10 8:30 A.M. Vertical Roots- Charleston, SC     NH EXPLORE
Fri, Jun 16 6:30 A.M. Valencia Key: Philadelphia, PA     NH CREATE
Sat, Jun 17 8:00 A.M. Sea Love Sea Salt- Burgaw, NC     NH EXPLORE
Sat, Jun 17 8:30 A.M. Amphibian Air- Savannah, GA     NH EXPLORE
Sun, Jun 18 1:30 P.M. Mother Trucker Yoga- Hartford, WI     NH WORLD
Fri, Jun 23 6:30 A.M. Hex Ferments: Baltimore, MD     NH CREATE
Sat, Jun 24 8:00 A.M. Genesis Block- Wilmington, NC     NH EXPLORE
Sat, Jun 24 8:30 A.M. Yaupon Wellness Company- Savannah, GA     NH EXPLORE
Sun, Jun 25 1:30 P.M. Charleston Shoe Co: Charleston, SC     NH WORLD
Fri, Jun 30 6:30 A.M. The Rounds: Philadelphia, PA     NH CREATE
Sat, Jul 1 8:00 A.M. Bitty and Beau's Coffee- Wilmington, NC     NH EXPLORE

NHPBS Over-the-Air Broadcast

WENH-TV Ch. 11 Durham

WLED-TV Ch. 48 Littleton

WEKW-TV Ch. 18 Keene

W50DP-D Ch. 50 Hanover

W34DQ-D Ch. 34 Pittsburg

Cable and Satellite Channels


NHPBS NHPBS Passport Passport

This Old House | E23 | First Period Gambrel | Factory Built
Ask This Old House | E23 | Flagstone Repairs, Tub Diverter | Ask This Old House
NOVA | Saving the Right Whale
Iconic America | The Hollywood Sign
My Grandparents' War | Emeli Sandé
Nature | Attenborough’s Wonder of Song
Antiques Roadshow | Shelburne Museum, Hour 2
Independent Lens | Matter of Mind: My ALS
My Music with Rhiannon Giddens | Episode 1
Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale | Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale
Tom Jones | Episode 2
Great Performances | Now Hear This
Next at the Kennedy Center | Continuum: Jason Moran & Christian McBride
Changing Planet | Episode 1
La Frontera with Pati Jinich | Back to the Middle
How Saba Kept Singing | How Saba Kept Singing
Rick Steves' Europe | Art of the Renaissance
Austin City Limits | ACL Presents 21st Annual Americana Honors
American Experience | The Movement and the
Gershwin Prize | Joni Mitchell: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize
Finding Your Roots | Out of the Past
Celebrity Antiques Road Trip | Brian Cox CBE and Philip Jackson
Marie Antoinette | Deus Ex Machina
American Masters | In The Making
Sanditon | Episode 1
Awakening in Taos: The Mabel Dodge Luhan Story | Awakening in Taos: The Mabel Dodge Luhan Story
Ruth Stone's Vast Library of the Female Mind | Ruth Stone's Vast Library of the Female Mind
Fight the Power: How Hip Hop Changed the World | Still Fighting
POV | POV Shorts: Happiness is £4 Million
After Action | Taps
The Best of the Joy of Painting with Bob Ross | Stormy Seas