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Kong Screen Printing reached $3M in revenue purely via word-of-mouth

Ryan Burkhardt · Advice Line with Tariq Farid of Edible Arrangements · Nov 6, 2025 · at 37:10

Ryan Burkhardt, founder of Kong Screen Printing, explains his company's historical growth model on The Advice Line.

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“We've never done any marketing. We've never done any advertising. It's just been word of mouth and people who want to work with us because we treat them well.”

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Kong Screen Printing has never done marketing or advertising and has grown entirely through word of mouth.

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