Michael Nemeroff is the CEO and co-founder of RushOrderTees, a technology-driven eCommerce custom apparel company. Founded in 2002 when Michael was only 17 with his brother and sister, RushOrderTees specializes in industry-leading turnaround times for everyone from teams to small businesses to Fortune 500 companies. Over the past 18 years, the company has focused on the customer experience by streamlining the entire process with its innovative design studio, incredible service, and the quickest deliveries in the industry.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
Marcus Lemonis
When business started difficulties overcame:
“there are a few. Funding was definitely an issue… The difficulty initially that I to overcome was just figuring out how to start a business and what skill set I could apply to it. And its kind of just naturally evolved into okay I am making websites so now I can trade traffic with sites and then sell products as an affiliate of other sites. So, it was just putting the pieces together that equal the initial selling of a product. That is the start of a business. So, it was just figuring those pieces out were difficult at first ”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Book by Malcolm Gladwell
Favourite Quote:
“If You’re Going Through Hell, Keep Going” Winston Churchill
Recommended Online Resources:
First Round Capital is a seed stage venture firm focused on building a vibrant community of technology entrepreneurs and companies
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“I wouldn’t overthink anything when you are getting started except the one thing, I would think a lot about is one or two things but mostly selling the product. So, either marketing or how my going to market or how I’m going to sell this product. Because that is really where you can be the business… Without just getting started on the sales side you could spend months just preparing the logo and the design of the website and just never doing anything. So, sales and marketing should drive your business not your logo design”…[Listen for More]
More About Michael Nemeroff:
Rush Order Tees
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“The most important thing for any athlete is to know his ability. If you know your ability and have even a little bit of a strong mindset, you can get success, because your ability takes you to success.” Virender Sehwag
Other Quotes From the Chat with Michael Nemeroff:

* “I think that watching real entrepreneurs work like a Marcus Lemonis on The Profit or there is a show as most people now called Shark Tank but there is a show called Beyond the Tank which shows the entrepreneur actually with the people and businesses they’ve invested in. It will give you a sense of how people communicate, how decisions are made and just the honesty that goes with being an entrepreneur. So, I would say watching people in action whether it be someone that you know that is willing to mentor you and asking them if you can come and shadow them in their business or watching them on television”
* “the secrets really lie in what are you willing to sacrifice. So, if you can write down a list of on one side here is what I want – a house, a car, whatever you want. You have to write on the other side of that list what are you willing to s…