Davis Siksnans, co-founder of Printful, is a young entrepreneur that specializes and innovates in his business. Printful, founded in 2013, is a company that is an on demand print service that allows people to sell print products online. The idea started a lot smaller and has grown to have over 500 employees in several different countries. The idea came as just helping people who want to custom print posters and like products and has evolved into more complex and developed to adapting to more services and requests from customers to meet the needs of the customers.
One thing that separates Davis from many other people or entrepreneurs in his field that have not been able to reach the same levels as Printful is how Davis prioritizes his time. How he spends his time is a huge point of emphasis and he makes sure no time is wasted or spent doing something that will not help his business. His fresh and innovative ideas on design and development have also been something that he really tries to improve daily and make better to better his business and the flexibility and ability to pivot at any given moment. His ability to see the bigger picture and not dwell on many of the smaller insignificant details in many given situations allows him to shoot big. He does have other people and business associates that focus on more detailed and smaller issues while he stresses more big picture ideas. An important thing that Davis has learned from over the years developing the business is that setting priorities is very important. Making sure you have the most important things on the checklist finished first and then delegating the smaller things is one way he has been able to free up his own time and be able to get stuff done that needs to get done.
I like how you talked about how David is great at time management and setting priorities. This is essential when creating a business as you do not have much time for anything else and you have to make sure that you get the things you need to done so that you can grow your business even more.
Davis seems like a successful, innovative, and versatile entrepreneur. He shows how you can start a business small, and scale it in both offerings and employees. Personally, I admire Davis’s investment in organization techniques. I would assume this has caused his business to have a healthier culture and operate smoother. Davis’s achievements alone show the benefit organization provides for productivity.
It’s very interesting to see how Siksnans evolved and pivoted his idea overtime! His story is solid evidence for the importance of flexibility in entrepreneurship.