Are You Ready for the Serious Commitment?
Surround yourself with people that you absolutely trust during the R&D phase and recognize the knowledge they hold. There are times when it’s best to work with someone who “Doesn’t have a dog in the fight.” They will be the one that has your back and will support your needs as the customer.
Plan to spend the money, time and effort required to successfully achieve your ambitions with the repeatability and predictability that you’ll need to replicate the impressive results more than one time.
And for you parents supporting children...I watched a neighbor youngster—who was a southpaw and spent all of his spare time on a baseball field—grow up to be the second-best junior college prospect and named Junior College Player of the Year by Baseball America in 2002. He was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds two years straight and did not sign. Instead he went to the Baltimore Orioles. He actually came back home and donated thousands of dollars to our high school for improvements to its baseball program.
So commitment does pay off regardless of the circumstances.
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Darren has worked in the printing industry for 30 years and spent more than 12 years at two of the nation's leading high-end commercial printers: Bradley Printing in Des Plaines, IL, and Williamson Printing Corp. in Dallas, TX. During that time, he operated conventional and UV 40˝ sheetfed presses and also successfully managed a $15-million pressroom equipment transition. Darren also was Lead Press Instructor for Heidelberg, where he directed specialty equipment startups and was involved in all aspects of the printing process by teaching both instructor and pressroom employees.
In addition, he served as a troubleshooter for various printing companies in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. As operations manager for a start-up specialty folding carton company, he played a key role in achieving more than $6 million in sales within two years. Currently Darren is president of D.G. Print Solutions, a consulting firm that supports printing companies of all sizes. He specializes in growth development planning, pressroom color management and pressroom training through specialty print applications.
