These 3 Mechanical Engineers Crafted a Marketing Powerhouse

Team specializes in custom apparel, branding and web design

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After founding the apparel company Belong Designs straight out of college, best friends Ben Thomson, Shamus McNutt and Mark Grubbs noticed business owners peppering them with questions about their startup. Who was behind their apparel? Their website? Their logo?

The answer: They’d been doing it all themselves. That’s when the trio realized they were on to something. “We said, ‘Hey, we do that,’” Thomson explained. “What do you need?’”

FlowState designed and manufactured custom embroidered hats for the Anheuser-Busch-owned Breckenridge Brewery.
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This story first appeared in the September 17, 2018, issue of Adweek magazine. Click here to subscribe.