Building Blocks Through Hard Seasons – Ed Jewell
5/21/20261 hr 5 min
Today’s guest is my friend Ed Jewell, entrepreneur and owner of Danger Press. In this conversation, we talk about forgiveness, leadership, building businesses through difficult seasons, navigating relationships, hiring and letting people go, and how the ups and downs of life often become the building blocks of who we’re becoming. We also talk about the origin story of So Worth Loving and the reality that building something meaningful often comes with uncertainty, sacrifice, heartbreak, and growth. Also, a friendly heads up before you press play: Ed’s vocabulary is a little colorful in this episode 😂 so maybe save this one for the car ride without little ears around. This episode is an honest conversation about:
- forgiveness and maintaining relationships
- entrepreneurship and leadership
- the emotional weight of being your own boss
- building structure inside a growing business
- learning how to lead people well
- the hardship of difficult business decisions
- resilience through changing seasons of life
- why painful seasons often shape us the most Sometimes the hardest seasons are not destroying us. Sometimes they’re building us. If you’re walking through a difficult season, leading something heavy, rebuilding after disappointment, or trying to find purpose in the middle of uncertainty, this conversation is for you. As always, know your worth and remind others of theirs. About Ed: Ed Jewell is the founder of Danger Press, a screen printing company based in Atlanta that has worked with major brands like CNN, Cartoon Network, TBS, and Adult Swim. For 29 years, Ed has built a business rooted in relationships, quality, and integrity. Before screen printing, he spent a decade in the music industry as a signed artist and bass player. He's a husband, father, mentor, and believer in second chances. Follow us at https://www.instagram.com/soworthloving Follow Danger Press at https://www.instagram.com/dangerpress Learn more about Ed Jewell at https://www.dangerpress.com/danger-crew/
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First 90 secondsEryn Eddy Atkins· Host0:00
What's up, Sewer Loving family? My name is Erin Eddy Atkins if you're new here, and I am the host for the Sewer Loving podcast. This episode that we have on today is one that's very special to me. He changed the trajectory of my business. He mentored me in how to scale a business, how to print apparel, and how to stand out amidst competition. He is one that believed in me, and what's really cool is, and what you'll learn in the story, is that while I came to him starting to build my business, he too was new, but had a few really big accounts, like CNN and Cartoon Network. And so we kind of helped each other, but I'd like to say that he definitely helped me way more than, uh, I helped him. [laughs] And what I love about his journey and where he's gotten today, 29 years now into the printing business, is that he believes everything is a building block. And yes, there's messy parts of it, but they're building blocks to the journey that you're on today. And so releasing the shame, forgiving the people around you, is one of the best things you can do for yourself, and that's what he talks a lot about. So listen to this episode with my friend Ed Jewell. You'll really enjoy it. Pass it to a friend, and don't forget to subscribe to Sewer Loving. One thing to note, Ed has a very colorful mouth on him, and I asked him to be himself, and I'm glad that he was. So if you have little kids listening to this episode, I encourage you to go ahead and put some headphones in or maybe listen to this episode later. So I hope that you enjoy this episode