Portland Gear: Portland Oregon Branded Apparel

PDX Small Business Network

This week, we’ve got the perfect entrepreneur dream in real life here on the PDX Small Business Network Podcast. Marcus Harvey, the brains behind Portland Gear sat down with me to tell the story behind his successful business, Portland Gear—and trust me, it’s a pretty incredible story. Marcus started his adventure with an Instagram showcasing all the best parts of Portland, which eventually grew into his business. Two and a half years later, he’s got a retail store on SW 19th Avenue, and the entire journey was nothing but an incredible success. IN THIS EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN: The full origin story of Portland Gear. Marcus leveraged his 70,000 followers on the Portland Instagram when he launched the Portland Gear website, which started with two shirt designs that had a stock of thirty-six shirts each. He sold out within half an hour and made five grand on the first day alone! The power of Instagram. Though Marcus and Portland Gear exist on all kinds of social media, Instagram is truly their bread and butter and the reason why Portland Gear has been so successful. Their favorite event they’ve done, “Brand Camp”. They brought in a few high schoolers and college kids to sit in on some lessons about business and entrepreneurship to learn about Portland Gear and how they could be successful as well for a three-day event during this past summer. It was so successful, they are intending to do it again next year! What’s in store for the future. Portland Gear is focused on Portland right now, and Marcus knows they have much more to learn. One thing he did mention was the possibility of an airport store “when it feels right”. LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Marcus Harvey Portland Gear LinkedIn Instagram Facebook Twitter There are so many more incredible details to Marcus’ story, so you’re just going to have to listen to his episode and find out more for yourself. Oh, and his favorite place in Portland? Tea Bar, run by his friend Erica! Check out his episode and his unbelievable story to success today—you definitely won’t want to miss it!