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Afterburn: Maker Talk After Dark

Afterburn: Maker Talk After Dark

By: Erik & Ashlee Crowell
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Afterburn is the after-dark maker show for people building real businesses with lasers, UV printing, DTF, embroidery, and custom products.

Every week, Erik Crowell and Ashlee Crowell go live and unfiltered once the shop lights go down. No script. No highlight reel. No fluff.

Each episode gets into the stuff nobody else streams: shop talk, pricing, workflows, mistakes, tools, trends, and the messy middle of turning maker skills into real revenue. Plus a rotating guest and whatever the live chat throws at us.

What works, what doesn't, and what's actually worth your money. Pull up a chair. Thursdays, 9PM ET.

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Episodes
  • Scaling for Q4: Hiring, Training, and Getting Found by AI

    Scaling for Q4: Hiring, Training, and Getting Found by AI
    13 Oct 2026

    Scaling for Q4: Hiring, Training, and Getting Found by AI | Afterburn Ep. 8

    Back from Printing United and a week away, Erik and Ashlee came home 400+ items behind. This one is about scaling for Q4: hiring and training new help, turning our system into the training manual, why we skipped a $1,200/month marketing agency and built our own AI systems instead, and why your corporate gifting window closes at the end of October.

    All Episodes: https://afterburn.show
    Maker Resources: https://mfco.app/makers
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    27 min
  • Mall Shop Math, Fraud Orders & the Package That Vanished

    Mall Shop Math, Fraud Orders & the Package That Vanished
    13 Oct 2026

    Mall Shop Math, Fraud Orders & the Package That Vanished | Afterburn Ep. 7


    Erik and Ashlee get into what it really costs to run a maker shop inside a mall, the fraud filters that save you from chargebacks, and the FedEx package that vanished into the mail system. Plus the air assist fix that cleaned up the Hydra 16 and a Printing United preview.

    All Episodes: https://afterburn.show

    Maker Resources: https://mfco.app/makers
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    48 min
  • Meet Ashlee: Craft Shows, Trade Shows, and Running a Shop Together

    Meet Ashlee: Craft Shows, Trade Shows, and Running a Shop Together
    13 Sep 2026

    Meet Ashlee: Craft Shows, Trade Shows, and Running a Shop Together | Afterburn Ep. 6

    All Episodes: https://afterburn.show
    Maker Resources: https://mfco.app/makers
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    1 hr and 2 min
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