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David W. Riggs

Ink'd Stores

Ink'd Stores is full-service promotional marketing firm.

Ink'd is a full service apparel and gift decorator with a twist, we operate a retail storefront in Mansfield Crossing (right across from an LL Bean), in Mansfield, MA.

Our core capability is on-demand, Direct to Garment printing while you wait, right in store. We also offer all forms of decoration, including: 

Embroidery,
Screen Print,
Promotional Products,
Bulk Orders, Web Stores and More.

We offer thousands of products, anything you can imagine and our appeal to entrepreneurs:

Never a Minimum - order 1 or 1,000's of pieces...
Never a Set Up Fee.
Free Graphic Design.

We are service minded and look to add value to every interaction.

President

Wimco

Head of Sales for a leading Private Villa Company specializing in the renting Villas in the Caribbean, Europe and Mexico. Key responsibilities include leading all facets of the sales organization including: day-to-day management, budgeting and forecasting, client relations, vendor relations and fiscal responsibility. 

•	Directly manage 20 employees, reporting directly to the company CEO;
•	In first year, propelled sales to reforecast company to exceed budget on start date; closing a massive gap
•	Introduced new sales methodology and process for creating accountability inside the sales organization; established, introduced and managed staff to sales goals and targets;
•	Created key relationships for the launch of new destinations: Cabo & Nantucket.

In October 2010, Wimco involuntarily split from its 28 year partner in its primary revenue area, St. Barthelemy. In doing so, Wimco was no longer the exclusive marketing representative for 150 Sibarth Real Estate villas. Together, the two companies held “Exclusive” relationships, meaning the only place in the world you could rent these villas was with either of our companies. When this ended, Wimco established a new company on St. Barthelemy, WimcoSBH . This company is to handle all operations for Wimco, and the island of St. Barthelemy. Responsibilities shifted from managing sales operation to;

•	Signed over 200 Villa Owners in St. Barthelemy for purpose of legally listing their villas for rent;
•	Directed sales team in Newport, RI through changing environment and inventory on a daily basis;
•	Managed change of having 150 Exclusive relationships to the current environment of clients being able to purchase every villa with every marketing company on the internet;
•	Minimized loss of renewal clientele through aggressive, personal contact whilst former partner recruited clients away from Wimco;
•	Assisted in all strategic negotiations and meetings relating to attempt to settle differences with former partner company;

Vice President, Head of Sales

Wentworth Hills Golf Club

Acted as Owner/Operator of underperforming local golf course. Increased activity, reputation and attention switftly through hands on customer service and big thinking pubic relations. Introduced "The Mom's Club" which partnered with the Hockomock YMCA to offer baby sitting services twice weekly for stay at home parents. This program was featured in a 3/4 page article in the Boston Globe. In addition, partnered with Red Sox Legend Jim Rice and Deutsche Bank PGA Tour event to raise money for Birdies for Charity and host a caddied golf event, the first of it's kind at this moderate facility.

Managing Director

One Key

Founded startup destination club One Key World, a company providing members access to the world’s finest vacation homes and services. Key responsibilities include overseeing all facets of the organization including: sales, strategic planning and marketing, operations, client relations and fiscal responsibility.

Founder & CEO

Marquis Jet

Opened the Boston Office for startup private jet company Marquis Jet with Chairman and CEO. Participated in key marketing and planning decisions relative to the organization and development of the company. Considered a leader among peers and looked at for key strategic decisions within the management team. Key responsibilities include: sales, strategic planning and marketing, interviewing of potential new hires, client relations and fiscal responsibility.

Vice President, Sales

Exelon Invitational hosted by Jim Furyk

Created, developed and executed this noted annual golf tournament hosted by Mr. Jim Furyk and attended by over 7,500+ fans annually. Responsibilities include all operational development, sponsorship sales, player recruitment, media negotiations, advertising planning, vendor relations, and public relations.

Founder

SportsRadio 610 WIP

On-Air talk show host on popular guy-talk radio station 610WIP. Had the opportunity to work alongside Craig Carton, Howard Eskin, Angelo Cataldi and all of the maniacs in the circus.

On Air Talk Show Host

𝗜 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗢𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗗𝗼𝗻’𝘁—𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗹.

At 18, I packed up and crossed the country to attend UNLV. In 1989, that wasn’t normal behavior. But I’ve never been one to follow the usual path.

I’ve built businesses, created industries where none existed, and pivoted when the road ahead demanded it. Resilient, creative, and relentless, I turn ideas into reality—again and again.

Some of my “how did that happen?” moments:
🔥 I went from working at a dry cleaner to becoming a radio personality.
⛳ I had an idea for a golf event—and turned it into a PGA Tour special event with Jim Furyk.
✈️ I helped launch a private jet company before I’d ever flown in one.
🏝️ I built a business on St. Barths from the ground up.
💡 I pivoted from a failing fitness brand to a thriving merch & swag business.

Today, I run Ink’d Stores, where I challenge businesses to rethink their branded merchandise—because bad swag is a waste of money, but the right swag creates real brand affinity.

My career has spanned private aviation, fitness branding, professional sports, and high-impact marketing. From traveling with the iconic UNLV Runnin’ Rebels to working with Warren Buffett’s NetJets to scaling my own company—my story is about seeing possibilities, taking risks, and making things happen.

Let’s connect. You never know where the next opportunity will come from.

Jay Sapovits

Golf Sunday

This time last year I had a fraction of the followers, so for those of you new here, welcome. 

I'm a golf junkie. 

I started playing the game at 24 as a way to kill time when I wasn't working on the radio. I had an active gambling addiction and the golf course allowed me an outlet that kept me away from the racetrack for hours at a time. 

When I nade the choice to get clean (March 6, 1997), I quit my on-air radio gig, no longer feeling safe giving my 'picks' on who would win, and got a job for $8 hr plus tips working in Outside Services at Wyncote Golf Club in Oxford, PA. 

I was 25 years old, college grad, quasi radio celeb and now working with high school kids. Michael Maitre and Bryan D. Nicholson were part of the crew and were good, decent kids who have no idea how their role as colleagues (they were literally in high school), helped ground me to become a better person. 

In short order, I moved from the parking lot to the office and began selling tee times, golf events and functions. 

With a clear head, I created the Exelon Invitational hosted by Jim Furyk, an event that became a staple of Philly Sports for a decade. 

Simply put, golf changed my life. 

It gave me the space to recover, find myself and create. 

It then became a bond with my wife's family, especially her parents early in our marriage and of course, my son now shares my passion for the sport and played throughout high school and college. 

And every Sunday, I write about what I'm thinking about in golf that week. 

Ie. Golf Sunday

This picture, for all I've done around the game is one of my favorites. Bennie just closed out a match in the RI Jr Am to go to the Semifinals.

Meet Shane, Ink'd Stores Head of Ops. 

He is an adrenaline dude, and we were staying within walking distance of this ridiculous ride in Orlando.

I've decided this is a metaphor for our business. 

Slingshot 2026!

I send cold emails.

I love the medium.

Receiving them and sending them.

It's a direct form of advertising and done well, I reply. 

Why not? 

If there's a service I want/need, I'm open to conversations.

But every so often, I get a cold email so bad, I have to share it.

This is one of them.

WTF is Pavlo trying to sell me?

And yes, I went to UNLV. 

It's an idiot school. 

I barely showed up to class. 

Literally, only went if there was a girl I wanted to know. 

Learned everything by doing on the campus radio station all effort I initiated and drove. 

I've read this email 40x. 

Yet, still don't know what in the heck I am being sold and why a UNLV jacket is something I'm being offered.

Historically bad outreach. 

Is it so bad that I'm supposed to reply?

Am I missing the irony?

Is this a new strategy?

Vegas was a fun place to go to college, in case you were curious. 

$1.99 Steak and Eggs at the Golden Nugget got ya feeling like a big shot.

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