SHAPCO PRINTING — BROTHERS BOUND BY INK

Humble Beginnings

“We started with one part-time employee,” recalls Joel Shapiro. “Sales in year one were $124,000 and Bob worked 100 hours per week.”

Joel and his older brother, Alan, also put in as many hours as they could, even though they were still full-time students. Over the next year, Joel graduated from the University of Minnesota with a degree in accounting and Alan completed law school. After one tax season and one year as a prosecutor, respectively, both brothers decided to join Robert full-time.