Brandon Stapper: Garage Hustle to a Million Dollar Business

Brandon Stapper has an amazing entrepreneurial story that all self-made entrepreneurs should look up to. Brandon’s story starts off like most, wish an idea and a dream about the infinite amount of possibilities that this idea could take him. The start of his business, Nonstop Signs, was in a garage and a used vinyl cutter. Despite this low starting point, Brandon was able to transform his idea into a business. This business was not only unique and creative, but also become highly successful. Brandon’s story is one where all young entrepreneur should be looking for an inspiring journey of successful and creativity.

Brandon grew up in San-Diego, where he did not take the traditional route of doing things. At only 18 years old he bought a small vinyl cutting machine which he put in his garage. While this idea was mainly intended to be a small side project he’d work on occasionally. Brandon began selling customer brand designs to customer, which ended up skyrocketing in sales. The demand for these customer designs had Brandon teaching himself everything about entrepreneurship, sales, marketing, etc… Allowing him to innovate on his own terms, rather than under the supervision of another company or firm.

Brandon eventually took his operations out of his garage and into an actual business called Non-Stop Signs. Which is now a huge provider of customer detailing and designs for all types of markets. Marketing including brand logos, vehicle wraps, merchandise, and more. The business is now valued at millions of dollars and has grown exponentially over the last decade. This growth was all due to Brandon’s vision and a passion for creation.

The company today is still doing well today, now called 858 Graphics, however Brandon sadly passed away in 2019. His death left a mark on the company and was a huge loss to everyone around him. Non-Stop Sign is still operating and is still growing. Despite this tragedy, Brandon’s story should inspire anybody willing to take risks and take action on any idea. Even with no capital, Brandon was able to make a multi-million dollar business out of his garage. Brandon shows that with pure grit, ambition, and creativity anything is possible.