They make it easy to introduce yourself to strangers, help them remember your name, make you look bigger than you actually are, and certify the fact that you own your own business. These are business cards of course, an essential part of every entrepreneur’s toolkit.

From the dozens, hundreds, or thousands of cards that have passed through your hands over the years, chances are you can only recall several at most. If they weren’t your standard one-sided logo/text templates from Kinko’s, they may resemble the awful era of bevel and gradient madness from back in 2000.

It could be worse, I guess. You could have no business cards at all. Scribbling on napkins at events gets tired after a while.

The part where I get to the point

Whether your cards are an eyesore, or are running low, or you don’t have any, this is where YGG and Orange32 step in, with our first official contest.

We’ve partnered with Orange32, the nicest creative and print shop we’ve ever met, to give away a prize pack worth over $400. This package includes:

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The second PWNAGE from CollegeHumor.