Austin Aaron: Dancing Grains Woodworks

Austin Aaron: Dancing Grains Woodworks

 

“I’ve been trying to get to a point where we get to really build our furniture lines. I feel like I’ve put a lot of effort and had a lot of inspiration around the designs. And that’s what I’ve really wanted to do and spend time on; it’s about the craft.”

 

  • Austin Aaron

 

Welcome back to a brand new episode of the Woodpreneur Podcast. Today, your host Steve Larosiliere sits down with Austin Aaron from Dancing Grains Woodworks, based out of Boulder, Colorado.

 

Steve and Austin met at the recent Woodpreneur meetup in Denver, and Steve took interest immediately. Austin started his business in 2008, right during the recession, but that wasn’t able to keep this Woodpreneur down, and he has grown his business successfully in the years since then.

 

 

Photo Credit: @dancinggrains

 

 

Running with New Ideas

 

“It was the year that the recession started, but I had just started to get interested in woodworking and had gotten into it by way of carving spoons and whatnot. I got more ideas and started making more things and trying new stuff out, and worked for some other people until the phones quit ringing that summer. Then I was kind of on my own.

 

I started buying more tools and doing what I could to make it work at the time. But I had a lot of furniture ideas for whatever reason. I was interested in that and started to make some things that I thought would show off what I was capable of, which I was figuring out as I went.”

 

  • Austin Aaron

 

Early on, Austin was working for a guy doing barn wood furniture based on mortise and tenon joinery, which gave him some confidence to continue experimenting. By starting out learning things from a very technical background, Austin could then expand his skills and his business outward and upward.

 

 

Photo Credit: @dancinggrains

 

 

Steve’s Advice Corner

 

“If there’s one challenge that has been present longer than any, it’s probably hiring my job away and delegating work. I’ve put a ton of effort into getting that out of the way and not being involved in every single tedious aspect of the business.”

 

  • Austin Aaron

 

Steve has grown many businesses and companies over the years, both for himself and others. In that time, he has learned many things, but one of the most important things is that delegation is a muscle that needs to be continuously developed.

 

“The first thing is determining the things that only you can do. Then take down the things you can do that you don’t want to spend time on and the things you don’t want to do at all. After that, you need to compile all that information together and prioritize those things among you and your staff so that everyone is focused on the tasks that make sense for them. Truly commit to the process of delegating, and you’ll see results so quickly.”

 

  • Steve Larosiliere

 

Website: https://www.dancinggrains.com

 

Instagram: @dancinggrains

 

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