Robert Rising: NY City Slab
Robert Rising: NY City Slab At NY City Slab, Robert and his team mill urban lumber from what might seem an unlikely source. The idea began when Robert was building a house and wanted to use local wood. Robert found that trees in his locality were being used for mulch and wanted to put those […]
How to Balance Entrepreneurship with Family Life by Steve Larosiliere
How to Balance Entrepreneurship with Family Life by Steve Larosiliere Today we are going to talk about balancing your Woodpreneur life with your family life. It’s not all that hard to balance your family and your entrepreneurship journey, but you do need to prepare and communicate accordingly to make it happen smoothly. Creating […]
Elevating Your Social Media Ft. Hunski Hardwoods
Elevating Your Social Media Ft. Hunski Hardwoods “With social media, you’re pretty fluent at all that stuff, and you’re a great content creator. So I’m trying to focus on that. There’s been a challenge of what to post. Everyone uses social media to help grow their business, and it’s just being consistent with it.” […]
Nick Hunsaker: Hunski Hardwoods
Nick Hunsaker: Hunski Hardwoods “It’s tough finding the time to balance working, making furniture, wrapping products up, surfacing, milling, just trying to balance all of that because it’s just my dad and I that do it.” Nick Hunsaker Welcome to a brand new episode of the Woodpreneur Podcast. Today your host Steve […]
The Power of Automation Ft. Log to Lumber
The Power of Automation Ft. Log to Lumber My biggest weakness is administrative stuff. I’m great at calling people back. I always hear, ‘Hey, thank you so much for calling me back.’ I’m like, ‘Why wouldn’t I?’ You probably know there are so many service industry people that don’t call people back. So I […]
Brendan Vande Kamp: Log to Lumber
Brendan Vande Kamp: Log to Lumber “I never intended to go down this path. If you’d have told me five years ago that I’d quit a six-figure government job and a desk and work for myself, I’d have said you were crazy.” Brendan Vande Kamp Hello and welcome to a brand new […]
How to Develop a Partnership Ft. New York Heartwoods
How to Develop a Partnership Ft. New York Heartwoods “Business-wise, there is that question of how we might potentially collaborate more specifically with another mill. How might that be structured to set up a partnership with the milling and drying? That’s always kind of in the background. I don’t know how much you’ve looked […]
The Importance of Documenting and Photography your work in the Wood Industry by Steve Larosiliere
The Importance of Documenting and Photography your work in the Wood Industry by Steve Larosiliere Hey Woodpreneurs! Today and over the coming weeks we will be discussing topics from the Business and Marketing Q and A’s! Let’s begin! Social Media With the rise of Social Media especially over the course of the […]
Megan Offner: New York Heartwoods
Megan Offner: New York Heartwoods “Finding the right people. You can find people that are capable and talented, but finding people that are passionate and loyal, especially with woodworking, that’s why we have a cooperative model.” Megan Offner Welcome to a brand new episode of the Woodpreneur Podcast. Today your host Steve […]
Biggest Secret on How to run a Sawmill Business, Not What you Think by Out of the Woods
Biggest Secret on How to run a Sawmill Business, Not What you Think by Out of the Woods In this blog, we will be learning from Nathan, the owner of Out of the Woods, as he shows us a day in his life working on his business. Vehicle Dolly Having a […]