Building a Furniture Brand with Ethan Abramson

This episode is brought to you by Shaper Tools -Try the Shaper Origin risk-free in your shop for 30 days. Just visit  Shapertools.com/FurnitureBrand  to learn more Now for context, Dustin is 20 years old. He started woodworking for the first time two years ago in a high school shop class. Now fast forward back to today - He has a 3600 sq ft shop, he makes and sells 6-8 dining room tables a month,...

Part Time All The Time with Josh Bubeck of The Rustic Muse  This episode is brought to you by Shaper Tools -Try the Shaper Origin risk-free in your shop for 30 days. Just visit  Shapertools.com/FurnitureBrand  to learn more Josh says that he runs his furniture business part time, and yes technically having another job makes the furniture side part time. But, if you talk with him about his love and...

-- This episode is brought to you by Shaper Tools -Try the Shaper Origin risk-free in your shop for 30 days. Just visit  Shapertools.com/FurnitureBrand  to learn more If you ask Stefan about his furniture business, he will more than likely talk about the artistic side of the business. But with multiple employees, multiple shop locations, years under his belt and a solid name in this industry, he d...

-- This episode is brought to you by Shaper Tools -Try the Shaper Origin risk-free in your shop for 30 days. Just visit  Shapertools.com/FurnitureBrand  to learn more As you will hear, Brian has been dipping his toe in the furniture industry for much of his adult life. He always had that drive to have his own furniture company, but he needed to put all the pieces in place before he made the jump....

This episode is brought to you by Shaper Tools -Try the Shaper Origin risk-free in your shop for 30 days. Just visit  Shapertools.com/FurnitureBrand  to learn more! New Collar Goods was officially started in 2015, but the roots of Jon & Deana’ s company had been brewing for a long time before that. With their strong sense of design, they knew the kind of furniture they wanted to make. But, the...

This episode is brought to you by Shaper Tools -Try the Shaper Origin risk-free in your shop for 30 days. Just visit  Shapertools.com/FurnitureBrand  to learn more Matt officially started his company in 2010, but as you will hear, before that he had been involved in the building trades for literally his entire life. With his deep knowledge of the industry, Matt has dedicated his career to improvin...

This episode is brought to you by Shaper Tools -Try the Shaper Origin risk-free in your shop for 30 days. Just visit  Shapertools.com/FurnitureBrand  to learn more! Andrew is a builder, a fixer, a tinkerer. Ever since a young age, working with his father, he has had the desire to make things with his own hands. He also has the spirit of an entrepreneur. Someone who embraces the opportunity to surv...

This episode is brought to you by Shaper Tools -Try the Shaper Origin risk-free in your shop for 30 days. Just visit  Shapertools.com/FurnitureBrand  to learn more. Furniture making is, for the most part, centered in the creative world. But owning and successfully running a furniture company is very much rooted in the world of business. When you can navigate a way to blend the two worlds together,...

-- This episode is brought to you by Shaper Tools -Try the Shaper Origin risk-free in your shop for 30 days. Just visit  Shapertools.com/FurnitureBrand  to learn more For some companies, there comes a point that it is no longer a question about, "Do we have the skills to build it" it becomes a question of, "Can we manage our time properly to build it". As you will hear, Matt owns about 6 different...

This episode is brought to you by Shaper Tools -Try the Shaper Origin risk-free in your shop for 30 days. Just visit  Shapertools.com/FurnitureBrand  to learn more Where does the line get drawn between you running the business and the business running you? This is something that Bud struggled with, but also something that a lot of people struggle with - How to run your business successfully but al...

This episode is brought to you by Shaper Tools -Try the Shaper Origin risk-free in your shop for 30 days. Just visit  Shapertools.com/F urnitureBrand  to learn more Pete is not new to the world of furniture. He has been selling his pieces since 2007. But even though he has a long history of being in the furniture business, it is the personal side of the business that means the most to him. Over th...

Under Water Wood with Justin Ephraim of Reduxwood -- This episode is brought to you by Shaper Tools -Try the Shaper Origin risk-free in your shop for 30 days. Just visit  Shapertools.com/FurnitureBrand  to learn more Over 25 years in the industry and Justin is still pushing forward. It is that drive, that passion, that need for more, that makes him so successful in what he does From an unpaid appr...

-- This episode is brought to you by Shaper Tools -Try the Shaper Origin risk-free in your shop for 30 days. Just visit  Shapertools.com/F urnitureBrand  to learn more Sometimes you have to step away from your passion, to realize that it actually is your passion - and that is exactly what Erika did. As you will hear, she started out with a love for building then went into an office job because it...

-- This episode is brought to you by Shaper Tools -Try the Shaper Origin risk-free in your shop for 30 days. Just visit  Shapertools.com/FurnitureBrand  to learn more This show is dedicated to talking with people about building their furniture brand. It’s no secret, it’s right there in the title. And for anyone who has ever tried to build a business they know that the start of it, putting the foun...

-- This episode is brought to you by Shaper Tools -Try the Shaper Origin risk-free in your shop for 30 days. Just visit  Shapertools.com/FurnitureBrand  to learn more On this episode, host Ethan Abramson sits down with Luke Frisch, owner of the La Crosse Wisconsin based furniture business Hazel Burr Design Company. After years working on oil rigs, on the railroad, and playing football, it's pretty...

On this episode, host Ethan Abramson sits down with Tyreik Jackson, owner of the NYC and Hudson Valley, NY based company Are You A Fixer LLC. -- This episode is brought to you by Shaper Tools -Try the Shaper Origin risk-free in your shop for 30 days. Just visit  Shapertools.com/FurnitureBrand  to learn more Furniture Maker, Renovator, Family Man -Tyreik is all those things, but not always in that...

On this episode, host Ethan Abramson sits down with Ryan Feldthouse, owner of the Fresno, California-based furniture company Feldthouse Family Woodworks. -- This episode is brought to you by Shaper Tools -Try the Shaper Origin risk-free in your shop for 30 days. Just visit  Shapertools.com/FurnitureBrand  to learn more Although Ryan’s primary business right now is cutting boards, as you will hear,...

In this episode, host Ethan Abramson sits down with D'ondra Howard, owner of the Sacramento, California-based furniture company Workboots & Glasses. -- This episode is brought to you by Shaper Tools -Try the Shaper Origin risk-free in your shop for 30 days. Just visit  Shapertools.com/FurnitureBrand  to learn more 1 year in - Without a plan, without a background in furniture, without really an...

On this episode, host Ethan Abramson sits down with Scott McKinnon, owner of the Oakville, Ontario based furniture company Urban Reclaimed. This episode is brought to you by Shaper Tools -Try the Shaper Origin risk-free in your shop for 30 days. Just visit  Shapertools.com/FurnitureBrand  to learn more. Scott has been in this industry for a while. Since the early 90’s he has been renovating homes,...

On this episode, host Ethan Abramson sits down with Nick Sawyer owner of the Portland, Oregon-based furniture company Sawyer Design. This episode is brought to you by Jobber -  getjobber.com/ethan Not all those who wander are lost. This could easily sum up the beginning of Nick’s working life. He had the drive, he just didn’t know what that drive was pushing him towards. With the help of a mentor,...

On this episode, host Ethan Abramson sits down with Joe Clark, owner of the Bellingham, Washington based company Architectural Elements. This episode is brought to you by Jobber -  getjobber.com/ethan   As you will hear, before Joe started his company he tested a lot of different waters to find what was right for him. His path was a winding one, full of good and bad experiences which shaped what h...

On this episode, host Ethan Abramson sits down with Scot Gotcher, owner of the Southern Oregon based furniture company Clever Grain This episode is brought to you by Jobber -  getjobber.com/ethan   Scot started working in the world of furniture when he was 6 years old, but after many years of building, he left the business and pursued another profession. But being removed from building furniture r...

On this episode, host Ethan Abramson sits down with Joe Thiele, owner of the Portland, Oregon based furniture company Boundary Fog Furniture This episode is brought to you by Jobber -  getjobber.com/ethan   Some people plan on starting a furniture company. They dot all the I’s and cross all the T’s, and open their doors on the first day ready to go. And some people, like Joe, build their company o...

On this episode, host Ethan Abramson sits down with Steve and Stevie Thomson, co owners of the Rochester, New York based company Happy Life Wood This episode is brought to you by Jobber -  getjobber.com/ethan   As you will hear early on in this episode, Happy life Wood is not a furniture company. Although its roots started in the world of building and selling furniture it has grown into something...

On this episode, host Ethan Abramson sits down with Chelsea Gaddy, owner of the Seattle, Washington-based furniture company Force/Collide. This episode is brought to you by Jobber -  getjobber.com/ethan Mixing the soul of an artist and the practicality of a business owner isn’t always easy, but since 2013 Chelsea has been doing just that. Building and growing her business while keeping the heart o...