Down to Business with Brian Way, Owner of Kaizen Inserts
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English - December 08, 2020 08:00 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBSelf-Improvement Education Society & Culture Personal Journals carpenter construction electrician excavation hvac landscaper linesman mechanic non-union plumber Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Overview
Brian Way has spent his life literally carving a path for himself in the trades. At just 16, he had purchased his first truck and began building himself a book of clients. By 18, he had found a niche for himself in custom woodworking, and carpentry and within a few years he was running a 10,000 square foot facility, with over a dozen staffed employees.
Things took a turn in 2006. With an impending economic crash, and clients holding out on payments, Brian soon found himself bankrupt and back at square one.
Within the next year, Brian sold every asset, collected a small crew, and built out two box trucks geared for residential and commercial millwork installation. For Brian, this was a huge turning point. Going from a huge facility to running a workshop from his truck, was no small feat. Over the next 10 years, he dialed in the art of maximizing his work space.
All this built up the creation of Kaizen Inserts, a monster business in its category. Be sure to listen in to this weeks Bucket Talk to hear Brian's full story and everything he's learned along the way.
About Our GuestBrian Way grew up in the trades. His father a painter, he learned how to work with his hands early on. Attending Eli Whitney Tech high school, he honed in the carpentry skills that would jumpstart his career.
By 2006, Brian was running a millwork installation business out of two box trucks. This spawned an interest in creating organizational tactics that maximize the efficiency of a small work space. Dialing in the art of utilizing foam inserts to organize his tools, it wasn't long before Brian saw a need for creating foam templates for tool organization.
Today, Brian owns and operate Kaizen inserts. With a mission to perfect foam inserts for his customers tool boxes and other storage solutions, Kaizen has become an industry leader in the foam insert category.
If you would like to learn more about Brian and Kaizen Inserts, you can find him on Instagram: @kaizen_inserts or through his website: kaizeninserts.com
Episode Quote
"..a friend told me, he said 'you're standing in front of a freight train and you need to get out of it's way...'"