In this episode of Self Made Pod, we cover a little bit of everything—egg prices, plywood costs, building vans, and trying to make decent YouTube content without losing our minds. We talk about what it’s like transitioning a woodworking business into the commercial space, including the chaos of bidding big jobs and figuring out how to actually streamline production when everything feels like a fire drill.
We get into the mess that is social media right now—how platforms like Instagram are flooded with low-effort content, and the constant pressure to monetize every creative idea. There’s some real talk about balancing business responsibilities with content creation, and the burnout that creeps in when you’re doing both at once.
Naturally, we also wander into a discussion about gardening, the joys and failures of growing your own food, and then go full tangent mode into mushroom foraging—because why not end with a chat about eating stuff you find in the woods?
We also hit on turning side hustles into real businesses, when to call in the pros (shoutout CPAs), separating business and personal finances, and how rebranding can either level you up or leave people confused. It’s classic Self Made chaos—business, sawdust, vegetables, and a little bit of legal advice thrown in for good measure.
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Sam Raimondi:
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Jef and Jess Behnke:
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Mike Coffey
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