This video is about how our small woodworking business got overwhelmed with orders before the happy holidays. We had a ton of money coming in, a ton of cutting boards to ship to customers, and a hard deadline fast approaching! Our Glowforge laser was a big help, even though it's a little on the slow side.
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This week we are drowning in orders. Look at all this. Look at, look at all these boards we have
to fulfill. Also our laser has a not so nice nickname. We're going to talk about it. Also
we're going to explain why we're a table company but we don't build tables. Yet. Yet. Anyway we
got a lot to do. We got to get all these boards out. Stick around to the end to see if we get it
all done. Let's go. We're Jenny and Davis. We fly through hurricanes for research and build
furniture for fun. A while ago we came up with a business plan to sell quality furniture which
brings people together. Follow along as we build our business empire. Empire? Yes Jenny. Big goals.
Okay we're starting an empire. Maybe one day it'll span beyond the garage.
400 board feet. Pocket holes. That's the only thing holding it up on top of this little
that we have more board fulfillments than we can handle in one or two days. Yeah. It feels really
nice. It's gonna be a solid like three or four days. I like it. How many boards total? It's like 30
something. Yeah so that one's 20. We got 22. We're gonna have to go to the storage unit because you
don't have enough. Yeah it's like over 30 boards. And we just picked up 400 board feet of lumber
to make another batch of boards. 32 boards. Got a lot of boards to fulfill. Savor this. This is a
big moment. Hold on to it. I know we're stressed. I know you're scared and nervous. It would be so
nice if we had like two more people though. Just like two people. That'd be so nice. We got to be
like this all the time if we're gonna pay people to be here. Oh I know. Are you having fun? So much
more. 24? Yeah. 24 more boards to go. Um we'll save those for tomorrow. But we got the ones that needed
to go out today. So that's a big win. Why are we drowning in cutting board orders Jenny? Because
the holidays are coming up man. No because you're a great salesperson. Oh thanks. But for real. And
the holidays are coming up. But you haven't even sold that many holiday boards. I've sold 55
boards. Really? I didn't know it was that many. Yeah. Well. Yeah and uh some more orders that I
mean like weren't holiday orders too. We're still getting you know normal bulk orders that people
just use as closing gifts. Um but yeah now the holidays are rolling around. People are
ready and willing to spend money. This is my new favorite toy. You start by just getting a little
piece. It's all wet and sticky now. And then you use this much just to seal the box so you can hold
it shut. And then you get a longer piece and do it. I'm gonna do it now before it gets. This tape
is very very sticky. But it's also very very strong. All right new day new Bucky shirt. It is
day two. New Pickles shirt. What are you talking about? No new Bucky shirt. Pickles shirt. Anyways.
You can buy a Pickles shirt from us. You can't buy a Bucky shirt from us. No you gotta buy a
Bucky shirt from Bucky's. Yeah so day two of super board extravaganza. We have 24 boards left. Yes.
Um I was also thinking. So there's a nickname for the Glowforge. It's called. Do you know what it is?
No. It's called the Slowforge. Oh. Because it goes so slow sometimes. But it's just crazy. Like we've
made. Of course this will be in a video coming up. So you should subscribe or it may already
be out. I don't know. We've made like forty thousand dollars with the Glowforge. And we're
just now running into the speed limit of the Glowforge. So yeah that's not a reason. Right.
That's not a reason to not get one. That's just people that are trying to justify why they shouldn't
buy a laser. So anyway Glowforge is great. Not sponsored. But seriously like if you can outpace
a Glowforge for production. You're looking at a twenty thousand dollar machine. It's a completely
different ballpark for what you're looking for. But once you outpace the Glowforge. Like truly
outpace the Glowforge. You're making so much money that it's probably time to upgrade your laser
anyway. Right. Ain't nobody actually want to run a business. They just want to play laser repair man.
And that's totally okay. But don't hate on people that are trying to just make a business happen.
Because the Glowforge is a great stepping stone to learn if a laser is going to be right for
your business. And then if it is you can step up and get something better later. And Glowforge
is holder value too. You can resell this on eBay and get most of your money back. So just for those
of you out there that are worried or thinking about a laser and you feel intimidated. We're
with you. We got you. Try it out. I've just been informed that because since we're so low on board
inventory. We got to go to the storage unit to get more boards. So I'm going to go grab that. And
it? Yes. Merry Christmas. A month and a half early.
So we came up with this idea for these boards because we were thinking how in the world do
we start a brand new business and be profitable from day one without having to dump a ton of
money in it from the get-go. Basically we stopped and thought to ourselves where does money get
exchanged? Like where do large sums of money go from one set of hands to the other? And we were
thinking real estate. Whether that's real estate agents. Whether that's mortgage brokers. There's
lots of money to be had in that industry. And the other great part about the real estate industry is
there's a lot of people involved. Not just the realtors but all of their clients and customers
and other business partners that they work with. And we needed to get known. If you want to be a
successful business you have to be known by tons of people. Better known beats better product every
single day of the week. So we had this idea to ingrain ourselves in the real estate process.
That way we could get better known. And we're getting paid to market ourselves. We get paid
to give these cutting boards which then market our main product to everybody the realtors know.
Cutting boards everywhere. The whole house. On the coffee table. On the glowforge. We even had
to open up the ironing board and start stacking them there. They're on the cart. They're on the couch.
They're everywhere.
You're working real hard there bud. Thanks for your help.
Last box. Last box. How many did we do total? 26. 26 yeah. That's a lot. That's a lot. Well now
we know that a full eight hour day us both busting it is 25 boards. Yep. Pretty solid. Pretty solid.
How do you feel? Great. Tired but so happy. We've been waiting a long time for this day and it feels good.
Stick to the plan.