Buckle up — Mike's story is worth tuning in for.

Grew up in Worcester & Webster, MA. Started in the trades in high school, swinging sledgehammers and building circus tents on tour with a tent-rental company. Bartended his way through two degrees, walked away from academia at 26 with $130 to his name and $60K in student debt, and built a career out of "figuring it out."

We talk starting a company knowing the craft but not the business. The ups and downs. Sobriety. Challenges that hit us all in different forms, at different times — and what it actually takes to accept the bumps and come out the other side.

His latest chapter — Cairn Collaborative Design/Build out in California — is just as good as the story that got him there.

Hope you tune in, hope you enjoy it, and hope you share this one. 🎙️

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Project size: $350k-$2.2mil

Project per year: 4-7

Yearly Revenue: $5.5-6.5m

Employees: 9; Principal; Financial Controller; Project Coordinator; Project Manager; Licensed Architect; Architectural Designer; Lead Carpenter; Carpenter; Carpenter; and we are actively interviewing now for a second PM and also an assistant PM

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