Ryan interviews Amy Monroe and Sarah Pitkin.  They own two stores in Virginia outside Washington D.C.  In the interview they discuss the craziness of 2020 and how they operate their two stores.  

Blake interviews Paul Owens of Lake Gaston and Rolesville Ace Hardware.  Big surprise we talk about Covid-19 among many other topics. 

Ryan had the privileged of interviewing Eric Hassett of Hassett Hardware a few weeks ago. When you think of a very difficult labor market Eric's comes to mind. Ryan and Eric talked about how he took over his family’s business and grew it into five stores. Enjoy everyone and stay safe out there!

In this episode Blake talks with Weston Jacobs.  Weston shares the importance of taking care of your community.  

Ryan had the privilege of interviewing Matt and Haley Dowdell from Montana. We talked about their stores and how people is an emphasis in their business.

You have heard us talk about the Cripe brothers several times.  We were finally able to get them on the show.  Great interview about how they are 5th generation owners and some of things they are doing to help serve their communities.  

In this episode Matt Meyer talks about his four stores in Petoskey, Harbor  Spring and Gaylord Michigan.   Ryan and Matt discuss Matt's leadership style by taking the trash out and love for the mitten state.  

Patrick talks to us about how he isn't shy about having good margins, his commute from Ann Arbor to St. Louis and his up bringing in his father's hardware store.  

Preston Bullock of Jay's and Summit Ace hardware talks about running his stores from across the country and his how he turned his stores around from the brink of disaster.  

In this episode we talk to Dana and Ben Banyasz of Snead's Ace Home Center.   We cover a lot in this episode  including their leadership philosophy, how they think to win against amazon and we discuss Ben's beautiful mullet.