The wrap up with Justin  Chenoweth 

Justin Chenoweth Is a husband, father and small business owner that is clearly passionate about whatever he puts his mind to.  Justin caught the automotive bug at an early age, hanging out with a neighbor that was into early BMW's. A minimalist enthusiast if you will.  Justin learned minimalism can be applied to many facets  of life.  Local car nerds, internet groups, O.G. Colorado subaru scene vets, call it what you will, Justin was chopping it up with the best of them unknowingly carving his path to becoming a master of the automotive arts so to speak. From Volvos to Vans. Rally to Recreation Vehicle, Justin found his way to being a passionate business owner.  Now a franchise owner of www.ujointoffroad.com a company that up fits Ford vans and RV's with 4wd kits and associated accessories, Justin has found himself leading his family and team of guys accross the Rockies relocating their entire lives to Montrose Colorado for the next chapter of the business.  Sit back its a long one. Pt1 of 2    

A first generation Russian immigrant, Ilya Klyuchnikov turned U.S Citizen.      Ilya has lived quite a life thus far, One he should be proud of. Wife, kids, dogs, house, cars, hes living the American Dream, but let me describe him in the best way I can.  Ilya is the guy in the action movie  that's driving the car.  They call them a wheel man,   not the guy, shooting the guns, out the window wheel man, but the wheel man that's driving the guy, that's shooting the guns, out the window.     Charismatic, you ask? Depends who's in the room.  Story teller? Yes one of the best with, loud center of attention overtones.  I'm sure we all know a guy like this but at the same time you've never met anyone like him.  Ilya is a guy you could scream at in frustration about a particular subject, recent event, or  current shit show your now apart of together weather voluntary or not, but he'd bail you out of a real jam in a heart beat if he could, but............hes also the guy you just rented a car with that  literally just burned the tires down to the cords and oh by the way,  its your card on file.   So sit back and listen to this, my brother from another mother tell his story in his own words  about he grew from a young boy, to the guy hertz rent a car now has employee training videos about.  This is going to be a long ass podcast. 
Beginnings 

Shelton Reed is a Engineering Tech for the Process Engineering team at Hunter Douglas by day and an Advanced Manufacturing Instructor at a vocational school by night. Shelton is an automotive enthusiast, hot rodder, husband, son and brother.   Shelton works part time for his families business, Auto Stitch Upholstery and Trim.  Auto Stitch  executes, designs, and builds some of the automotive industries highest quality bespoke interiors.  Shelton has worked for some of Colorado's coolest Hot Rod shops as well as the Mofab team from time to time.   Find out what drives this young man, what its like working for a large cooperation, family businesses, as well as teaching the next generation of  Machinist/manufacture's in this episode  Co hosted by Cole Frye  

Episode 5 comes by way of Piotr Budzinski.  Piotr was born in Poland, His mom, dad, and brother moved to the U.S. to chase the American Dream.  Listen along as Piotr tells his story about coming to America,  how he grew up, and what drove him to his career choice. Piotr is proof that when your young you think you may have everything figured out but life has an interesting way of showing you otherwise.  From dreams of being a  professional tennis athlete to becoming an actual professional automotive design sculptor, small business owner, and  property owner.  Piotr has lived all over the world perfecting his craft, from different manufactures, to types of vehicles, Piotr has conquered so much. I cant wait to see whats next with this guy.   His perspective on the automotive industry is so unique that  we will definitely be having him back just to talk about industry trends soon.  Enjoy    

In this episode I interview Jay Moses. Jay is a manager for a major tire company called Discount tire. Jay is a husband, father,  and fellow automotive enthusiast and I'm lucky enough to call him a close friend.  Jay and I met threw the automotive industry and though we've taken much different paths, Ive always looked up to Jay and how hes managed to raise a family build a life and grow his own career working in a cooperate setting.  Management has always been a challenge for me and I thought it would be good to get some perspective from Jay, how he manages, what makes good company culture, and truly living up to a company's mission statement.  

In a 3 part  installment  of episode  3 we take a trip to beautiful Elk River Minnesota to Interview Jamie and Brent Molitor. Two brothers than have taken two different approaches to being entrepreneurs.  Jamie talks about how he and his wife Morgan started Construction To Style. Brent talks about how and why he and his business partner formed Rohm-EV.  We cover the challenges with just starting out,  balancing family life, as well as working a full time job and finding the time to start and run another company are all part of this Busch light fueled discussion.   If your on the fence about going out on your own listen to how these guys are doing it and why.  

In a 3 part  installment  of episode  3 we take a trip to beautiful Elk River Minnesota to Interview Jamie and Brent Molitor. Two brothers than have taken two different approaches to being entrepreneurs.  Jamie talks about how he and his wife Morgan started Construction To Style. Brent talks about how and why he and his business partner formed Rohm-EV.  We cover the challenges with just starting out,  balancing family life, as well as working a full time job and finding the time to start and run another company are all part of this Busch light fueled discussion.   If your on the fence about going out on your own listen to how these guys are doing it and why.  

In a 3 part  installment  of episode  3 we take a trip to beautiful Elk River Minnesota to Interview Jamie and Brent Molitor. Two brothers than have taken two different approaches to being entrepreneurs.  Jamie talks about how he and his wife Morgan started Construction To Style. Brent talks about how and why he and his business partner formed Rohm-EV.  We cover the challenges with just starting out,  balancing family life, as well as working a full time job and finding the time to start and run another company are all part of this Busch light fueled discussion.   If your on the fence about going out on your own listen to how these guys are doing it and why.  

Ever wanted to know what buying a Tesla is like? What the delivery experience is like? Well strap in and ride on Episode 2 is here.   Cole Fry is a  Professional CPA, Small business owner, Dog Dad, and Husband.  He tells us why Tesla, what its like and how he started his own business.