Builder Brand : Red Kite Prayer
I haven't seen this here, but I think it's worth posting for some of us who may need to learn to think about this sort of thing at some point.
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Builder Brand : Red Kite Prayer
I haven't seen this here, but I think it's worth posting for some of us who may need to learn to think about this sort of thing at some point.
Be yourself. Work hard. Get orders. Work hard. Get more orders. Be yourself. Repeat. - Garro.
what garro said atmo.
if you overtly or consciously cling to, embrace, or subscribe to a tactic, you're dead in the water before you start.
only edoz can be edoz.
that's why folks will call you.
A quote from Charles Schultz that I've always strove (striven?) to follow; " Be yourself, everyone else is taken"
Edoz - spend your time putting one foot in front of the other. There are sooooo many things you have to have down before you work on your "brand" - like, having one.
Work on work flow, the ebb & flow of frame materials, the proper parts for the bikes and honing your chops.
You better not be sitting around designing your "kits" when your {not as in "you" but the general sense} TIG beads need work, it takes weeks to build a frame or the WWW is where you ask what tubes you need to build XXX and you need to work on material flow {tubes in, bikes out} and then there is always customer relations to tend to.....
having a matching "kit" but no standing orders is worse then putting the cart before the horse, it's like putting the cart before the reins. - Garro.
Steve, I hear you on the work flow thing. That's my biggest problem right now, and I sure don't need any 'business' to make it worse. I'm stalled on a frame right now waiting on brake bosses I thought I had but don't. How's that for work flow?
Sometimes my mind wanders and I think about things that maybe don't matter or don't apply to my particular spot in the space-time continuum. You guys just keep telling me to get back to work and I'll be fine:)
Eric, to be clear; I enjoyed the article, thanks for posting.
BTW, if steve doesn't have the bosses you need, Hit me up. I have a couple types.
jake
Thanks guys, but I already have some bosses on the way. I have used the Henry James ones in the past, but since I needed a few things from Paragon I figured I'd try out their 3 piece bosses. I may need to get a bunch, 'cause all my friends want all rounder/dirt road bikes now.
Amen! Even with a few standing orders, I had T's made last fall for the Philly show.... the money would have been much better spent on tooling or supplies rather than T's. Although, I did trade Herby Helm for one of his! Anyway, Garro speaks the truth... and clearly.
I guess that's the beauty of keeping my day job, I don't have to worry about anything but building bikes. Now if I can just keep the material on hand;)
I really enjoyed that article too.
good point :)
I was already thinking about this issue, so the article just resonated with me. We all have our own path, and I could never hope to copy Vanilla/Speedvagen. And more to the point, if I did try, it wouldn't work out for me.
we should this link to the mix. i'm sure warwick would love the traffic. forza thy atmo.