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From Solo Cabinet Installer to Design-Focused Entrepreneur with Jon Hilgenberg

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Reno, Architect, Business, Projectmanager, Careers, Newconstruction, Homerenovation, Build, Interiordesigner, Carpentry, Construction, Builders

4.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2024

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Summary

Jon Hilgenberg, owner of JCH Cabinets and Installations, has transitioned his business from being a solo cabinet installer to focusing on cabinet design, sales and project management, leveraging his extensive field experience to provide high-quality, efficient installations for his clients. He discusses the challenges and opportunities he has faced in adapting his skillset and business model to better serve the industry.

https://jch-cabinets.com

 

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0:00.0

J.C.H. John is on the podcast after I don't even know.

0:11.0

Dude I looked it up. It his podcast 16. No, yeah. That's over 300 episodes. 16. Well, he's back and his life has changed, though similar, different.

0:29.5

No, I really enjoyed talking about this.

0:32.1

I listened a lot because it jogs a lot of memories of

0:37.2

conversations I've had with Ken and how we're building material mill work and

0:41.7

the opportunities that lie in front of us outside of just

0:45.9

hand crafting millwork which I think is a beautiful skill set that I love dearly

0:51.9

and I never want to I never want to give up on though I'm not the one physically building I am more of a support structure I see that you know and as John kind of alludes to there's so many opportunities in this space that

1:08.1

allow a business to thrive and frankly you know you'll hear John talk about how it might even be a more profitable

1:16.1

endeavor so yeah yeah it's a being that that was that long ago.

1:24.6

I don't remember everything from the podcast and there's certain things that I can recall

1:31.1

and seeing him progress through his career at this point you know I guess that

1:36.1

was seven years ago so I think he said he's 49 he was 42 at that point and how much

1:41.0

can change in such a short amount of time and still like what opportunities there are for all of us.

1:48.2

Whether we're wearing a tool belt, not wearing a tool belt, we want a mix of that.

1:52.0

It's cool to see how everyone is maturing, how everyone is

1:58.9

progressing throughout their career and the experience and the wisdom that we can draw just from doing this for

2:06.2

such a long time and then hopping on a podcast and sharing that with everyone.

2:09.5

So I'm excited to get him back on and have you guys listen and for your feedback on this one.

2:16.5

Let's get into it. This podcast is brought to you by Anderson Windows.

2:21.7

So, Tyler, I know the standard and almost every build you're seeing double pain glass but you know I've installed

2:30.2

triple pain glass have you I have, but we've been discussing it

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