Learning to start and run a small business is a skilled trade

In the second of our two-part episode with Adam Heffner, the owner and founder of Nashville-area shop Maker Table Metal continues his conversation with The Fabricator Podcast live at FABTECH 2022 in Atlanta. Heffner talks about wanting to create more locally-focused large-scale art installations, breaking ground on a bigger shop, and emphasizes why it's important for tradespeople aspiring to own a small business to learn the ins-and-outs of starting and running a business. Check out Part 1. "Before you make the jump, study business. It's another trade. It's the same as metalwork, millwork, or plumbing It's a trade. You have to learn the business trade." Jump ahead to 7:32 to get to our chat with Adam. The guys also talk about a skateboarder smashing a skateboard through the windshield of a McLaren 12C, Tony Hawk performing with the ska band Goldfinger, if '90s swing bands like Cherry Poppin' Daddies and Squirrel Nut Zippers will ever make a big comeback, and some of the more unfortunate angles of the new Martin Luther King Jr. sculpture recently unveiled in Boston. Email us at [email protected] with any comments, questions, or suggestions.