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Get 50% Off Your One Month Trial with Trade, at https://drinktrade.com/upflip From peddling duct tape wallets in middle school to creating a multi-million-dollar woodworking business, Ryan Drapela’s entrepreneurial journey began at a young age. Growing up on a Texas farm, he picked up essential skills like welding and operating heavy machinery. By the time he was 15, he was already selling woodworking projects out of his parents’ horse barn, crafting custom pieces to help fund his college education. The real wake-up call came one morning at 4:30 AM, when an exhausted Ryan realized he needed to move from one-off custom work to scalable products. His breakthrough came with a wooden docking station that brought in $46,000 in just six weeks. Starting with just a $75 miter saw and reclaimed pallet wood, Ryan built what would become Drapela Works—a thriving woodworking business boasting 25 employees and cutting-edge CNC machinery. Today, his woodworking projects reach customers worldwide, with more than $5 million in Etsy sales alone. In this episode, Ryan dives into how he scaled his woodworking business from a simple barn setup to a full-fledged production facility, why he believes personalized customer experiences trump paid advertising, and how his passion for quality craftsmanship fuels organic, word-of-mouth growth. Resources: 🎓 Start Your Woodworking Business Today - https://links.upflip.com/cnc-woodwork... 🎓 Start or scale your business with the UpFlip Academy - https://links.upflip.com/academy-yt 📕 FREE access to ‘137 most profitable businesses’ - https://links.upflip.com/137-business... 🎙️ Follow the UpFlip Podcast - https://links.upflip.com/podcast-yt 📩 Join the UpFlip Newsletter - https://links.upflip.com/newsletter-yt 👉 Ryan’s business - https://www.etsy.com/shop/DrapelaWood... Timestamps: 00:00 - Start 00:49 - $120K worth of wood 01:02 - Commercial woodshop… in a garage?! 01:42 - Not your regular saw 02:13 - The most “country” dude you can think of 02:47 - Monthly overhead 03:25 - Inspired by 3 simple questions 04:40 - The “I told you so” product 05:47 - Feeling of early success 06:26 - Clumping wood together 07:07 - The “Lambo” machine 07:51 - Yearly revenue breakdown 08:18 - Most profitable products 08:34 - The product that made millions 11:16 - Fan blitz 12:38 - Picking the best product 13:33 - Branding DOES matter 14:37 - Best machine in the shop 15:14 - Income streams 16:08 - The burning question 16:46 - It’s all about the photos 17:22 - Dipping process (100% food safe!) 18:04 - Pricing and margins 19:07 - Starting with FREE materials 19:46 - Laser engraver 21:19 - Finding and maintaining good suppliers 22:32 - Garage, tears, and pure grind 23:27 - From Home Depot to $5M 24:19 - 3 steps to $100K 25:04 - A family business 25:38 - Always the final call 26:17 - Business sucks, it happens! 27:18 - Only one person in the angry boat 28:44 - Not a fan of social media 30:10 - What would 80-year-old you do? 31:04 - Handling seasonality 31:53 - Only leap when you’re ready 32:40 - Outro #woodworking #woodworkingprojects #woodworkingbusiness