2:42- Growing up in Georgia
4:01- Natural inclination towards wanting to build stuff and growing up without television
6:26- Being hyper-creative versus the technical aspect of creating things
7:24- Going to art school and avoiding math at all costs
9:52- The dream was to work at a big firm…not to start a business
11:20- Being exposed to engineers and learning how things work
14:24- Internship at SmartDesign
16:35- Setting up a workshop
18:00- Getting laid off after the economy crash
18:57- Inspiration
20:53- Getting exposure because of the website design
21:56- Buying a laser cutter and looking for new spaces
23:45- Feeling risky going all in on Tinkering Monkey
23:59- Getting past the feeling of it being really risky
26:28- Making tons of iPad stands
28:55- Dabbling in custom branded things
30:18- Creating office signage for big tech companies
32:54- Understanding branding and how to run a business
34:10- Tool quality
38:15- Creating content around the products
40:12- “The work that we get paid well enough for is also work that we want to do”
41:25- Working more hours and “changing hats” throughout the day
46:53- The next year for Tinkering Monkey
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