Paul Mencel

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2,431 appearances 11 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 10 Aug

Paul Mencel’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Handcrafted Podcast: The Business of making things · The Invisible Ceiling: Pricing, Systems, Creativity & Knowing What to Say No To · 13 Jul 2026 podcast

I'm more thinking, and because we are a custom shop, we're building something specifically for somebody. voice-verified

So we already know that a person wants this specific thing. voice-verified

But if I was to just create something off the top of my head, I think I would probably be thinking of how to create something that is for me and something that I really like, which actually is how the business started, to be honest. voice-verified

I started making stuff for my own home that I thought was cool and that I liked. voice-verified

But at the same time, it's like you definitely want to have a vibe and a style. voice-verified

And I think there's just kind of two paths, which I talk about with everybody and my private clients as well, where it's like the one path is the starving artist route, which is you're just going to keep making art until it finds its audience and gravitate or the other one sort of like. voice-verified

I don't know, I guess for lack of a better term, business owner route, which is like I'm going to be a job shop that's making work for people that they hire me to do. voice-verified

And in that quest of doing that, I'm going to end up writing a few hits here or there that then end up becoming my own and my own identity. voice-verified

Anything that you do, anything that you touch is going to be you. voice-verified

So I think that that's sort of where the line is. voice-verified

It's a really tough line to walk. voice-verified

And I do think genuinely you should be making things that you do genuinely resonate with. voice-verified

Because I do think if it's resonating with you deeply, it's going to be something that resonates a little bit better with the audience and the crowd. voice-verified

I wouldn't be thinking of things like I don't think about what's how is this going to perform on Instagram. voice-verified

I just post the things that we've made and hope that it does well and hope other people like it. voice-verified

And there are so many times where I take a bet. voice-verified

I go, I'll bet this is going to be amazing. voice-verified

I'll bet everyone on social media is going to love this. voice-verified

And they don't. voice-verified

And then another thing is I'm going to be like, oh, this is just kind of a lame one, but this is kind of all I have for photos. voice-verified

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