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

So with this, we actually last week – I'm not sure if you listened to the podcast we had last week. voice-verified

Maybe that's sort of what this question stems from is you don't want a niche too soon. voice-verified

But at the same time, if it's something that is slowing down your process and your workflow, then you may not want to do it. voice-verified

So what I'm trying to decide if I'm going to take on a project that's outside our niche is – voice-verified

Do I see this being a viable thing moving forward? voice-verified

So just as a random example, we make tables. voice-verified

And if somebody came to us and asked, hey, do you do, can you do this case good piece? voice-verified

And the price is right, but I need to like buy some new tools. voice-verified

I might consider saying yes, because I might say, okay, this is something that we might do further. voice-verified

So I want to use this as an experiment to say, hey, I'm either going to continue to say yes to these things, or I'm going to continue to say no to these things. voice-verified

So I think it's worthwhile saying yes to some of the stuff and no to some of the stuff. voice-verified

So when you start saying yes, you'll understand, hey, I'm not going to do those anymore, but I'm going to start doing these. voice-verified

The other thing, too, is if it's something that's outside of what you normally offer, I'm usually pretty transparent about that. voice-verified

So, for example, somebody some big commercial client recently asked us to make a bunch of picture frames for for some hotels. voice-verified

And I was like, you know what, this is just kind of outside of what we do. voice-verified

As a result, it's just it's going to be a little bit expensive, but, you know, we'll figure it out. voice-verified

And because the bulk is so good, well, you know, I think it's worth pursuing. voice-verified

So I told them, hey, this is a little bit outside of what we do, but I'm willing to take a look and to price this for you guys and potentially work with you guys on this if you really want us to do it. voice-verified

And so I think being clear about that is is nice. voice-verified

And also just sometimes you don't even need to be clear. voice-verified

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