374 Who is Nick Schiffer?
Modern Craftsman
Modern Craftsman
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 31 August 2025
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Nick strips it down—who he is off camera, how the brand formed, and the hits that shaped him. We get into rock-bottom cash flow, building a leadership team, and why being the same guy online and on site actually matters.
Show Notes:
00:00 Getting into it
03:27 How my kids vs. clients see me
04:22 Same guy on social and on site
15:06 High school to the trades
17:33 College or straight to work
20:24 Chasing the "best version"
26:41 Pressure: internal vs. external
29:07 Owning screwups and moving forward
32:10 Building a leadership team
35:13 First home reno (and meeting my wife)
37:34 Rock-bottom cash-flow crunch
49:39 Social media's upside for builders
53:55 Do hard things; be your best
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| 0:00.0 | I've not been in that position because I just feel like I'm just going. Go, go, go, go, go. |
| 0:04.2 | When stuff happens, I'm deflecting. I keep moving. I'm not stopping and allowing it to |
| 0:08.6 | impact me to the point where I can't move anymore. A little bit different format this week. |
| 0:18.6 | Tyler and I are on competing schedules. |
| 0:21.6 | So Tyler put together this list of questions. |
| 0:27.6 | And it's intended to help you get to know us whether you already do dig in deeper. Or if you you don't you get to know us from the |
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