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#68 Confident vs Cocky with Mike Telich

Modern Craftsman

Modern Craftsman

Entrepreneurship, Education, Business, Self-improvement

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2019

⏱️ 129 minutes

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Summary

This week Mike Telich of Telich Custom Homes out of Baton Rouge Louisiana joins the guys. He talks about taking risks, what gives him an edge, not bidding against other contractors, the hardest lessons learned and being confident vs cocky with your skill. 

This Episode is sponsored by Kuiken Brothers. 

Where to find our guest:

Mike Telich @telichcustomhomes on Instagram

Where to find our sponsor:

Kuiken Brothers @kuikenbrothers on Instagram

www.kuikenbrothers.com

Where to find our Hosts:

Nick Schiffer @nsbuilders on Instagram and YouTube

Tyler Grace @TRGHomeconcepts on Instagram

John Hourihan @heresjohnnyh & @vintagebuilders on Instagram

Follow The Modern Craftsman on Instagram @the.moderncraftsman

Transcript

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0:00.0

This podcast is being sponsored by Kuken Brothers Classical Molding Collection.

0:10.0

They stock and they ship 90 historically inspired molding profiles nationwide.

0:17.0

If you guys haven't seen their website, I'd suggest you hop on Kukin Brothers

0:22.0

and take a look around.

0:24.6

Go through their molding design guide.

0:26.6

If you're ever unsure of what profiles work together,

0:30.7

if you have difficulty determining what trim should go in a specific home or what trim works together or you just want a foolproof way of selling some really cool trim packages.

0:43.0

That molding design guide is an amazing tool.

0:46.0

I know Nick, you've used their molding.

0:48.0

Yeah, and that's actually an interesting point because they're out of Northern New Jersey

0:52.0

and they do actually ship.

0:55.0

So I worked with Ryan as well as Mike, but they helped put a package together for our Lake

1:00.4

Drive custom project and we're working on another project with them now

1:03.8

something from the Modern Craftsman collection. And our guest Mike Tellich, not

1:12.2

tell each or not tell each. Mike Telich, not Telich, not Telich or Telich, or Telichay.

1:17.0

Oh, I like Telichay.

1:18.0

You, Mike's in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, right? Yes, sir. And you've used their moldings. We have. They've been great.

1:26.7

They've shipped us a couple trim packages now and I just got word today that they've ran some 17 foot custom lengths for us to trim 8 foot doors and they're

1:38.8

ready to be shipped down to us so we're finishing drywall at a home right now and getting ready to receive that delivery.

1:45.6

That's the way to do it. And John, John doesn't do any, he does small houses with only a little bit of mill work so. You're using them pretty standard, right?

1:57.0

That's our standard molding.

1:59.0

For everything.

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