#75 Lou Mellinghausen keeps trade secrets close to the vest.
Modern Craftsman
Modern Craftsman
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🗓️ 28 June 2019
⏱️ 126 minutes
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Summary
Lou Mellinghausen owns Penn Painting based in Chalfont, Pennsylvania and is Fine Paints of Europe certified. Lou talks about his background, transparency with clients and dives deep on what's safe to share or keep secret on social media when it comes to trade secrets.
Where to find our Guest:
Lou Mellinghausen @pennpainting on Instagram
Where to find our Hosts:
Nick Schiffer @nsbuilders on Instagram and YouTube
Tyler Grace @TRGHomeconcepts on Instagram
John Hourihan @heresjohnnyh & @vintagebuilders on Instagram
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Music:
"Dessert" by Nate Gusakov
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| 0:00.0 | So today on the podcast we had Lou Millinghausen, I believe he said he's the third, but he does not live in a castle. |
| 0:18.6 | He owns Penn Painting, which is out of Pennsylvania. |
| 0:23.0 | We discuss transparency within the trades. |
| 0:26.0 | I guess how he's kind of structuring his company, |
| 0:31.0 | his background where he comes from. |
| 0:35.0 | And some of the, I guess, you know, having the conversation about towing that line between what's safe to be transparent about with your customers and what you |
| 0:46.4 | should kind of keep close to your hip. |
| 0:48.6 | Especially for specialty contractors, I think is important to know. It's a good podcast guys you gonna enjoy it. |
| 0:57.4 | So if you guys you guys met I don't know how long I was off before Lou, John, John, Nick, Lou. |
| 1:04.0 | Hi. |
| 1:05.0 | So Lou is working on my job right now. |
| 1:08.0 | Oh, blue. |
| 1:09.0 | You're my boy blue. |
| 1:10.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:11.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:12.0 | So Lou's from Penn pen painting you're at a |
| 1:15.4 | our Pennsylvania suburbs of Philadelphia yep well Lou tell us a little bit about |
| 1:20.0 | yourself introduce yourself to to the listeners to the world. |
| 1:22.8 | Is this how it starts? |
| 1:23.8 | Okay. This is how it starts. |
| 1:24.8 | You know the very you don't to read it just be cash. |
| 1:27.8 | I wish you didn't see that. |
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