Dean Wiltshire's guest appearances

Dean Wiltshire

The Build Cycle

The Outdoor Biz Podcast

Dana Gleason

Colorado Teardrops

Kristin Carpenter

Gary Arndt

Chris Washburn

Matthew Pollard

Noah Kagan

Roy Notowitz

Noah Kaufman

Michael Fishman

Bryan Miles

Amy Roberts

Jordan Harbinger

Brandon Bruce

Ray Lewis

OwlTail

On this episode Dean Wiltshire of Colorado Teardrops tells how he transformed his boat building chops into beautiful teardrop trailers and built nice business in Colorado. Facebook Twitter InstagramThe Outdoor Biz Podcast   Please give us a rating and review HERE Show Notes First Exposure to the Outdoors I live in Colorado. So, it makes it easy. California. Growing up in California, we'd take these great vacations in northern California, things like that. We'd go to various, reservoirs, renting cabins and along the Russian River, that and catching fish. Then we moved out here to Colorado in the late eighties. Our sky is so blue here in the summertime, our mountains are so vibrant, the sunset, you know, that Bronco sunset, we see it almost every night. You know the deep blues, the bright oranges, it's a fabulous place to exist. Things we talked about Colorado Tear Drops Dinosaur National Monument Yellowstone Lake Glacier National Park Overland Expo GoPro Mountain Games Myers-Briggs Advice Test, test test. Look up things like lean product management, it is all about throw something out there, see if it gets some traction. If it doesn't get some traction, understand why, how can you modify it to get traction? So when we started our business, for example, we started with a rental business. Why? So that we could get a lot of opinions on our product before we started making them for sale. So test, test, test, optimize, test, optimize, test, test, which is what we've been doing for years. Start smaller, it doesn't cost a lot to pop up a website and say, Hey, I'm selling this and just measure your traffic. But test, see what kind of hits you get and keep tweaking, tweaking it until you start to get hits. And of course, that's in the virtual world. Nothing better than face to face with people. Now as your testing, you can't ask leading questions. You have to ask open-ended questions, like did you think, you know? And you have to be okay with somebody insulting your product or your ideas. So you got to keep smiling, let it happen because you're learning, they're giving you something better than money. Other Outdoor Activities I'm a fly fisherman. I'm a skier, a mountain bike, a hiker. Favorite Books/Podcasts How I built this Freakonomics Favorite Piece of Gear under $100 Firepit Everest Stove Connect with Dean dean@coloradoteardops.com Instagram Facebook

On this episode Dean Wiltshire of Colorado Teardrops tells how he transformed his boat building chops into beautiful teardrop trailers and built nice business in Colorado. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/theoutdoorbizpodcast/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/rick_saez" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/theoutdoorbizpodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/theoutdoorbizpodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a><a href="http://www.theoutdoorbizpodcast.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Outdoor Biz Podcast</a>   Please give us a rating and review <a href="http://bit.ly/2t572XN" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a> Show Notes First Exposure to the Outdoors I live in Colorado. So, it makes it easy. California. Growing up in California, we'd take these great vacations in northern California, things like that. We'd go to various, reservoirs, renting cabins and along the Russian River, that and catching fish. Then we moved out here to Colorado in the late eighties. Our sky is so blue here in the summertime, our mountains are so vibrant, the sunset, you know, that Bronco sunset, we see it almost every night. You know the deep blues, the bright oranges, it's a fabulous place to exist. Things we talked about <a href="https://coloradoteardropcamper.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Colorado Tear Drops</a> <a href="https://www.nps.gov/dino/index.htm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Dinosaur National Monument</a> <a href="https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/yellowstone-lake.htm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Yellowstone Lake</a> <a href="https://www.nps.gov/glac/index.htm" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Glacier National Park</a> <a href="https://www.overlandexpo.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Overland Expo</a> <a href="https://mountaingames.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">GoPro Mountain Games</a> <a href="https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Myers-Briggs</a> Advice Test, test test. Look up things like lean product management, it is all about throw something out there, see if it gets some traction. If it doesn't get some traction, understand why, how can you modify it to get traction? So when we started our business, for example, we started with a rental business. Why? So that we could get a lot of opinions on our product before we started making them for sale. So test, test, test, optimize, test, optimize, test, test, which is what we've been doing for years. Start smaller, it doesn't cost a lot to pop up a website and say, Hey, I'm selling this and just measure your traffic. But test, see what kind of hits you get and keep tweaking, tweaking it until you start to get hits. And of course, that's in the virtual world. Nothing better than face to face with people. Now as your testing, you can't ask leading questions. You have to ask open-ended questions, like did you think, you know? And you have to be okay with somebody insulting your product or your ideas. So you got to keep smiling, let it happen because you're learning, they're giving you something better than money. Other Outdoor Activities I'm a fly fisherman. I'm a skier, a mountain bike, a hiker. Favorite Books/Podcasts <a href="https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510313/how-i-built-this" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">How I built this</a> <a href="http://freakonomics.com/archive/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Freakonomics</a> Favorite Piece of Gear under $100 <a href="https://www.rei.com/product/115893/primus-kamoto-openfire-pit" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Firepit</a> <a href="https://amzn.to/2ZFbX5U" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Everest Stove</a> Connect with Dean <a href="mailto:dean@coloradoteardops.com" rel="noopener">dean@coloradoteardops.com</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/roofnest/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ColoradoTeardrops/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>

177: Colorado Teardrops- Dean Wiltshire tells how they build these beautiful trailers

Want to travel the country, explore nature &amp; have customers pay you to help with market research? That's the business Dean Wiltshire has built with Colorado Teardrops, a camper trailer manufacturer based in Boulder, Colorado. He left a lucrative job in tech to start the company, which freed up his time to travel with his daughter. Thanks to his business skills, he's growing at a sustainable pace, controlling his retail sales experience, and is building the company off revenues. Listen in to see how he's done it and pick up advice for how to launch a consumer product! For full show notes, links and images, check out this show's post at TheBuildCycle.com/Podcast Be sure to subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play, Overcast FM, or wherever you listen to podcasts and leave a review and rating! And let me know who you'd like to hear interviewed...just message me on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.

Want to travel the country, explore nature &amp; have customers pay you to help with market research? That's the business Dean Wiltshire has built with Colorado Teardrops, a camper trailer manufacturer based in Boulder, Colorado. He left a lucrative job in tech to start the company, which freed up his time to travel with his daughter. Thanks to his business skills, he's growing at a sustainable pace, controlling his retail sales experience, and is building the company off revenues. Listen in to see how he's done it and pick up advice for how to launch a consumer product! For full show notes, links and images, check out this show's post at <a href="http://www.thebuildcycle.com/podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TheBuildCycle.com/Podcast</a> Be sure to subscribe on <a href="http://bit.ly/buildcycle" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">iTunes</a>, <a href="http://bit.ly/buildstitch" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stitcher</a>, <a href="http://bit.ly/2prqHOE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Google Play</a>, <a href="http://bit.ly/buildovercast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Overcast FM</a>, or wherever you listen to podcasts and leave a review and rating! And let me know who you'd like to hear interviewed...just message me on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/thebuildcycle" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/thebuildcycle" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> or <a href="http://www.instagram.com/thebuildcycle" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>.

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