{"podcast":{"title":"The Woodpreneur Podcast","slug":"the-woodpreneur-podcast-1118875","podcast_index_feed_id":1118875,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/stevekex/feed.xml","website_url":"https://stevekex.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/22451032/the-woodpreneur-podcast-1.jpg","author":"Acres of Timber","episode_count":100,"summary":"We cover the business and marketing side of the woodworking, sawmill, tree service, furniture making, Urban Wood, and woodworking industry. If you're a woodworker, sawmill owner, or any other entrepreneur and/or business owner in the wood industry, you need to check out this podcast. Each week, we interview business owners, large-scale companies, entrepreneurs, makers, and designers while also offering marketing and business advice that will help you grow your business and increase your profits. Tune in every week! www.builldergrowth.io www.woodpreneurlife.com Join our free and private Facebook Group! https://www.facebook.com/groups/woodpreneurlife","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T06:18:02.705416+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-woodpreneur-podcast-1118875"},"episode":{"title":"Megan Offner, New York Heartwoods","slug":"megan-offner-new-york-heartwoods","published_at":"2026-04-16T14:04:53+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-woodpreneur-podcast-1118875/megan-offner-new-york-heartwoods","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-woodpreneur-podcast-1118875","url":"https://stevekex.podbean.com/e/megan-offner-new-york-heartwoods/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/f547039yc7wnzog9/49c705fa-48d2-4df7-bd6e-f4b23b11c655_ef8f2e15-5771-4a74-92ed-723030590659.mp3","summary":"What if the tree in your backyard could become the floor beneath your feet, the table where your family gathers, or the beams holding up your home? Megan Offner of New York Heartwoods has spent 25 years making that a reality, and her story is one every woodworking and craftsmanship lover needs to hear. In this episode of the Woodpreneur Podcast, Jennifer Alger reconnects with Megan to hear how her business has evolved from running a sawmill and producing custom furniture to a bold new chapter as a project coordinator and wood sourcing consultant. Megan now bridges the gap between landowners, architects, designers, and small local mills, stewarding trees from the moment they are still standing all the way through to finished, traceable, place-based materials in the built environment. Megan opens up about the logistical complexity of working on large-scale hospitality and residential projects, including sourcing 27 walnut slab tables for a Hudson Valley hotel and turning four massive poplar trees into 8,000 linear feet of baseboard for an affordable housing project in Kingston, New York. She also shares the rewarding challenge of expanding her work to the West Coast, learning new species and mass timber processes along the way. Beyond the projects, this conversation gets real about the business side of craftsmanship. Megan talks honestly about the shift from idealism to sustainability, learning to say no, finding a business coach, and building a network of collaborators whose skills balance her own. It is a masterclass in growing a purpose-driven business without losing sight of why you started. This episode is for woodworkers, entrepreneurs, architects, and anyone who believes that local, sustainable wood belongs in the buildings we live and work in. Tune in, hit follow…","meta_description":"What if the tree in your backyard could become the floor beneath your feet, the table where your family gathers, or the beams holding up your home? Megan…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2250,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-woodpreneur-podcast-1118875/episodes/megan-offner-new-york-heartwoods/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-woodpreneur-podcast-1118875/megan-offner-new-york-heartwoods.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}