The Forge with Ryan Miller

Episode 11 | The Growth Mistake Most Businesses Make

Growth creates complexity, and eventually the way your business is structured has to change. For Ryan, Kyle and Darren Miller, breaking PWI into focused divisions has bec

Episode 10 | Turning Misery Into Ministry with Donnie Foster

Some seasons cost more than money. For Donnie Foster, the cost was 23 years on the streets, in gangs and behind bars in some of California's toughest prisons. Until

Episode 9 | The Big Shift from Local to National Sales

Getting focused costs more than most owners expect. It sometimes means turning down work that is already paying the bills. Ryan, Darren and Kyle learned that while buildi

Episode 8 | Cam Boyer's Blueprint for Scaling a Business Worth Hundreds of Millions

Scaling a business means taking responsibility for the people, the culture and the mistakes along the way. Cam Boyer learned that over three decades of building companies

Episode 7 | The Value of an Executive Assistant

Delegation sounds simple until you're the one who has to let go. For Ryan Miller, hiring an executive assistant meant learning to hand over responsibilities he had a

Episode 6 | What it Means to Hire 7 Foot Jumpers

Hiring great people isn't about finding the most experienced candidate. It's about finding people who are willing to learn, fit your culture, and elevate everyo

Episode 5 | The Boring Word Behind Real Success with Justin Moyer

Most businesses chase rapid growth. Justin Moyer took a different path. He spent years learning the electrical trade alongside his father before slowly building Moyer Ele

Episode 4 | Why We Chose the Trades Over College

Most people are told there's one path. Finish school, go to college, get a degree. Ryan, Darren, and Kyle Miller didn't do any of that. They didn't finish

Episode 3 | Operating a Business While Under Attack with Patrick Booth

Some people go through one hard season. Patrick Booth went through several at once, and some of them aren't over yet. In Episode 3 of The Forge, Ryan Miller sits do

Episode 2 | The Challenge of Building a Business with Family

In Episode 2 of The Forge, the Miller brothers engage in an open discussion about the realities of running a family business. They share insights on the lessons learned d

Episode 1 | The Story of PWI

In the first episode of The Forge, Ryan Miller sits down with his brothers, Darren and Kyle Miller, co-owners of PWI, to share the story behind the business their father