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Hardware Innovators
Mastermind Group

Are you a leader at a local hardware store? Are you looking to innovate your store’s technology and learn new tools for improving employee productivity and company culture? If that sounds like you then you’ve arrived to the right place. Here, you will find likeminded hardware retail leaders offering collaboration, inspiration, and access, so your store can not only grow, but thrive in today’s world.

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Who are Innovators?

We are a collective group of hardware retail industry Business Owners, General Managers, Marketing Specialists, and OSR. Beyond wanting to innovate our stores, we all share a common bond of owning and operating local home grown stores and that have similar challenges and needs. For this reason, we are dedicated to creating meaningful connections, elevating our professional skills, and sharing information to grow our businesses.

Why Join Hardware Innovators?

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Elevate Your Hardware Store

Learn and test new and useful technology to help you run a tighter ship and focus on better ways to provide for your customers and employees.

Experience Real-time Connection

Learn innovative ways to foster new and authentic relationships with the local community and employees that nurtures a strong and durable culture.

Unlock Business Growth

Use shared information & processes from a hive of knowledgeable business owners to help grow your business with proven strategies to adapt and fit the culture of your store.

Attend A Mastermind Event

Your Monthly Mastermind is the third Wednesday of every month on Zoom. The roundtable-style meetups are 40-45 minutes, so feel free to join multiple! The line-up will remain the same but the topics will change.

Member Wisdom & Insights

October 2024 Mastermind Recap

October 2024 Mastermind Recap

The holiday season was on everyone’s mind at this month’s Mastermind. Marketers shared holiday flier designs, discussed if Black Friday was overrated, how to drive more sales during the seasonally slow months (Mums!?), tips for hosting holiday events, and new product ideas (like Poinsettias) for special times of the year. General Managers debated whether or not blackout dates for holiday PTO requests were a good idea, shared some blackout templates, discussed policy language used in conversations about employees wanting a raise, and talked about potential benefits to offer leadership positions.

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September 2024 Mastermind Recap

September 2024 Mastermind Recap

Our Hardware Innovators are a group of people who are dedicated and determined to see their hardware stores succeed, stay relevant, and continue to thrive well after our Innovators are gone. That’s why they show up consistently, are present, and are willing to ask and answer the hard questions. This call was no exception!

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August 2024 Mastermind Recap

August 2024 Mastermind Recap

Our Masterminds always have amazing takeaways, and this Mastermind was no different! We had marketers and general managers chime in on what’s been working for them. (Hint: this Mastermind talked a lot about building relationships with contractors through events, bringing in surprising products that our Innovators can’t keep on the shelves, and so much more!)

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Get Connected!

The process is simple, but the commitment is real. Are you ready to become an innovator??

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