Welcome to the lab
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?
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
December 2024 Mastermind Recap
This month’s Hardware Innovators Mastermind covered a lot of ground: preparing for a new year of marketing and navigating winter staffing challenges. Marketers explored the importance of fully fleshed-out marketing budgets and content strategies, while General Managers weighed the pros and cons of cutting hours during the slower season. We may have spent the final minutes of our call admiring the leadership strategy of a certain hockey coach (Go Lightning!)—but don’t worry, we’ll spare you the details in case any of our innovators are loyal to rival teams. Alright, back to hardware! Ready to dive in?
November 2024 Mastermind Recap
This month’s Hardware Innovators Mastermind tackled two hot topics: going digital and creating better leadership strategies. Marketers dove into all things digital circulars, while General Managers explored leadership org charts, coaching to core values, and how to navigate year-end financial strategies (what to do with the profits). Oh, and everyone’s still buzzing about the simplicity of using Linktree as a website. Ready to dive in?
4 Holiday Hardware Store Marketing Ideas for December
Wondering how you can boost sales during the slower winter season? Festive holiday events and promotions are the perfect way to engage your community and stay on people’s minds. To make the most of the holiday season, here are four tried-and-true marketing ideas to...
Get Connected!
The process is simple, but the commitment is real. Are you ready to become an innovator??
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APPLY
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CONNECT
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INNOVATE!