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.
Get the spark of connection with Hardware Innovators now!
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
Webinar Recap: How to Make the Most of Your Hardware Store’s Website
We recently hosted "How To Make The Most Out Of Your Hardware Store's Website," a conversation focused on a simple idea: your website should be doing more than just existing, it should be helping grow your business. During the webinar, we walked through practical ways...
May 2026 Mastermind Recap
This month’s Hardware Innovators Mastermind conversations focused heavily on what’s actually driving growth inside independent hardware stores right now, especially when it comes to B2B relationships, customer communication, and operational follow-through. Let’s dig into some of the biggest takeaways from our May 2026 Mastermind discussions!
Webinar Recap: Capturing More In-Store B2B Sales for Hardware & LBM
We recently hosted 'Capturing More In-Store B2B Sales for Hardware & LBM', a webinar that covered simple, practical ways to turn everyday traffic into long-term relationships that boost sales. If you missed the webinar or want to revisit the framework, you’ll find...
Get Connected!
The process is simple, but the commitment is real. Are you ready to become an innovator??
1
APPLY
2
CONNECT
3
INNOVATE!