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
10 Kid-Friendly Event Ideas for Your Hardware Store
Looking for ways to bring more families into your store and strengthen your role as a community hub? Hosting Kid-Friendly events, or Young Builder events, is one of the most effective ways to do both. These events help kids get creative and comfortable in your space while showing parents your store is a valuable local partner they can trust.
June 2025 Mastermind Recap
Each month, Hardware Innovators come together to talk shop, solve problems, and share what’s actually working in their stores. In June, we covered everything from cleaning up contractor lists to boosting email open rates, strengthening leadership teams, and hosting events that show appreciation for your customers and contractors.
May 2025 Mastermind Recap
Our Hardware Innovators brought the heat in this month’s Masterminds, just in time for summer staffing season! We were also excited to officially bring back our B2B Mastermind! From standout recruiting tactics and retention tips to employee engagement tools and B2B growth strategies, these meetings delivered serious value for every kind of retail leader.
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!