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All businesses have to figure out what to charge for their product, but that seems to be especially challenging for woodworking operations. Will Sampson, editor of FDMC and Woodworking Network, discusses how to determine what something is worth. He then concludes his interview with Amanda Conger, executive director of the Cabinet Makers Association, talking about costs and compensation in the small to medium size shop.
Amanda Conger has been active in the woodworking industry for more than 15 years. As executive director of the Cabinet Makers Association for the last five years, she focuses on providing networking and professional development opportunities for professional woodworkers in the United States and Canada.
William Sampson is a lifelong woodworker, and he has been an advocate for small-scale entrepreneurs and lean manufacturing since the 1980s. He was the editor of Fine Woodworking magazine in the early 1990s and founded WoodshopBusiness magazine, which he eventually sold and merged with CabinetMaker magazine. He helped found the Cabinet Makers Association in 1998 and was its first executive director. Today, as editor of FDMC magazine he has more than 20 years experience covering the professional woodworking industry. His popular "In the Shop" tool reviews and videos appear monthly in FDMC.