The Forge with Ryan Miller
Step into the world of industrial manufacturing through candid conversations with the leaders shaping it. Hosted by Ryan Miller, CEO of PWI—a leading manufacturer of cranes, mezzanines, and fall protection systems. This podcast explores what it really takes to build and grow a successful business.
Ryan shares his own journey while sitting down with fellow CEOs and team leaders to uncover the stories behind their success—the challenges they faced, the lessons they learned, and the moments that defined them.
Episodes
9 episodes
Episode 9 | The Big Shift from Local to National Sales
Getting focused costs more than most owners expect. It sometimes means turning down work that is already paying the bills. Ryan, Darren and Kyle learned that while building PWI from the small farm repair shop their dad started in 1979 into a n...
Episode 8 | Cam Boyer's Blueprint for Scaling a Business Worth Hundreds of Millions
Scaling a business means taking responsibility for the people, the culture and the mistakes along the way. Cam Boyer learned that over three decades of building companies from the ground up. Most notably, he helped take Grand Design RV from a s...
Episode 7 | The Value of an Executive Assistant
Delegation sounds simple until you're the one who has to let go. For Ryan Miller, hiring an executive assistant meant learning to hand over responsibilities he had always managed himself. In this episode, Ryan sits down with his current executi...
Episode 6 | What it Means to Hire 7 Foot Jumpers
Hiring great people isn't about finding the most experienced candidate. It's about finding people who are willing to learn, fit your culture, and elevate everyone around them. In this episode, Ryan, Darren, and Kyle Miller discuss why they look...
Episode 5 | The Boring Word Behind Real Success with Justin Moyer
Most businesses chase rapid growth. Justin Moyer took a different path. He spent years learning the electrical trade alongside his father before slowly building Moyer Electric into one of northern Indiana's trusted industrial and commercial ele...
Episode 4 | Why We Chose the Trades Over College
Most people are told there's one path. Finish school, go to college, get a degree. Ryan, Darren, and Kyle Miller didn't do any of that. They didn't finish high school, and they built one of Indiana's leading manufacturers in lifting, storage, a...
Episode 3 | Operating a Business While Under Attack with Patrick Booth
Some people go through one hard season. Patrick Booth went through several at once, and some of them aren't over yet.In Episode 3 of The Forge, Ryan Miller sits down with Patrick Booth, owner of CCB Technology, a company his father star...
Episode 2 | The Challenge of Building a Business with Family
In Episode 2 of The Forge, the Miller brothers engage in an open discussion about the realities of running a family business. They share insights on the lessons learned during tough times and how to maintain healthy relationships.
Episode 1 | The Story of PWI
In the first episode of The Forge, Ryan Miller sits down with his brothers, Darren and Kyle Miller, co-owners of PWI, to share the story behind the business their father started in 1979. What began as a small operation in Nappanee, Ind...
