What does it look like to keep building when no one’s asking for what you’re creating yet?

Today On the Bamboo Method Podcast is Aaron Reay, founder of KeySill, a company shaking up the specialty windows and doors industry. Keysill creates one-to-one installation guide templates that help contractors install complex, custom windows and doors accurately, before costly mistakes can be made.

Aaron shares what it’s been like to leave a stable career and start a new business from his kitchen table, balancing the tension between ambition and presence as a father of five. From late-night breakdowns to small wins worth celebrating, this conversation explores what it really means to invest in something before the results are visible.

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Perfectionism can feel like excellence, but often it’s just fear in disguise.

In this episode, Sam and Wade explore how perfectionism shows up in creative work, leadership, and communication, and why learning to ship imperfect work is essential for long-term growth. They share real stories, practical tools, and hard-earned lessons about deadlines, feedback, failure, and the balance between having high standards and forward motion.

Bonus at the end: Sam and Wade talk about the significance of the podcast intro/outro music.

Today’s guest is Lynn Mullowney Cabrera, the Executive Director of Eagle Mount Billings. Lynn has spent her career caring for others, leading programs for planned parenthood and the Alzheimer’s association in both Montana and California, and now building community through adaptive recreation for youth and adults with disabilities with Eagle mount. In everything she leads with tenderness, presence, and intention. in this episode we talk about what it looks like to give others grace, stay grounded, and keep showing up in the lives of the people who need it most.

Eagle Mount Billings

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