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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⁠KeySill Instagram⁠

⁠Director's Cut⁠

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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

Patreon Episode

Peter Johnson is an Air Force veteran, former federal air marshal, and entrepreneur who’s built his life around service, discipline, and making the world a safer place. After years in aviation security and counter-terrorism, he founded Archway Defense, training across three “archways:”government, commercial, and houses of worship. He’s also building Deep Attic, an AR/VR platform helping people train more efficiently in disaster response and decision-making.

In this episode, Peter talks about the compounding power of showing up in fitness, in business, and in protecting others. We dig into how to fight the inner voice that wants the easy route, why daily discipline becomes a foundation for better decisions, and how saying “yes” only matters when it aligns with your core principles. He speaks candidly about burnout and resilience, the opportunity cost of misaligned work, and the sober weight of preparing people to confront real-world evil. The long game here is consistency, capacity, and choosing purpose over comfort.

Archway Defense⁠

⁠Deep Attic⁠

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Luke Anderson is an entrepreneur, coach, and father who’s spent his career helping others build stronger businesses and more balanced lives. As a personal and business coach and the third generation operator of Truckers Prorate Service, he’s learned firsthand how to juggle growth, leadership, and family without losing sight of what matters most.

In this episode, Luke talks about balance—the tension between ambition and presence, between building something great for your family without losing your family in the process. We dig into what it means to define priorities and purpose, how faith helps ground him, and the moments that taught him to slow down and trust the bigger picture.

Marcell Bruski, Senior Director of Engagement at Big Sky Economic Development, believes in the slow, steady work of investing in people. From her small-town Montana roots to leading community growth in Billings, she talks about the long game: building trust, staying steady through uncertainty, and planting seeds that take a long time to grow.

Ted Kim is a staple in Billings’ creative community. He's a Columbia film grad, spent his early career producing for networks in L.A. and international news in New York, and is the creator of Billings Open Studio (BOS), a creative hub for photographers and filmmakers. If you’ve been around the art scene in Billings, Montana, you know Ted for his generosity, craft, and the way he’s helped build real community.

In this episode, Ted talks about the long game: the “patterns” that compound over time, practical rules for decision-making, and to never say no to your Director on set. We dig into how fostering relationships make the work better, how to align ambition with constraints, and naming what’s most valuable in life: friends, family, and the time it takes to become the person you want to be.

Coming soon - Bamboo Method: Investing in the Unseen