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With their other offering, music. Musically, whats happening is very exciting. Ten years ago, artists would still go on tour as a way to sell records. Today, no one is making any money selling records. The only real money is in the live performance, and to have an intimate experience with an artist becomes very precious. Wesley, otherwise known as john wesley harding, has had a long music career, but his soldout cabinet of Wonders Cabaret Show at city winery is one of his favorite gigs. I think ...

Us. >> mark originally focused on carpentry work, building pieces like cabinets for homes, but conversations with other small business owners pushed him in another direction. >> i had a couple local brewers come to me and say we want t handle. we made it for them. thats when it took off. i just started doing it as sales work. >> rather than drag his heels, he recognized the potential. fortunately, it didnt require a major pivot in production. >> it wasnt difficult. we just did more of what we we...

Big change when he noticed his customers buying a lot of beer tap handles, products that werent even part of the original plan. >> when you have customers calling every day, its hard to turn them away. nice people. they want to give you money. thats a good thing. >> mark never could have guessed what his best selling product would be when he started his small business in 1981. >> 20, 30 years ago, beer taps didnt play that big a part in the retailing of beer. and my feeling is that now its a hug...

Line of handles that say a novice brewer can come in and say i want that handle, that suits me. or maybe i want that handle but this changed a little bit. >> customers know theyre being heard, steven has a standing order, but he can always call with a request. >> hell go out of his way. i think thats typical of a small business person. you know, your customer comes first, and hell spend the extra time to go out of his way. im not talking about hundreds of tap handles, if i need ten, 20, hell sup...