Built for Cabinet Making Owners

Your Cabinet Making Business Should Work for You.
Not the Other Way Around.

You're underpricing in a competitive market where timber costs move monthly and every custom job has a rework buffer you're not charging for. Your CNC is expensive. Your margins aren't.

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65%
of your week spent fire-fighting
9pm
when most trade owners stop working
3 in 4
say the business runs them
8%
average profit margin you're killing yourself for
The Reality

Sound Familiar?

You started this for more time, more money, less stress. Here's what you actually got.

You Are the Business

You know your craft - design, joinery, finishing. What you don't know is your true cost per hour when timber volatility, hardware sourcing delays, and design iteration all drain the job. You're selling art. You're pricing like labour.

The Money's There But It's Not Yours

Material costs are your enemy. MDF up. Veneers up. Hinges, handles, edging - all volatile. You quote fixed price three weeks out. Supplier changes prices mid-order. Your margin buffer - the one you never built in - vanishes.

The Busy Trap

Design-to-delivery timelines are squeezed from both ends. Clients want revisions mid-build. Suppliers delay. Installers have gaps. You're juggling three calendars and eating time you didn't quote.

Staff Headaches Without a Playbook

Skill shortage is real and getting worse. Finding makers who understand your standards takes months. Training them takes longer. One good person leaves and your quality control walks with them.

Real Results

Powered Up.
Real Stories.

Sam Stapleton
$260K to $3 Million in 2 years
Bailey McKewon
Doubled revenue year on year
Jay Tough
From busy subbie to big team
The Systems

Built in a Real Business.
Taught to Yours.

Every framework was built inside Response Electricians. Named. Tested. Repeatable.

Pricing for Profit

Cabinet making margins live on design standardisation and material cost anchoring. You're not pricing per hour - you're pricing per specification tier. Systems-based pricing means you anchor labour and material separately, then adjust by complexity. Response Electricians built this method - yours will be trade-specific.

Hiring Right

Hire for system discipline, not just craft. The best makers often resist standardisation. Your hiring system needs to attract people who see systems as freedom, not constraint. People who document their own methods become trainable leaders.

Job Management Loop

Job Management Loop tracks design phase separately from build phase. Rework iteration lives in design - charge for it there. Once build starts, variations cost double. Visibility into which clients burn revision time prevents scope creep eating your margin.

Financial Visibility Loop

Cost tracking by material type reveals true margins. Timber cost per cabinet type. Hardware cost per specification. Labour cost by maker. Financial Visibility Loop shows you which product lines are actually profitable and which look good but bleed margin.

Compliance as Advantage

Compliance as Advantage in cabinet making means specification documentation and quality standards become your moat. Safety certifications, material traceability, finish durability guarantees - competitors cutting corners lose. You win on certainty.

AI for Trade Operations

AI automates specification design iteration. Client uploads mood board, AI generates 3-5 spec options with cost breakdowns. Reduces revision cycles. Cuts design time by 40%. Margins improve immediately.

The Pathway

Where Is Your Cabinet Making Business Today?

Phase 1

Foundation

You're a solo maker with a waiting list. Your problem isn't work - it's capacity and cost visibility. Foundation phase teaches you to price for profit and see your true hourly return before you hire your first assistant.

Phase 2

Growth

You've hired one or two makers. Quality is slipping. Designs aren't consistent. Clients notice. Your reputation depends on standardisation, not just your personal skill. Growth phase forces systems before the next hire.

Phase 3

Expansion

You've got makers and a full workshop. But every design revision, material order, and quality decision still runs through you. Expansion phase builds an operations layer so the business delivers without you at every bench.

Phase 4

Scale

Your GM runs operations. Design delivery, production scheduling, quality control, and client management happen without you. You're choosing between growth, acquisition, or stepping back entirely. The business is the asset now.

The Programs

Six Programs. One Goal.
Owner Freedom.

Not steps on a ladder. Options on a menu. Pick the level that fits your cabinet making business right now.

Freedom Fighter 1:1
Dedicated 1:1
Your own dedicated lead coach. Fortnightly personalised sessions tailored entirely to your cabinet making business. Direct access to your coach. Custom solutions for your situation.
Includes Everything in AI Club
AI Workshops Specialty Coaches Weekly Live Sessions 59 Courses TRADIES App
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Most Popular
Tradie Teams
Small Groups of Same Trade
Matched with other cabinet making business owners. Dedicated lead coach. Fortnightly sessions. Peer accountability. Real-world problem-solving with people who understand your trade.
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AI Workshops Specialty Coaches Weekly Live Sessions 59 Courses TRADIES App
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AI Club
Live Workshops
Weekly live AI sessions with Greg Allan. 48 self-serve AI guides across 8 categories. Use AI for quoting, scheduling, and customer comms.
Includes Everything in Foundations
Weekly Live Sessions 27 Lessons 59 Courses TRADIES App
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Business Foundations
Group + Live
Weekly live sessions with Greg Allan. 27 structured lessons across 6 modules. Pricing, hiring, financials, systems - the complete blueprint.
Includes Everything in Learning Hub
59 Courses 567 Lessons TRADIES App
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Learning Hub
Self-Paced
Full access to the TRADIES app. 59 courses, 567 lessons across the entire curriculum. Learn at your own pace, anytime.
  • Complete video library
  • Community access
  • Lifetime updates
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Start A Business
Self-Paced Course
15 video lessons covering business structure, pricing, marketing, financials, and systems. Built for tradies starting their own cabinet maker business.
  • 15 video lessons, 4+ hours
  • One-time payment, lifetime access
  • TRADIES app community access
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Your Team

Coaches Who Have Built
What You're Building

Not consultants. Not motivational speakers. Operators who have scaled trade businesses.

Lead Coaches

Josh Graham
Lead Coach
Josh Graham
Built and scaled two electrical businesses to 100+ staff. Sold to a Fortune 500 company. Fast-growth strategies and exits.
Levi Hamilton
Lead Coach
Levi Hamilton
Grown teams of 40+. Sharp on strategy, sales-driven growth, and building high-performing trade businesses.
Jack May
Lead Coach
Jack May
20+ years in trade business ownership. People management, quoting systems, margin protection, and practical strategy.
Greg Allan
Founder - Foundations & AI Club Host
Greg Allan
Built Response Electricians from scratch to a fully autonomous, GM-led, premium electrical business. Hosts the weekly Foundations and AI Club live sessions. Every system taught at Tradies Success Academy was built inside his business first.

Specialty Coaches

HR & Hiring
Finance & Accounting
Operations
Marketing
Meta Ads
Leadership
Profit & Wealth
People & Culture
Project Management
For Cabinet Making Business Owners

Ready to Power Up Your
Cabinet Making Business?
It Starts Here.

8,000+ trade business owners have powered up with the Academy. Proven systems. Real coaches. Your cabinet making business is next.

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