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Ethan Harty shares his journey from a young blacksmith to a global business owner, emphasizing the role of social media in his success.

Send us Fan Mail How does a blacksmith in the middle of nowhere build a global business? The forge is the craft, but the phone is the storefront. Jessica sits down with Ethan Harty, a first-generation blacksmith who started at 11, dropped out of high school at 16, and now ships work around the world from rural Alberta. He breaks down Damascus steel, the 800-pound jobs and the steam locomotive he’s restoring on camera, and the one idea behind it all: social media is his “accessible storefront,...

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