Ep 707: Scaling a Pottery Business with Sarah Wolf (Part Two!)

About this episode

In this episode, Rebecca Ickes Carra continues her conversation with Sarah Wolf about the day-to-day operations of running a pottery business.

Send us Fan Mail Building a team is one thing—but how do you actually run a production ceramics studio day-to-day without losing the handmade quality that makes your work special? In this second part of my conversation with Sarah Wolf of Wolf Ceramics, we dig into the operational realities of running an eight-person studio. Sarah breaks down weekly production rhythms, why cross-training her team across multiple tasks creates both flexibility and ownership, and the strategic decision to invest...

People in this episode

Host: Rebecca Ickes Carra

Guest: Sarah Wolf

Topics covered

• pottery business
• production studio
• team management
• ceramics
• cross-training
• operational realities

Keywords

• pottery
• ceramics
• business operations
• team building
• production rhythms
• cross-training

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wolf Ceramics

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