Building an Urban Wood Business: Where to Start and How to Thrive

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Webinar information

As a co-founder of a thriving urban wood business, Danny Torres shares his lessons on how he reached success as a new business owner, challenges he faced, and lessons learned in successfully marketing and growing an urban wood business. Join Danny in this webinar to hear a firsthand account of how he is building a market for his businesses. 

Speakers

Danny Torres, Co-Founder and CEO, Deadwood Revival Design & Co-Owner, Pacific Coast Lumber

Is this webinar for you?

This webinar is intended for urban wood business owners, entrepreneurs interested in entering the urban wood space, and entities supporting local businesses and economic development goals. Those interested in urban wood and entrepreneurship alike will benefit from the lessons shared here. 

Registration

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Pricing

SAF and UWN Member: $10

Non-member: $15

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Webinar access 

The webinar is scheduled for live viewing on Wednesday, June 12, 2024 at 1 pm ET. The Zoom Webinar platform will be used for the presentation. Be sure to connect to the webinar using a device approved to access Zoom.

Access this webinar within the Contents tab (to the right of the Overview information).

Webinar duration

The duration of this webinar is 1 hour.

Learning objectives

Upon successful completion of this webinar, you will be able to:

1. Summarize the methods used by Deadwood Revival Design (DRD) to find success.

2. List the factors that helped and hindered Danny to overcome challenges in starting DRD.

3. Identify top priorities to consider when starting a business.

Rubric

Successful completion of the webinar is measured by participating in the entire webinar and completing the evaluation.

Evaluation

Participant feedback is appreciated to help the presenters and webinar partner continually improve webinars for future programming.

CFEs

Upon successful completion of this webinar, you will earn 1.0 CFEs in Category 1. CFEs will automatically be added to your CFE record located on www.eforester.org by the end of the day (11:59 pm ET).

ISA certification holders can also earn CEUs. This program is eligible for 1 ISA CEU in the following categories: ISA BCMA Management, ISA Certified Arborist, ISA Municipal Specialist.

For ISA pre-approved webinars, SAF will report ISA CEU completions on a monthly basis for ISA CEU approved programs.

Certificate

Upon successful completion of this webinar and the evaluation, participants may download and print a certificate verifying completion of the webinar and earning SAF CFEs. CFE certificates will only be available until June 13, 2025 at 12:00 am ET. 

Return to Webinar

Once you are registered for the webinar, access this webinar within your MY DASHBOARD. Prior to the start time, the webinar will be listed under "Upcoming Live Events." 

Following the day of the webinar, you can return to download your certificate accessing the webinar information within the general listing of YOUR DASHBOARD for 12 months following the webinar. The webinar product will become inaccessible on June 13, 2025 at 12:00 am ET.

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Refund

This is a non-refundable item. Please view FAQs for additional information.

Danny Torres

Co-Founder and CEO

Deadwood Revival Design

Danny Torres Is the Co-Founder and CEO of Deadwood Revival Design (DRD) and co-owner of Pacific Coast Lumber. He cultivated his passion for salvaging trees while working as a wildland firefighter for the US Forest Service. Through his work at DRD, Danny has focused on strengthening the urban wood economy through education, workforce development and mentoring programs. He led the charge to organize and develop the first ever “Urban Lumber Drying Workshop” and is currently working on other specialized training for urban lumber professionals. His mission is simple: to inspire, grow and support a diversified wood economy that centers around urban wood utilization.

Andrew Trotter (Moderator)

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Building an Urban Wood Business: Where to Start and How to Thrive
06/12/2024 at 1:00 PM (EDT)  |  Recorded On: 06/12/2024  |  60 minutes
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CFE Credit: Building an Urban Wood Business: Where to Start and How to Thrive
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