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The Flooring Tool That Sold Out In 10 Minutes | Sam Prosser from MyScribe
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How does a simple flooring idea turn into 400 emails overnight, sell out in minutes and end up stocked by flooring suppliers around the world?
Sam Prosser, the floor layer behind MyScribe, joins Pete and Keiran to talk about his journey through the flooring trade, building a following on social media and turning a simple idea he created on the tools into a real product business.
Sam started in flooring young, following his dad and brother into the trade, but his route there was anything but straightforward. He talks openly about spending part of his childhood in the care system, leaving school without GCSEs and eventually building a career for himself through flooring.
The conversation then gets into how MyScribe actually started. After one of Sam’s homemade herringbone flooring templates gained millions of views online, he realised there could be a better way of doing it. A 3D printer bought by his wife gave him the chance to turn the idea into a physical product — and the response was bigger than he expected.
After putting a small batch up for sale, Sam received around 400 emails in one night. Later batches sold out within minutes, leading to outside investment, bigger production and MyScribe eventually being stocked by flooring suppliers and shipped internationally.
They also get into:
- How Sam got started as a floor layer
- Growing a flooring business and working in commercial vs domestic jobs
- Creating MyScribe from a simple on-site idea
- Selling out stock and dealing with sudden demand
- Finding investors and scaling a trade product
- Protecting an idea with trademarks and design protection
- Building a brand rather than relying on one product
- How social media helped grow the business
- One YouTube video reaching around 17 million views
- Dealing with trolling and criticism online
- The pressure facing the flooring industry from DIY and other trades
- Sam’s long-term goal of eventually opening his own flooring shop
It’s a great example of how an idea born from actually working on the tools can turn into something much bigger.
If you’re a floor layer, carpet fitter, tradesperson, self-employed business owner or anyone with a product idea you’ve never acted on, this episode is packed with lessons around starting small, testing an idea, using social media and building something from your own experience.
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⚠️ Warning: Contains adult humour and strong language. Tradesmen banter ahead.
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