Owen is joined by Josh Lucas, the owner of the independently owned record shop, PreAtomic Records in Corvallis Oregon. Although Josh has only been in business a handful of years PreAtomic Records has had incredible growth, starting as a popup business at the farmers market before moving into a brick and mortar (twice!). In this lively, and sometimes playful, conversation Josh talks about transforming a hobby into a business, finding work life balance, and an honest peek behind the curtain of the choices small business owners have to make.

FIND Josh

https://www.preatomicrecords.com/

https://www.instagram.com/preatomicrecords/

TIMESTAMPS (0:00) Intro (0:53) What Josh does (3:38) Comparing vinyl records to digital (8:33) How record prices are set (16:15) His Career Path (21:25) Thoughts of open a record shop (25:50) Transitioning to opening a record shop (31:58) Pandemic transition (37:35) Moving into a new store front (39:32) Hiring an employee (43:33) What does his typical week look like? (47:06) Finding work life balance (1:01:29) What does he see in his future? (1:06:43) Josh's advice for a Bossless Path (1:12:58) How to find Josh (1:13:25) Wrap up (1:13:55) Outro #bosslesspathpodcast, #podcast, #bosslesspath, #interview, #selfemployed, #joshlucas, #preatomicrecords, #independentrecordstore