Cabinetmaker, staying nimble, builds solid business

Michael Sloan went from wood-making hobbyist to a niche home products business.

  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 6:00 a.m. August 2, 2019
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Mark Wemple. Michael Sloan founded Sarasota-based WG Wood Products in 2002.
Mark Wemple. Michael Sloan founded Sarasota-based WG Wood Products in 2002.
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Michael Sloan started tooling around his garage in his suburban Kansas City, Kan., home 15 years ago with the idea to build a magazine rack for his bathroom wall.

“I did an exhaustive internet search and couldn’t find one,” he says. “So I built it myself. Later I put it on eBay, and it just went nuts.”

 

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