
Shelby Akio Howland
Owner of Village Earthwright, an excavation and site work company in Goshen, Massachusetts.
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Aug 5, 2026
Shelby Akio Howland: Why the Best Operators Say "No" More Than They Say "Yes"
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Ryan DeemerHOST
Like, what's the story of the middle name? How did you get it? It, it kind of stands out a little bit.

Shelby Akio HowlandGUEST
So my middle name, for people listening, is Akio, which is a Japanese name.

Shelby Akio HowlandGUEST
It is the first name of the guy that my parents were living with when they were in Japan, because they didn't actually tattoo it on my butt, but they thought about it, Made in Japan.
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Ryan DeemerHOST
And now when it comes to your site prep, excavation, like, you do a lot of river restoration, really cool, like, natural products, but you've incorporated a lot of that technology into your business top to bottom, right?