Todays show is the second episode in our season about Swiss machining. I interviewed Chris Armstrong last week while he was parked at a rest stop somewhere in Texas. He was en route on an all day tri

This is how its always been done. Businesses sometimes can do OK with a philosophy like that. Maybe even make good money. But it sucks being just ok, because you know you could be so much better.

Todays episode is Part II of our interview with industrial auctioneer Robert Levy. In Part I, I tried to get an understanding of whats going on inside the mind of an auctioneer. In the second part o

Auctions are always on our mind at Graff-Pinkert. Since Internet bidding became ubiquitous in the last 15 years theyve become more of a challenge for dealers like us to capitalize on. But sometimes y

Ive had a LinkedIn profile for a long time, but I didnt pay much attention to it until two years ago when I started using it to promote this podcast. I know its been helpful for me, but like all so

The concept of an ESOP to me has always seemed extraordinary yet at the same time a little hard to grasp. E-S-O-P is an acronym for Employee Stock Ownership Plan. Basically it means an employee owned

My guest on todays show is Kris Fugate, President of Revolution Machine Works, a prominent rotary transfer machine rebuilder, specializing in Hydromats. Hydromats can seem strange and overwhelming to

Using savings to buy a 20-year-old Swiss machine thats been sitting idle for year is a gamble. Buying one to start a machining company without any customers yet or a place to put the machine means re

Have you ever wondered what it takes to manufacture luxury watches that cost tens of thousands of dollars? This is the episode to find out! Last week I reconnected with Josh Shapiro to tell him about

My guest on todays show immigrated to the United States from Mexico at 18 years old, went to tech school, worked his way up in job shops, became one of the top technicians at Tornos, and then founded