Writing about the machine tool business while wondering if the Cubs will hire Theo Epstein. I attended my first Machinery…
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Thoughts while making applesauce for the winter. Is the screw machine the Winesap apple of machining? I was talking shop…
My son Ari ran the Chicago Marathon last Sunday and finished. My wife Risa, son Noah, and I were there…
I am heartened by a lot of what I see in the marketplace. People are sobering up. They are more…
Steve Jobs did his best work after receiving a death sentence. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2004. In…
A few years ago every time I got together with friends the conversation touched on stock prices. Then it was…
In talking to my correspondent who attended last week’s EMO show in Hanover, Germany, the mood in Europe is profoundly…
I’m in the business of finding gold in companies aged machine discards. To label our business as treasure hunting romanticizes…
Seth Godin, one of my favorite bloggers, wrote a piece this month called “Back to (the Wrong) School,” in which…
I’ve been negotiating deals for a living for a long time. It’s my livelihood, but I often feel like a…