Machines vs Workers? With Noah and Lloyd–EP 249
If you had $100,000 to spend on your machine shop, what would you spend it on? When I polled people on LinkedIn, out of 170 responses, 46% said they would buy a new machine, 33% said “robots and automation.” Only seventeen percent said “hire and train people.” Does this mean
I Asked AI Everything for 6 Months
The last six months I’ve been using AI to help me with everything from business negotiations to dealing with my kid’s pneumonia. It’s become a
Finding Customers Using Old-School Networking, with Jay Sauder–EP 121
During my career as a used machinery dealer, I’ve met many successful companies in the machining business who have no social media presence and don’t
Looking for Those Special Moments
We all have unexpected moments which change our lives. They rarely happen while sitting at a computer. I was on vacation last week with children
Conversation Techniques That Changed My Life-EP 248
Sometimes great conversations just happen. But what I’ve learned after 14 years selling used machines, and almost 250 podcast interviews, is that most conversations, even
The Machining Business After Trump’s Tariffs-EP 247
I don’t know about you, but when the tariffs hit on Liberation Day, April 2nd, we were like “Oh @#$%, is this really happening?” We
Still Playing in the Majors
Rich Hill was the starting pitcher for Kansas City Tuesday night, pitching against the Chicago Cubs, the team that drafted him out of the University