The Cement Floor Doesn’t Lie
You’ve been slogging along for 40 years and the cement floor bites harder every day. You are wondering if it is time to sell the company, but you have no idea what it is worth or if anybody would want it. I’ve been helping folks buy and sell machining businesses
Machine Tool Jenga
IMTS is coming in a couple of weeks, so it is a good time to assess where the industry is right now. It is apparent
Back to School
It’s back to school week in my neighborhood, which means later meals and parents waiting in our living room. My wife Risa will be practicing
The Summer of ’61
Lloyd is on vacation this week. Below is one of his favorite summer blogs he wanted to share with you again. It was originally published in August
Flipping the Script
I just listened to a fantastic story on the National Public Radio podcast, Invisibilia. The episode began with a story about a group of friends
Need a Parachute?
Damon Carson likes to tell stories about the goods he sells. He takes the discards of industry and government and reframes them as wonderfully useful
Do You Like to Drive?
I am all into the concept of self-driving cars. That does not mean I am ready to be a pioneer and buy one of the

