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The Machinist with Purpose, with Doug Rizzo-EP 273

My guest today, Doug Rizzo, has been working in machine shops for over 55 years, and he’s only 62. Doug worked in his father’s company through good times and terrible, and did applications for Doosan. Now, he’s a plant manager by day and runs his own shop for six or

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Sweet 16

Today I am celebrating the 16th anniversary of Today’s Machining World. I have learned a lot about the writing business and myself by doing this

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Wear Your Seatbelt

A few months ago I was at the Bucktown Art Fair in Chicago where I met an artist/entrepreneur from Tennessee named Clay Bush. Bush uses

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Is America Great Now?

I lean left politically and come from a family of Democrats, but most of my extended family are conservatives. I grew up with my father’s

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Selling Out

I have been studying the process of buying and selling machining businesses for the past year. Companies have approached me to advise them on what

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Refugee Flavor

At the beginning of September I spent some time traveling in Europe in search of lucrative machine tools, good salsa dancing and inspiration for an

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