Show Me the Tungsten
Graff-Pinkert’s used machine tool business has been challenging for the last couple of years. It has always been a cyclical business that takes grit, creativity, and a willingness to pivot when times are grim. We have moved into consulting and matchmaking for machining companies and brokering expensive, sophisticated machines like

What Brings Me To Work-EP 201
Last week, Lloyd Graff wrote a blog called “What Brings Me to Work,” which we think will speak to a lot of you out there,

How to Get More Done While Working Less, With Ari Meisel
The last year and a half, I’ve been a rookie family man. I’m trying to balance selling sexy-ugly iron, podcasting, and being a good dad

Big Time Stupidity
It is a day to talk about stupidity and how it usually catches up with you if you are in a big public position. First,

My Love Affair With Israel
It felt like a knife to the kidneys, slowly sinking into my flesh, twisting to inflict even more pain when I heard the initial news

A 67-Year Adventure in Swiss Machining Continues, with Paul Huber-EP 199
Today’s guest on the show is Paul Huber, CEO of COMEX, in Monroe Connecticut. Paul is a machinery dealer specializing in cam Swiss automatics. That’s

Business Pin Action: Seeking Serendipity-EP 198
In college, one of my favorite elective classes was bowling—I took it twice. Maybe you poo poo the idea of taking bowling at an expensive

