He Bought the Shop He Worked For, Federico Veneziano (Part II)-EP 260
Federico Veneziano didn’t just buy the machine shop he worked for — he became the sole owner of a 70-year-old company and then changed its name, culture, and direction. When Federico bought American Micro three years ago, there were over 25 shareholders. Now there’s one. The company had 86 employees.

Ceiling of Complexity
I took a quarterly seminar many years ago taught by Dan Sullivan. It was aimed at entrepreneurs and focused on how you could grow your

The Hole in China’s Apple
A tiny gecko can literally climb up sheer glass. A team of robotics geeks in Denmark thought, wouldn’t it be cool if we could mimic

Legalize Pot, Why?
The big push is on all over the country to legalize recreational marijuana. My gut reaction is that I am appalled, but I’ve been reading

Ep. 25 – Brett May on Keeping Cam Screw Machines Relevant
We interviewed Brett May of BME Inc. Screw Machine Attachments for today’s podcast. Brett’s mission in business is to make old cam multi-spindle screw machines

Can a Machine Sniff the Market?
I am not a big stock trader, but I have a portfolio of stocks in my IRA, which is a backstop for the volatility of

Ep. 24 – Albert Lettman on Lean Manufacturing Around the Globe
On today’s podcast, I interviewed Albert Lettmen, a Lean Six Sigma and Quality Systems consultant and educator who has worked for decades with prominent manufacturing

