My War Was Vietnam
I doubt the school kids thought about Veterans Day yesterday, except that it was a day for video games in the middle of the week. I do think about it. The United States is in a sort of war with Iran right now. Men and women are working 24 hours

Single Source Gamble
This is just a guess, but I’m betting the following conversation took place recently between Warren Buffett, who owns $50 billion of Apple shares, and
Ep. 44 – Bruno Schmitter on Hydromat vs. Swiss Machining
Today’s podcast is part two of an interview we did with Bruno Schmitter, CEO and COO of Hydromat USA. When Bruno came to America in

The Purchasing Bottleneck
What else doesn’t count anymore? PURCHASING DEPARTMENTS. The bottleneck of “purchasing” in big companies has become laughable to me as an outsider and to shop
Ep. 43 – Bruno Schmitter on Bringing Hydromat to America
Today’s podcast is part one of a two part interview we did with Bruno Schmitter, CEO and COO of Hydromat USA. In 1979 at the

Trying To Be The Hero
We’ve all done it. We’ve all done it and gotten away with it. We’ve all done it and suffered the consequences. Tuesday night in the

Ep. 42 – John Habe IV on Valuing a Machining Business
Today’s podcast is part 2 of an interview we did with John Habe IV, President of Metal Seal Precision, a machining company based in Mentor,

