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119: A Behind-The-Scenes Look at Custom Ski Manufacturing with Mike McCabe

by Chris Luecke | Dec 27, 2022 | Entrepreneurship, Podcast

What’s the most important part of starting and running a manufacturing business? The finances? The team? The materials?  Well, this Manufacturing Happy Hour guest has some expert insights, experience and advice, so stay tuned.  It’s time to hit the slopes for this...

101: From Blue Collar to Company Founder with Brennen Dugger

by Chris Luecke | Jul 26, 2022 | Artificial Intelligence, Entrepreneurship, Podcast, Robotics

Brennen Dugger is the President & Founder of Blue Collar Automation, specializing in industrial automation, controls integration, and robotics. Brennen and I recently met at A3’s Automate conference when the robot at his booth served me a beer. Obviously, he...

68: HUGO BOSS, Smart Factories, and Pivoting to Entrepreneurship with Joachim Hensch

by Chris Luecke | Nov 2, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Entrepreneurship, Podcast

Joachim Hensch is a master tailor and for years dreamed of opening his own shop. In reality, he did that on a much larger scale during his 24+ year career at HUGO BOSS. There, he moved from product development to becoming the Managing Director of their massive Izmir,...

65: Reframing the Startup Narrative for Industry featuring gener8tor’s Julius Valentine Maina

by Chris Luecke | Oct 12, 2021 | Entrepreneurship, Podcast

Julius Valentine Maina believes it’s time for startups to start thinking about industry and not just cool tech. Julius is the Chief of Staff at gener8tor, a startup accelerator for the creative economy that connects founders, investors, corporations, job seekers,...

47: Tier 1 Automotive, Sporting Goods, and More with Zach Arnold, President of Arnold Machine Inc. (AMI)

by Chris Luecke | Apr 6, 2021 | Entrepreneurship, OEM, Podcast, Technology

Zach Arnold is the President of Arnold Machine Inc. (AMI), a premier full-service engineering and equipment manufacturing business that he’s been running for almost three decades. After starting the company in a garage in 1994, AMI now operates out of a 50,000...

33: Using Business Process as a Differentiator with Paul Van Metre

by Chris Luecke | Dec 29, 2020 | Entrepreneurship, Operations, Podcast, Show Notes, Supply Chain

Paul Van Metre is a machine shop owner-turned-entrepreneur. After starting Pro CNC in Bellingham, WA in 1997, he recently went on to co-found ProShop, a cloud-based ERP software system that combines elements of an MES (a manufacturing execution system) with a QMS (a...
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