Episode 306: Steve Nance, Founder of Tungco

Cliff sits down with the man who started it all — his father, Steve Nance, founder of Tungco. It's one of the most personal and wide-ranging conversations on the podcast: the story of how Steve met his wife Nan at Tungco's trade show booth in 2005 (a wine glass full of tungsten pellets, a borrowed business card, and a fished-out entry), the early days of building Tungco from nothing, and a frank look at what decades of experience in the tungsten industry says about where the critical metals race between the US and China is really headed. Plus: an F1 car in the booth, a tire-changing competition, and a closing that'll make you reach for the phone to call your own dad.

Hosted by Cliff Nance of Tungco — where hard work meets honest talk about leadership, innovation, and what it takes to build something that lasts.