# Mike Fritz

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Episode #30: How to Start a Shop from Scratch

You don’t start a machine shop by buying a machine. You start it by solving a problem. In this episode, Mike Fritz and Kirk Phelps unpack the reality behind building a machine shop from scratch—and it’s probably different than what most people expect. Everyone talks about machines. Very few talk ab…

Achieving Financial Freedom Is Way Simpler Than You Think | EP 24

Twenty-three rental units, zero dollars down, and financial freedom by 36. Then a business partner lawsuit stripped it all away. Mike Fritz rebuilt from a family member's spare room to raising nearly $100 million in capital for real estate and manufacturing acquisitions, buying companies in industr…

PILOT EPISODE: Why Most Manufacturing Companies Will Never Sell

The Manufacturing M&A Podcast is here — and we're starting with a gut check. Most machine shops will never sell. Owners spend decades building something they can't exit, and most of them don't find out until it's too late. Episode 1 is about changing that. I'm Mike Fritz. I've bought nine manufactu…

Episode 2: Don’t Buy a Company Until You Listen to This

The value in manufacturing M&A is made on the purchase. Not the exit. In Episode 02, Mike Fritz, who's bought shops at multiples as low as 1.56x, lays out the full buying framework: how to know what to look for, how to avoid the landmines, and how to make sure every deal moves you toward your actua…

Mike Fritz, MA, Making Leadership F.U.N.

What do you get when you mix a stand-up comedian and someone who has a master's degree in leadership? One of the most sought after speakers on the speaking circuit. Mike's knowledge of leadership and the ability to make people laugh until it hurts is unmatched. Mike's program "Making Leadership F.U…

How GLP-1s are reshaping cultural views on body image

About 12% of Americans are now taking the blockbuster set of weight-loss medications known as GLP-1s. While their popularity continues to skyrocket, new concerns have emerged around the societal impacts these drugs are having, especially around body image. Stephanie Sy and producers Mike Fritz and …

How GLP-1s are reshaping cultural views on body image

About 12% of Americans are now taking the blockbuster set of weight-loss medications known as GLP-1s. While their popularity continues to skyrocket, new concerns have emerged around the societal impacts these drugs are having, especially around body image. Stephanie Sy and producers Mike Fritz and …

Episode 4: Precision Business—Build a Machine Shop Worth Owning

Most machine shops are built by people who are excellent at making parts. Far fewer are built to run, grow, or sell without the owner. In this episode of the Manufacturing M&A Podcast, host Mike Fritz talks with Paul Van Metre, former machinist and shop owner, builder of the ProShop ERP system, and…