We Went Looking for Duct Tape (with Daniel Scott Mitchell) | ReForge 025
In this episode, Matthew Chang and Colin Russ talk with Daniel Scott Mitchell (Co-Founder & CTO at Takton) about what he learned touring 150-plus American factories before building anything, and why the future of American industry depends on keeping small shops alive rather than waiting for them ...
Modernize or Close Your Doors (with Cole Studer) | ReForge 026
In this episode, Matthew Chang and Colin Russ talk with Cole Studer (CTO at Miltech Manufacturing and CEO at Mericron) about what it actually takes to modernize a rural American machine shop, and why the same person rebuilding that shop floor is also building Mericron, an American chipset meant t...
You'll NEVER Guess What ANTHROPIC Just Admitted
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Daily Reads 155: Who you know (how many you know), building trust, and networking as giving.
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“Who Can You Trust?”
“...enduring reciprocal obligation.”
Another way to paraphrase it could be with one word:
Honor.
Generosity with honor builds trust. And the response you get to your generosity and honor reveals who you can build trust with—build a relationship with.
“Two reframes...
Raw Material Prices Are Up Eighty Percent (with Will Alverson) | ReForge 027
In this episode, Matthew Chang and Colin Russ talk with Will Alverson (Managing Partner at Accurate Metal Products) about running a second generation steel plate business with no leverage through a demand boom he thinks is real, driven almost entirely by AI CapEx, and fragile enough to have a sin...
We Could Open Two Factories a Year (with Caleb Chamberlain) | ReForge 028
In this episode, Matthew Chang and Colin Russ talk with Caleb Chamberlain (Co-Founder and CEO at OSH Cut) about building a fabrication company that competes on predictability and software instead of cash burn, and why that model scales across the country.
If you care about manufacturing, automati...
Daily Reads 164: With Matthew Chang discussing his book, Risk Taking is Biblical.
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What to Fix Before You Sell Your Business (with Ryan Ray Sr.) | ReForge 029
In this episode, Matthew Chang and Colin Russ talk with Ryan Ray (Director of Partnerships at Ad Astra Equity Advisors) about why so many small manufacturers are worth far less than their owners expect, and why removing the owner from the business is the work that fixes almost everything else.
If...
346. Is Imposter Syndrome Fake? PLUS! McKinsey LinkedIn Drama, workplace 'larping', and the job EVERYONE hates.
Welcome back to Truth, Lies & Work, the award-winning workplace podcast where behavioural science meets workplace culture.
This week we explore Gen-Z slang entering the office, the hidden operational signals behind high turnover roles, and a high-profile executive fallout over women in leader...
Structural Steel Is Now the Critical Path (ReForge 031)
In this episode, Matthew Chang and Colin Russ go without a guest to call two things: structural steel is now the critical path on American factory builds, and the customer-funded founder is the one most likely to survive the reindustrialization wave.
If you care about manufacturing, construction,...
