Our Fair City is a campy, post-apocalyptic audio drama from Audacious Machine Creative. Learn more at www.audaciousmachinecreative.com
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An audio fiction collage from Jeffrey Nils Gardner
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Green Lantern's Light is a monthly podcast exploring the late-Bronze and Modern Age adventures of the Green Lantern!
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Interviews with authors and writers about their books, their writing habits, their favorite novels, and how they got started writing.
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On The Manufacturing Executive podcast, we’ll explore the strategies and experiences that are driving midsized manufacturers forward. You’ll hear conversations with passionate manufacturing leaders who have compelling stories to share about their successes and struggles. You’ll also hear interviews with B2B Sales and Marketing experts about what’s working on the business development front and how to make these ideas actionable. Episodes will feature topics related to industrial marketing and ...
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There’s a brief paragraph at the end of the book you just read – and chances are the story behind it is just as interesting and inspiring as the story that preceded it. Join Bookstacked writer Saul Marquez as he sits down with Children’s and Young Adult book authors to learn how they discovered writing, broke into publishing, and achieved everything else that happened in between and after.
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A podcast by Bernie Sanders and Briahna Joy Gray about the people, stories, and ideas that are driving this political revolution.
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We return to the icy tundra outside, as Dr. Herbert West gets his first look at the looming edifice of the Tower, and his first taste of the unique and…savory culture of Our Fair City. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesद्वारा Audacious Machine Creative
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We're here with a fireside chat with Clayton Faits and Jeffrey Nils Gardner, creators of Our Fair City, led by Eleanor Hyde about the making of Season One of Our Fair City! Find a transcript for this episode here. There are no trigger warnings for this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…
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Perspectives on Finding and Keeping Manufacturing Talent w/ Jon Franko
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My guest today (and my business partner of 18+ years), Jon Franko, is also the host of The Manufacturing EMPLOYER podcast. Whereas my show is designed for CEOs, Presidents, Owners and those leading manufacturing organizations, Jon's show is directed at those responsible for recruiting and retaining talent (as well as building great cultures) inside…
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Quality Management in a Changing Manufacturing Environment w/ Naveen Poonian
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Quality management isn't just about the mitigating defects to optimize profit or to increase customer satisfaction. In mission-critical environments, quality management means keeping people safe when lives are at stake. Naveen Poonian, President and CEO of iBase-T, is a manufacturing leader whose software for the defense and aerospace industries pl…
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Modernizing the Traditional Manufacturing Facility w/ Chris Stevens
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Digital twins. Digital threads. Cloud computing. Edge computing. Simulations. Brownfield. Greenfield. If you're a manufacturing leader and your blood pressure starts rising when you see terminology like this, you're not alone! Because ultimately what matters to you is that production in your facility is running smoothly. And big technology transfor…
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Rethinking the Impact of Free Trade on American Manufacturing w/ John Gardner
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I've had a lot of conversations on this podcast about bringing manufacturing jobs back onto American soil. But my guest today, John Gardner, goes a layer deeper – asking us to rethink the idea of free trade altogether. John, the author of "How to Make America the Manufacturing Super Power of the World", passionately shares his thoughts about: – The…
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Current and Future Impact of the Inflation Reduction Act w/ Nihal Shetty
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In today's conversation, we're talking about the Inflation Reduction Act. What it's all about? Why's it matter to manufacturing leaders? What impact will it continue to have on our economy, regardless of whether we see a Kamala Harris or a Donald Trump administration take the reins in 2025? More broadly, we'll discuss why paying attention to (and u…
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Start here: Where did Our Fair City Go?
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Hello Listener. This is Producer Jeffrey. I have an important announcement for you - the person listening to Our Fair City right now in August 2024. You might be wondering - where did Our Fair City go? We are going to try an experiment - really doing science, you could say! We’re going to put the show in reruns. Our Fair City was originally ran 8 s…
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Starting Small With AI and Emerging Manufacturing Technology w/ Jarred Knecht
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It's gonna cost me hundreds of thousands of dollars. It's gonna require a whole team to maintain it. And MAYBE we'll see some benefit by year three. This isn't exactly a compelling value proposition for making a major technology investment in your manufacturing business. Yet it's the overwhelming feeling the manufacturing leaders often feel when co…
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Why Engineering Knowledge Should Drive Marketing Messaging w/ Adam Kimmel
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Engineers and marketers may come from different planets. But in manufacturing environments that involve selling technical, complex products, marketers NEED the knowledge of those engineers to drive messaging strategy. So how do you make that happen? How do you get the engineer to understand why their expertise and participation in marketing matters…
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A New Generation of Craftsmen with Character w/ Dave Hataj
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"The power and strength of our country is this next generation." These are the words of my guest today, Dave Hataj. Dave is a 35-year veteran of the manufacturing sector and founder of Craftsman with Character – a pre-apprenticeship program that focuses on character development and career guidance through mentoring relationships in industrial facil…
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When and How to Implement a Warehouse Management System w/ Casey Winans
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Warehouse management systems. What exactly are they? What's different from the features in your ERP? Or your MES? Who truly needs a warehouse management system? When do you know you'll be ready for one? And how do you choose the right one for you? CEO of Fullstride, Casey Winans, is here to answer all of these questions and more.…
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When Engineering and Marketing are in Sync w/ Adam Beck and Jeffrey Abell
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In most companies, experts are hired to do a specific job. Engineering does engineering. Marketing does marketing. Sales does sales. And so on. But what happens when each of those departments does their respective jobs in silos, without a common mission, and in the absence of collaboration? In today's conversation, Jeffrey Abell (engineer) and Adam…
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The Benefits of an Employee-Ownership Culture w/ Brian Baker
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If you were out at a nice dinner with your significant other and you had the choice to be served by whichever waitress or waiter usually services your table OR the owner of the restaurant, who would you choose? In today's conversation, CEO and President of Sentry Equipment Brian Baker talks about the benefits of an employee-ownership culture. As a …
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Moving From Custom-Engineered to Configuration-Based Products w/ Henrik Hulgaard
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In this conversation, Vice President of Product Management and co-founder of Configit, Henrik Hulgaard, talks about moving from a custom-engineered to configuration-based product offering. Specifically, he unpacks the benefits both to the customer AND the manufacturer of making this shift.
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What the U.S. Can Learn From the German Manufacturing Model w/ Jon DeSouza
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Following a few decades of sending manufacturing across seas to drive down costs, big reshoring movements are in full force throughout the American manufacturing sector. But meanwhile in Germany, much of that manufacturing never left in the first place. Through strategies that have included embracing automation, localizing manufacturing operations …
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Getting Inside the Minds of the Next Generation w/ Meaghan Ziemba
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We all know that we need to find ways to engage the next generation so we can build the manufacturing workforce of the future. And it's no secret to anyone listening that this next generation uses technology differently, interacts with people differently and collects information differently. But they also have different core values and care about d…
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How to Adapt in a Changing B2B Manufacturing Buying Landscape w/ Joe Sullivan
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For many B2B manufacturing organizations, what got them where they are today won’t get them where they want to go in the years ahead. In this concise solo episode, The Manufacturing Executive's host Joe Sullivan draws on over a decade of experience advising manufacturing leaders to share his own perspective about how the buying landscape has change…
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Interview with John McNally, author of the crime novel THE PINNED BUTTERFLY, published under the pen name Johnny Mack. You can support the podcast today by buying me a coffee, or you can subscribe to the podcast via Apple iTunes for ad-free episodes. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/reading-and-writing-podcast/donations Advertising I…
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How Simulation Technology is Reshaping Product Design w/ Dr. Masha Petrova
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For years, product development has meant designing a few things, and then manufacturing them in the thousands or millions. But CEO of Nullpace, Dr. Masha Petrova, will tell you, we're quickly moving in a direction where we can design thousands of things and then manufacture just a few of them. She'll dive into the ways design engineering technology…
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Empowering a Self-Directed Workforce w/ Matthew Rassi
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Quite a few manufacturing leaders that I talk to – whether through interviews on this show or in marketing consultations that I conduct – are leading second or third-generation family-owned businesses. They've built successful companies, but have struggled to let go of responsibilities, to delegate and to empower their people to play a role in shap…
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Product Development Driven By Customer Insights w/ Dan Adams
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Where do new product ideas come from? Do they stem from the needs of your customers and prospects? Or do they come from what you THINK your prospects and customers might need? In today's conversation, Founder of AIM Institute, Dan Adams, will talk about how to drive new product blueprinting through real customer insights.…
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Four Pillars of Sustainability for Manufacturers w/ Dakota Malone
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When I think about sustainability, MY mind goes straight to the environment. But when Managing Partner of Community Solar Authority, Dakota Malone, thinks about sustainability, the environment is one of four pillars that all work together. In this conversation, Dakota breaks them down for you and explains why today's manufacturing leaders should ca…
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Removing Buyer Friction With a Digital Commerce Environment w/ Kris Harrington
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All the interactions that happen from first touch with a prospect through the signed purchase order, and in the future as your customer buys from you again and again, are part of the buyer experience. And making every one of those touch points as painless and rewarding as possible should be all of our goals. CEO and Co-Founder of GenAlpha Technolog…
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Building a Digital Backbone for Your Manufacturing Business w/ Paul Van Metre
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When you make the investment in a sturdy digital backbone for running your manufacturing operation – your ERP, your QMS, your MES.... – You protect yourself from loss of tribal knowledge – You create efficiencies through process documentation – You set yourself up for smoother compliance audits – And ultimately, you create an environment that can f…
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7 Central Themes from 200 Episodes of The Manufacturing Executive w/ Joe Sullivan
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For 200 consecutive weeks without missing a single Tuesday morning, I've published interviews with manufacturing leaders (and professionals influencing manufacturing leaders) about the things that matter most to them. In this milestone episode, I've compiled sound bites from 21 of those 200 episodes (and referenced many others as well), and I've or…
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Building a Service Culture w/ Fred Reggie
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When I hear the word "service" in a business setting, my mind goes straight to CUSTOMER service. But the concept of serving becomes so much more powerful when it finds its way into all the other aspects of running a business. In this episode, business coach Fred Reggie talks about about building what he calls a service culture. Specifically, he tou…
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Interview with Sarah Tomlinson, author of the novel The Last Days of the Midnight Ramblers. You can support the podcast today by buying me a coffee, or you can subscribe to the podcast via Apple iTunes for ad-free episodes. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/reading-and-writing-podcast/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle…
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E-Commerce for CapEx Equipment and Contract Manufacturers w/ Curt Anderson
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If you sell big-ticket, heavily-engineered, CapEx equipment through a long, consultative sales processes, e-commerce couldn't possibly be for you. Right? If you're a contract manufacturer custom designing products for your customers, e-commerce couldn't possibly be for you. Right? If you're a manufacturer selling anything other than a low-price poi…
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On-Demand Labor for a Fluctuating Demand Curve w/ Adam Rubatt
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Managing fixed labor costs is hard enough in a complex manufacturing environment. Then you throw a pandemic on top of it that only deepens an already problematic labor market, you sprinkle in some supply chain disruption and you add some economic uncertainty to the mix. What do you have left? Lots of confusion and stress about how to plan for labor…
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How Curiosity Drives Smart Business Decisions w/ Jim Vaselopulos
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There's nothing easy about being a leader, whether you're leading a marketing agency like me or a manufacturing organization like many of you. Founder and CEO of Rafti Advisors, Jim Vaselopulos, is an advisor to business leaders and host of a leadership podcast that's been running since 2016. In this episode, he'll draw on his experiences guiding B…
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The Real Reason Manufacturers Are Missing with Gen Z w/ Jacob Sanchez
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The more manufacturing leaders you talk to, the more opinions and perspectives you'll hear about why we're struggling to pull young Millennials and Gen Zers into the industrial sector workforce: – General awareness issues – A perception of dirty, dark and dangerous jobs – Negative associations among youth (and their parents) with a career path othe…
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5 Key Principles for Creating a Culture of Initiative w/ Jason Riley
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If you were to interview a variety of successful manufacturing leaders and analyze their respective approaches to effective leadership, I think you'd find a lot less directing than you would enabling. In this episode, Jason Riley, COO of the additive manufacturing company Fabrisonic, draws on his experience both as a military leader and a manufactu…
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Interview with Carissa Orlando, author of the novel THE SEPTEMBER HOUSE. You can support the podcast today by buying me a coffee, or you can subscribe to the podcast via Apple iTunes for ad-free episodes. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/reading-and-writing-podcast/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy…
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Reengineering the Design Review w/ Adam Keating
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New product development today is more complex than ever before. With teams spread out across the country (or the globe), decentralized product data, supply chain challenges and more demanding customers, design engineering is just plain hard. Adam Keating, Co-Founder and CEO of CoLab, has been building the software and the company that's working to …
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Interview with Nick Petrie, author of the novel THE PRICE YOU PAY. You can support the podcast today by buying me a coffee, or you can subscribe to the podcast via Apple iTunes for ad-free episodes. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/reading-and-writing-podcast/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt…
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Interview with Martin Clark, author of the novel THE PLINKO BOUNCE. You can support the podcast today by buying me a coffee, or you can subscribe to the podcast via Apple iTunes for ad-free episodes. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/reading-and-writing-podcast/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Op…
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How to Be a Leader of Significance w/ Mosongo Moukwa
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When people talk about you years down the road, what will they say? "Oh yeah, he (or she) was a good manager or employee?" Or will there be something more? In this conversation, manufacturing leader and author, Mosongo Moukwa, talks about how to leave a meaningful and lasting mark on your organization. Or in his words, how become "a leader of signi…
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Cultivating Veteran Champions in Manufacturing w/ Lt Col Kathy Lowrey Gallowitz
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From skills to work ethic to understanding chain of command, veterans bring so much potential to the manufacturing workforce. In this episode, Lt Col Kathy Lowrey Gallowitz will talk about how manufacturing leaders can go from unaware how to tap into the veteran community to being veteran-friendly to being veteran-READY.…
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An Outcome-Based Solution for Deploying Robots w/ Saman Farid
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Automation can be intimidating. What if the sizable CapEx investment we make doesn't generate the return we expected? What if our people struggle with operating the robots? And how will they deal with this kind of operational change in general? All fair questions and real concerns for manufacturing leaders today. In this episode, Saman Farid, CEO o…
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Interview with best-selling writer Kathy Reichs, author of the novel THE BONE HACKER. You can support the podcast today by buying me a coffee, or you can subscribe to the podcast via Apple iTunes for ad-free episodes. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/reading-and-writing-podcast/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/b…
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5 Things Stopping Manufacturers From Making Great Content w/ Rose Hansen and James Boeckmann
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In this conversation, Gorilla 76 Content Director James Boeckmann and Gorilla 76 Senior Writer Rose Hansen go deep on content marketing for manufacturers. Collectively, these two journalists have interviewed hundreds of subject matter experts in the manufacturing sector – from owners to engineers to technical experts on the shop floor. Both have ex…
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Interview with Jeffrey Gardner, author of the novel THE PATH FROM REGRET. You can support the podcast today by buying me a coffee, or you can subscribe to the podcast via Apple iTunes for ad-free episodes. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/reading-and-writing-podcast/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privac…
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Clarifying AI Terminology and Applications in Manufacturing w/ Alex Sandoval
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When ChatGPT took the world by storm in 2022, terminology like "generative AI" became a regular part of our vocabulary overnight. Just a little more than a year later, it's hard to open your favorite news source without seeing headlines about generative AI, machine learning, deep learning and so on. But what does all of this terminology really mean…
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Growing a Manufacturing Business Across Three Generations w/ Greg Hartwig
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It's hard enough to get a business of the ground and sustain it across one generation. But it's another to grow and evolve a business across three generations. Market needs change. Technology changes. The people inside of your organization (and your customers's organizations) change. There's so much to balance between staying true to what got you w…
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A New Era of Design Engineering Productivity w/ Hugo Nordell
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In this episode, CEO of Encube, Hugo Nordell, will tell you that it's a labor of love to go from design intent to what the actual manufactured outcome will be, without breaking the bank. And one of the things standing in the way today is the decades-old technology that much of the design engineering community is still running on. As he'll tell you,…
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Aligning the Sales and Marketing Tech Stack for Manufacturers w/ John Joyce
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I've consulted well over 200 B2B manufacturing organizations throughout my career on marketing strategy. And without question, one of the biggest problems I've observed time and time again is a lack of alignment between sales and marketing. In today's conversation, Founder of Brjr.io John Joyce will talk about why these silos emerge, what dangers a…
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