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Epi 29: Marco Belluz talks finishing automation

In episode 29 of The Industrious Podcast, Vince Todd, Jr. and Chad Purdy are joined by Marco Belluz from Cefla Finishing. Tune in as Marco shares the 90 year history of the company, and the accessibility to automation they are bringing to companies of all sizes.
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Epi 28: Kyle Milan on winning at industrial marketing

In episode 28 of The Industrious Podcast, co-hosts Joe and Vince Todd, Jr. are joined by @KyleMilan of MFG Tribe and Technical Sales University. From digital marketing to tradeshow etiquette, you don’t want to miss Kyle’s top tips to propel your business forward. “How do we stand out against everyone in this space? And sometimes, it’s as simple as consistency and volume.”For more from Kyle Milan...
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Epi 25: 2022 Year In Review

Inflation. Acquisitions. Hiring frustrations. Tune in as Joe and Vince Todd, Jr. share the highs and lows of 2022 and what they forecast for business in 2023.
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Epi 23: Andrew McMullan on leadership and company evolution

In episode 23 of The Industrious Podcast, Vince Todd, Jr. is joined by Andrew McMullan, President and Owner of TSI Energy Solutions. Tune in as Andrew shares his company’s hand in the building envelope inspections and testing industry and the unique situation that led him to his current leadership position.
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Give your sales strategy a huge leg up!

Dive deep for more customer insight. The purpose of your business is to create customers. In fact, it is the customer who determines what your business is. Obviously customers are crucially important to sales efforts. But don’t we need to understand more about what makes them tick? Don’t we need to know more about the perceptions that ultimately drive their opinions and decisions? Would it help i...
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Business development requires bravery.

Who’s not afraid to stand up and reach out? It’s tough staying objective. Especially when it comes to your own business. It’s much easier to let the Vision go fuzzy and accept the deceiving, but compelling, comfort of the status quo. This form of comfort is a disease and it is never good for a business that wants to grow. Among many of the problems, comfort sustains an atmosphere that is suffocati...
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Lessons from a successful dictator/CEO.

“If you don’t ask, you’ll never get ” and 39 other tips. There’s one very positive trend in the economy right now. The number of small business bankruptcy filings has been dropping an average of 19 percent* year-over-year since the floor fell out from beneath us in 2008. Sure, there are fewer startups but I have a hunch that we’re getting smarter if not more careful about how we run our industrial...
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3 Elements of strategy you must have to succeed!

If you don’t know where you’re going, any old way will do. If your company is not working on surviving you have to be focused on growing, excelling and achieving goals. That’s a fact. Because, invariably, when we take our eyes off the target we usually miss. In other words, if you don’t get everyone rowing in the same direction, you’ll soon be working survival again before you know it. It can be a...
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7 Lesson package on efficiency and other survival skills.

New source for inspiration and wisdom will surprise you. Survival mode is a familiar place for way too many business managers. It’s not a place you want to visit often or want to be in very long. Once in it though, you want nothing more than to be out of the woods in a hurry. But what if reaction speed just isn’t your strong suit. In this post, I introduce a short new book that focuses squarely on...
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A four-step prescription to help you drive markets

Create impact where it matters most. In my previous post I suggested that in order to gain the greatest insight we must “look broadly outside the industry.” Well here’s an example by way of a comparison of the metals industry to, of all things, the airline industry. I discovered some striking similarities as well as some interesting common ground. The exercise illustrates how, by simply having mor...
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