Chris Parjaszewski

Silicon Valley Valuations for America’s Factories • 😇 • CEO @ MindPal

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@hthieblot Factories

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Got a flat at SFO airport parking ✈️ Hit two tire shops Same problem, completely different businesses

Shop #1:
- "Sir, repair or replace?" 💀
- "Let me search…" (15 min later) ⏳
- "We don't have these tires" 🤦‍♂️
- "Bye bye" 👋

Me: "…can't you just order them and do it tomorrow?"
They didn't want my business. So I left

Shop #2:
- Estimate in seconds ✅
- Invoice + tracker + details texted the moment I paid (slick terminal) ✅
- Two tires replaced in under 45 min ✅
- Even upsold me on wiper blades ✅

Tiny little things

Shop #1: ~$1M revenue, ~$500K market cap 📉
Shop #2: 1,200+ location chain, $10B market cap 🤯

That's ~16X more value per location

The difference wasn't the tires. It was SYSTEMS

Build systems into your business and the sky's the limit! 🚀

PS — check your tires, folks. Safe travels 🛞

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By @AndrzejRysuje 🤩

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Love the humor by #janekkoza

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These five Factories 2.0 prove one clear truth:

The future of American structural manufacturing is already here.

Robotics, automation, digital precision, and smart production are operating at scale today — in PEMB, structural steel, modular systems, and architectural railings

To compete globally, the rest of the industry must make the leap.

Which factory impressed you the most?

Comment below 👇

#Factories2_0 #SmartFactory #StructuralManufacturing #ConTech #MadeInUSA

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America Needs Factories 2.0 🏭

Factories of Tomorrow? Here are 5 real examples already operating today.

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5. @LJSmithStairs

Location: Bowerston, OH
Size: 185,00 sq ft
Length: 450+ foot production line

What they manufacture: Premium architectural handrails, guardrails, stair railings & structural railing systems

Why future: Brand-new 2024 fully automated production line that doubles capacity and dramatically cuts lead times with precision robotics

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By @AndrzejRysuje and @NieruchomosciON and @ChatGPTapp Image 2.0 :)

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Do you agree? By @AndrzejRysuje

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Welcome to 2026!

The line between real and synthetic just dissolved in your headphones — and you won't even notice

Crazy, amazing future ahead.
Onwards and upwards 💪

Comment SONG and I'll DM you the track 🎶

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I almost fell in love ...

with a voice today.

Chills. Goosebumps. Pure talent.
The kind of voice you'd call angelic.

I had to know who she was. 🧵

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3/ The answer?

100% AI-generated voice.
The "song" was produced by a male DJ.

She doesn't exist.

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@bloggersarvesh Well, not every business is operating at one specific Google Maps address

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That's the playbook from a founder who just exited to @ProntoAI after 8 years and $91M raised building SafeAI.

If you're building something, which lesson hit hardest?

I'm doing a series of these from Friday Founders interviews — follow if you want N° 02.

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A founder I interviewed just exited his autonomy startup to https://t.co/IHUZElVuKI.

He did it by ignoring every @Waymo and @Tesla headline of the last decade.

Here's the story 🧵

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"Chilling is torture for us. You don't do a startup so you can eventually chill — the journey IS the goal. The pigs in the mud aren't suffering. They want to be in the mud."

— @Bibhra, on what's next after the @ProntoAI exit.