@Dylan_Morri We did it 14 years ago. No regrets. SO MUCH EASIER to build today.
Could not buy / afford what we wanted back then. Started small, built out from there.
I’ll be at the shop on Saturday morning along with our recruiter doing interviews for several positions. 1st and 3rd shift.
If you’re in Akron and want to BUILD, come on down!
keep building that manufacturing startup
the VCs might be far from the factories...
but ...
reliance steel. billing clerk from fresno. $17B.
john deere. blacksmith's apprentice. $163B.
carnegie steel. child immigrant. bobbin boy in a cotton mill. built the largest steel company on earth.
boeing. lumber merchant. $171B.
waymo. german professor. $126B.
ford. farm kid from dearborn. $46B.
kaiser aluminum. school dropout at 13. $2B.
nucor. guy who took over a bankrupt company nobody else wanted. $42B.
caterpillar. sawmill worker from new hampshire. $171B.
alcoa. college kid experimenting in a woodshed. $19B.
anduril. a guy who made VR goggles in his parents' garage. $84B.
spacex. a guy who sold software. built rockets.
the "right background" never existed, they built it
What do I need to know about putting on a 2nd or 3rd shift?
Need to BUILD MORE TRUCKS. Have been 1st shift only for 20+ years. Adding another shift seems to be the move. Would love to hear from anyone that's done it.
@jrhartman131 We usually try to keep very good relationships with everyone even competitors. However. I wouldn’t ask the chef for their recipes so I can cook at home. And if I did, I wouldn’t be mad if they said “sorry, no”