Howard Rudin spent 13 years cooking in New York City kitchens before trading his chef's knife for a tape measure and walking into the family conveyor belting business. Thirty years later, he's keeping production lines running for commercial bakeries, pharmaceutical companies, cosmetic manufacturers, and a snack chip brand that went viral on TikTok. In this episode, Howard talks about what it actually takes to build relationships in a business nobody knows they need, why Thursday is his most productive day of the week, and how a giver-first mindset has shaped everything about how he operates.

What you'll hear in this episode:

• How 13 years in professional kitchens translated directly into a career in industrial supply

• What conveyor belting actually has to do with bison tracking tags in Banff National Park

• Why Howard believes referral networking is the only advertising that works for B2B

• The "giver's gain" philosophy he lives by — and why he doesn't want to convince anyone to join BNI

• What it takes to rank above the fold on Google without spending a dollar on ads

• His pitch for getting people to a 7am networking meeting — and why it works

Connect with Howard

Email: beltman@acebelting.com

Social: @madeonabelt on Instagram and Facebook

LinkedIn: Howard Rudin

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