Domestic manufacturing, onshoring, re-industrialization? Poursteady founder Stephan Von Muehlen walks the walk despite the challenges. A fascinating look at a 10 year old specialty electronic equipment company in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. Hear how it ain't easy doing things domestically. Also glimmers of hope that new technology can contribute to profitable growth across design, engineering, automated manufacturing, operations, and customer service.

You can't make this up! Apple's podcast AI tagged our other podcast The Boaty Show as "comforting sleep stories." Thing is, the sleep stories are bits in a couple episodes where we talk like pirates! "Arrr time to take off ye peg leg and lay yer head down in the bilge wee ones." I got an automated bot email with the news we're charting at #15, sure enough it checked out. Go listen to Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend, Netflix used AI to make marketing material that mistakenly included Conan as a former Star Search contestant. More evidence that AI WILL TAKE OUR JOBS but not do them very well. Thanks for listening!

Listen to Chapter 5 of my book You Teach the Machines! If you find this helpful, please download the full book wherever you get audiobooks. Available from Libro.fm, Amazon, Audible, Apple and many more. Also in print at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and my favorite: delivered to your local bookstore through bookshop.org. Help other readers by leaving a review on Amazon or Goodreads! Thanks so much --Jeff