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    Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas Meetup.

    HOT! MEETUPS 
    I got orange juice and lemonade. Feel free to bring whatever else you like, but no alcohol on premises.
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    Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas Meetup.

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    Schedule for Saturday: 2-2:30: Socializing and waiting for everyone to show up. 2:30-3:00: Tour and history of the business. 3:00-4:00: Socializing and snacks. Going to get a bunch of stuff from Walmart now. All I ask is that nobody be on the shop floor without my supervision and not touch...
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    Building a Manufacturing Conglomerate Progress Thread

    EXECUTION 
    My operations manager is good at those. He's way more detailed and meticulous than I'll ever be. Hadn't thought of that; it's a great idea. Yep! We're still small so there's some roles like engineering where I'm the only one. Hoping to hire a few more people in a couple of months.
  4. machinistguy

    What’s the most unique way to validate a business idea?

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    Is there any other product or service that people are currently spending money on that solves the same problem as yours?
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    Building a Manufacturing Conglomerate Progress Thread

    EXECUTION 
    How Do You Eat an Elephant? One Bite At A Time The amount of problems and fires that keep coming up is outstanding. The dollar amount on our open POs is the best it's been, but the fires that keep coming up is making it hard to fulfill much. Top it off with family visiting, jury duty, and...
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    Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas Meetup.

    HOT! MEETUPS 
    Just following up on who wants to meetup at my machine shop on Saturday, Feb 1 @2PM in Grand Prairie. These are the names I've seen mentioned on this thread who are in DFW (?) @Runum @amp0193 @Carlitos @crockbar @Goodfella999 @AFMKelvin @G-Man @NewManRising @Determined2012 @RudyR @Saint...
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    Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas Meetup.

    HOT! MEETUPS 
    Next Saturday Feb 1st 2-4PM, I'd be happy to host a meetup at my machine shop in Grand Prairie. I do want to cap it at 10 people, so please RSVP and I'll send you the address.
  8. machinistguy

    Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas Meetup.

    HOT! MEETUPS 
    I might be able to host Saturday Feb 1 in Grand Prairie.
  9. machinistguy

    Building a Manufacturing Conglomerate Progress Thread

    EXECUTION 
    Material arrived, and we got the finishing products we ordered. The product needs to have a polished mirror finish. We polished it manually for the prototype and now we're testing ways to mass polish them. I'm pretty excited to add metal finishing to our capabilities. Yep! I haven't. My...
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    Building a Manufacturing Conglomerate Progress Thread

    EXECUTION 
    I was in college wanting to start a business. Made it a goal to talk to everyone I met about their job and problems they're facing to see if I could start a business helping them. Someone complained about the customer service of a machine shop regarding a mold they were making. I'd never heard...
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    Building a Manufacturing Conglomerate Progress Thread

    EXECUTION 
    We've turned things back around! We just need to keep up the momentum! Last month we "only" lost $3k, this month we'll have about a $3k profit, and next month we already have enough sales for a $20k profit (My salary included from these numbers). My understanding is our whole market has tanked...
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    A $40k Lesson in Product Development

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    I'm my own manufacturer, so I know exactly when the prototype will be the same as the production. I do understand the problem though. Customers always want samples but never want to front the massive upfront costs it takes to make the sample. You're left with no choice but to use a completely...
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    A $40k Lesson in Product Development

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    I own a manufacturing business, and today marks the launch of our second product. To develop it, we spent 6 months, $40,000, 70+ prototypes, and 3 machine crashes. Wednesday, December 18th 2024 it was finally approved as good enough to compete with the market leader. Today, Dec 19th we got our...
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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

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    I told them if I don't get confirmation of reimbursement by the end of the week, I will be taking action. It's not worth it to sue (I've also never dealt with this stuff, so I wouldn't know how), but I will be reporting them to every government agency that will let me, including the IRS. I've...
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    Random Chat, Thoughts, Posts, and/or Rants Thread

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    Naming and shaming: Wave Financial (waveapps.com). Not only did they fail to file my signed Q2 employment tax forms until a month after the deadline, they withdrew money from that quarter per usual but never sent it to the IRS, leaving us to pay the amount plus fees and late penalties ON TOP...
  19. machinistguy

    Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas Meetup.

    HOT! MEETUPS 
    I'd be happy to host one. We can decide on the details after the holidays.
  20. machinistguy

    Shipping a large order. Need advice

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    When you send the RFQ (Request for Quote) and Purchase Order to your manufacturer (who I'm guessing is the one shipping), include in the terms that all shipping carriers must have shipping insurance that covers the value of the shipment. Ask to see their insurance. I'm not sure if you're...

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