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Making Sparks — 61 episodes
From Curiosity to Career: How SparkShop is Building the Next Generation of Makers, Episode #61
Passing the Torch: The Next Chapter of MakingSparks, Ep #60
The Hard Truth About Pricing Your Work
What Modern Fabricators Can Learn from Blacksmiths
The Critical Few: How to Focus Your Business for Real Growth
The Price of Progress: Investing in Machines, People, and Trust
From Logos to Legacy: Why Your Brand Needs a Story
From the Shop Floor to Magnolia Network: Why Authenticity Wins
The Science Behind Better Welders and Better Shops
You Can't Elbow Your Way to Leadership — Goodhart Sons' Wake-Up Call
Reviving the Trades: Santiago Rivera on Tough Love, Structure, and Second Chances
Character Over Competency: Why Blue Collar Leadership Starts with Vulnerability
Why Showing Up Still Matters in Manufacturing
From Hands-On to High-Tech: The Real Future of Fabrication
Culture Under Fire: Building Values That Survive Growth Jesse Kleiman Part 2
Grow Fast or Go Broke: The Truth About Scaling a Fab Shop
The Hanna Golf Story: Building with Grit, Craft, and American-Made Pride
Trial by Fire: How Leadership Finds You on the Shop Floor
Clueless CEO or Culture Genius? When Curiosity Beats Credentials
Your Process Is Only as Good as Your People
How to Grow a Small Fabrication Shop without Losing Control
How to Build a Culture While the Last Generation Lets Go
People Buy from People They Trust with Meaghan Ziemba
After the Merger: Building a Shared Future in the Fab Shop | Part 2
Preparing for a Merger: Hard Decisions to Preserve Legacy in the Fab Shop | Part 1
How To Turn Influence into Metal Fabrication Sales
The Quiet Cut That's Loudly Threatening Small Manufacturing
How to Reach the Next Generation in Trades
What Fuels the World's Largest Metal Fabrication Projects
How to Fix Your Quoting Process Before it Kills Your Shop
How Weld.com is Bringing Welding Education Online
How to Streamline Metal Sales
How to Leverage Conferences and Tradeshows to Grow Your Fabrication Business
Crafting Metal and Breaking Barriers with Barbie the Welder and Sarah Stork
The People Behind the Sparks
Solving Labor Shortages with Cobots
Empowering Small Shops with Automation
Bridging Generations in the Shop
New Leadership Takes Over 150 Year Old Steel Fabrication Company
American-Made Excellence: Craftsmanship and Innovation at Pacific Press
Why It's Okay to Tell Your Employees You Love Them
Insights on Achieving High Growth Despite Challenges
From Wantrepreneur to Metal Industry Leader with Jeff Matuszak
Navigating a Sales Downturn
Utilizing Marketing Strategies in Industrial and Manufacturing Businesses
Using LinkedIn to Drive Leads for Your Manufacturing Business with Preston Hadley
What's Keeping You Up at Night? An Update from Matthew and Casey
How Do We Get More Women in Welding?
Why Numbers are Important for Your Manufacturing Business | Mike Payne Part 2
Oklahoma Meets Indiana - A Manufacturing Chat with Mike Payne Part 1
Staying Connected through Your Front Line Leaders Part 2
Growing Shop Floor Front Line Leaders Part 1
Manufacturing Precision and Processes with BWXT GM Nate Foote
How Technology Drives Innovation on the Other Side of Metalworking Nation
Expanding and Transitioning a Family Business in Manufacturing with Joe Patterson
Embracing the Family Aspect of Business with Tad Dickel Part 2
Navigating a Family Business in Manufacturing with Tad Dickel Part 1
Why Should a Manufacturing Leader Come to FabTech?
Part 2: Tactics and Strategies to Use for Recruiting in Manufacturing
Part 1: Embracing Culture to Recruit Top Talent in Fabrication and Manufacturing
The Launch of MakingSparks with Casey Voelker and Matthew Nix