With vibe coding and AI you can now have a company that make $1M a year with no employees at all.

The homeless that beg for a quarter in NYC metro honed that language-market fit to perfection. Sometimes it's really impressive.

I think Perplexity is toast and now everyone starts to realize that. They must be very desperate to get into the browser agent thing.

In 2025, 90% of US mid-size manufacturers still find out their operating margin after the quarter ends. Adding real-time controls during order processing? Still considered “impossible.”.

The number of manufacturers with revenue >$100M that rely on "one" master Excel spreadsheet to get pricing, sales and discounts done . is astounding.

Traditionally, manufacturing was built around how the facility operated, similarly to software team structure. Today their growth is blocked by siloed Excel sheets, email handoffs, and old digital infra. A company wide, single point of truth, thin data feed can change it all.

Most books should be 30 pages long not 300.

RT @calindrimbau: I tried to build a startup in Europe and I couldn’t get it to move. AI was met with hesitation, investors were cautious….

15/15 America doesn't have an innovation problem. We have a DISCOVERY problem. The infrastructure exists. The innovations are real. The market is hungry. Time to choose Cleveland over China. 🇺🇸. What hidden American manufacturing capabilities have you discovered?. #MadeInUSA.

14/15 When innovative products capture 15% of orders instead of 3%, that's not incremental growth. That's ECONOMIC TRANSFORMATION:.• Hundreds of billions in additional revenue.• Millions of high-value jobs.• American technological sovereignty.

13/15 Imagine this becoming routine:.Tech company needs advanced materials → Discovers Cleveland manufacturer has been perfecting exactly what they need for 5 years → Superior performance + faster delivery + zero ocean shipping delays.

12/15 The solution isn't complex:.🔹 Manufacturers: Showcase innovation alongside traditional products.🔹 Buyers: Mandate domestic supplier evaluation.🔹 Policymakers: Fund platforms connecting innovators with buyers.

11/15 The visibility gap creates a devastating feedback loop:.American innovations → Stay invisible → Don't scale → Remain expensive → Buyers choose overseas → Innovations stay invisible. Meanwhile, foreign competitors master supply chain visibility decades ago.

10/15 Consumer goods already demand transparency:.65% of consumers want supply chain visibility. B2B manufacturing desperately needs the same revolution. Buyers need to see what's possible, not just what's catalogued.

9/15 The economic reality is staggering:.💰 Manufacturing = $2.94 trillion (10% of GDP).👥 13 million Americans employed.📈 449,000 job openings.📊 4.2% revenue increase predicted for 2025. But buyers still default to overseas suppliers they can FIND.

8/15 Real examples hiding in plain sight:.• Donnelly Custom (MN): Lightweight aerospace composites.• Agile Casting (OH): 3D-printed molds + traditional casting.• Zynnovation (VA): TreeDiaper eco-solution + standard wraps. World-class innovation. Zero supply chain visibility.

7/15 Here's the crushing paradox:.✅ 98% of manufacturers launched digital transformation.✅ 78% actively invest in supply chain software.❌ 67% admit their marketing is "moderately effective". The infrastructure exists. The connection doesn't.

6/15 The smart manufacturing market is about to EXPLODE:.📈 From $108.9B (2023) → $241.0B (2028).📈 That's 120% growth in 5 years. While American manufacturers innovate in shadows, overseas suppliers capture market share through superior VISIBILITY.

5/15 Meanwhile, the Midwest is EXPLODING:.🔥 19% year-over-year growth.🔥 Crushing national averages.🔥 Outperforming service sectors. Ohio alone: 700,780 manufacturing workers across 11,515 companies. Yet this renaissance remains invisible to supply chains.

4/15 The innovation iceberg is REAL:.• 70-80% Traditional products (pays the bills).• Variable% Custom solutions (high-margin but limited).• 3-5% Revolutionary innovations (world-class tech collecting dust). These aren't capability gaps. They're VISIBILITY crises.