The Next Frontier Podcast

Feb 04 2024 32 ep. 61 mins 4
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We find and deliver gems about how industry, innovation, and individualism enable, create, and protecting freedom and flourishing.

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Shaping the Future: How Machina Labs' Robotic Craftsman Is Revolutionizing Manufacturing with CEO Edward Mehr

Feb 04 2024 62 mins  
Edward Mehr, the visionary CEO of Machina Labs. Machina Labs, at the forefront of a new era in manufacturing, is revolutionizing the field with its groundbreaking Robotic Craftsman platform. Our discussion today will journey through Ed's experiences in founding Machina Labs, exploring how this innovative company is redefining metal forming technology and reshaping the future of

28. All About Farmland With FarmTogether Founder, Artem Milinchuk

Aug 29 2022 55 mins  
We dig into our food supply chain (stuff chain) and where our agriculture products come from. Farmland financier, entrepreneur and investor, Artem Milinchuk helps us learn through his data-driven, bird's eye view of how the agriculture industry works. Artem is pioneering democratized farmland investments at FarmTogether. The company is building technology to enable every individual

27. Jason Kim | CEO Millennium Space Systems - Digitally Defined Satellite Manufacturing

Aug 11 2022 48 mins  
About This Episode Jason Kim leads one of the World’s most agile and innovative aerospace manufacturing companies. In this episode, we dive into how Jason and his team at Millennium Space Systems (a Boeing company) are pioneering digital-first, high volume manufacturing for small satellites. We also dive into Jason’s robust experience in the aerospace industry, ranging from his

26. The Millennial Case For Manufacturing With ‘The Manufacturing Millennial’, Jake Hall

Jun 02 2022 70 mins  
This episode is all about the macro state of the manufacturing workforce. “If you don’t make stuff, there is no stuff.” – Elon Musk. All of the stuff we rely on and enjoy needs to come from somewhere… and someone. Manufacturing might otherwise be called: people and machines making the stuff that enables other peoples’ and machines’ high level of capabilities, flourish

25. Where Telecom Comes From with Michael Bloxton, CEO of Nebula Compute

Mar 25 2022 84 mins  
Episode title: Where Telecom Comes From with Michael Bloxton, CEO of Nebula Compute About This Episode Do you know where your cell service and internet come from? What does the physical infrastructure that lets you talk to your team, friends, and family on the other side of the world look like and how does it work? In this episode, Michael Bloxton joins us to explore how the bits t

24. Where Solar Power Systems Comes From With Ivan Gonick, CEO Veteran Solar

Mar 02 2022 64 mins  
Energy production and independence are foundational to freedom and flourishing. As we learn from Ivan Gonick in this conversation, the United States power grid is extremely complex and fragile. Ivan is the CEO of Veteran Solar; in this conversation he breaks down how at home solar power systems work and why they are an excellent mechanism to build a more antifragile energy system.

23. Fred Horowitz | How To Make Affordable Consumer Goods In The USA

Feb 14 2022 53 mins  
In this episode serial industrial entrepreneur, Fred Horowitz, shares lessons that he’s learned through his robust manufacturing career and how he is navigating the rapidly evolving industrial landscape as a United States consumer goods manufacturing company. Fred is a deeply experienced CEO and founder of multiple, fast-growing consumer product brands. He is the current Chairman

22. Shelley Huff | CEO Serta Simmons - Building Antifragile Supply Chains

Feb 14 2022 62 mins  
About This Episode In this episode, Shelley Huff shares her frontline perspective on the transformation unfolding in the United States’ supply chains, particularly the shift from global, just-in-time, and fragile back towards local, safety stock, and antifragile (per Nassim Taleb's concept). Since we recorded this episode, Shelley moved from her role leading Serta Simmons as Chie

21. Lee Benson | An Aerospace Vertical Integration Success Story

Jan 05 2022 86 mins  
About This Episode In this episode, we sit down with Lee Benson, a serial entrepreneur and industrialist who built, led, and exited Able Aerospace – a company he grew from 3 to 500 employees with 15 consecutive years of 20 percent compounded average annual growth. After selling Able Aerospace for 9-figures to publicly-traded Textron Aviation, Lee committed himself to helping othe

20. Cam Adair | Gaming and Digital Addiction

Jan 04 2022 89 mins  
About This Episode In this episode, we sit down with Cam Adair, Founder of GameQuitters.com to break down how digital and gaming addiction are shaping our world and the Next Frontier. Gaming and more broadly digital addiction affects nearly all young people in today's world. After learning from this conversation with Cam, I believe that understanding gaming addiction is critical to