Growing a $5m Metal Business 40% in Year 1

Caleb Standafer believed in manufacturing and wanted to spend his career there. A multi-year pivot and ETA got him in.

Topics in Caleb’s interview:

• Moving from tech to manufacturing
• Manufacturing is important for our country
• 7 years operating before searching
• The manufacturing concept of “going to Gemba”
• His 4-year part-time search
• Taking time weekly to develop his leaders 
• Partnering with his dad
• Modernizing 1970s technology
• Managing 75% customer concentration
• Renegotiating payment terms with his largest customer

References and how to contact Caleb:

• LinkedIn
• Springfield Tool & Die

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Edited by Anton Rohozov and produced by Pam Cameron