a big personal reason I’m building a manufacturing company is I believe in giving opportunities to my countrymen. and I think a fast growing mfg startup is one of the best ways to do it. I was absolutely beyond broke when I found out I was having my first kid at 20. I was in college and making $8.25/hr part time I luckily worked at a company (shoutout @QuikTrip ) that believed in promoting from within and giving employees opportunities to grow. I went full-time and quickly got promoted into the maintenance department It literally changed my life. I went from a college dropout who couldn’t afford his kid on the way, to having a ton of responsibility and the means to make a good living. We have employees who are absolutely killing it, providing huge amounts of value, learning a trade and going through the same sort of journey I did. Nothing feels better than building great American manufacturing jobs. It makes all the hardships of building this sort of business worth it.