Covering the startups way out in Left Field. Written the way your friend would explain it at a bar. @DannyCDeas
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Sometimes we fly by the seat of our pants in Left Field.
Things just happen that spark inspiration. Issue #35 is personal. Because when your dog makes a mess of the plant, you need a product that truly sucks.
Dropping this Sunday at 7:15am ET.
Despite the mess, the party continues in Left Field.
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Farmers & Ranchers are the backbone of this planet. They do the dirty work to provide for everyone else.
@craig_piggott and his team at @halterHQ are giving them time back. GPS collars, virtual fences drawn from a phone, and over a million cows already wearing them.
Issue #34 is LIVE. Moving cattle with an app makes sense in the modern world. Draw the fence, then call the herd like an Uber. Leave it to the Kiwis to come up with an idea like this.
Full Issue below. Join the party in Left Field!
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A healthy sign American manufacturing is on its way back
Anatar set a new record by producing and installing this 32' x 62' American flag in two weeks for @HadrianInc. Sewn seams, sewn stars, and unbridled patriotism.
A better way to waste.
@MattLRogers and @mill have big plans to chip away at food waste one household at a time.
Good for the earth, good feed for farmers, good for your backyard garden.
Issue #33 is LIVE
Hitting subscribers inboxes every Sunday morning at 7:15AM ET.
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America’s asking for more parts than it can currently make. We’re trying to close that gap and we need more hands to do it.
Openings across all of our departments. Take a look at what each team needs.
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Hot off the press: We have a confirmed @reoindustries reservation from a subscriber after reading Issue #27.
The REO party in Left Field is growing
We've been developing the perfect home in Left Field.
@JasonDBallard from @ICON3DTech is building it.
@JLopas and @ZachBDell from @basepowerco are powering it.
@DandelionEnergy is managing the temp with geothermal cooling and heating.
@sdamico from @ImpulseLabs is making sure I've got the best range in the game.
@jamestrogers from @apeelsciences and @adamstager from @tricrobotics are stocking my pantry with the highest quality fruits and vegetables.
And I've got a @reoindustries Runabout from @Zachdebo parked in the garage.
Life is good in Left Field.
Oh, and this week we’re getting back in the kitchen. The company for Issue #33 is doing the dirty work nobody likes. All wrapped in a shell that looks like an AirPods case flipped on its side.
Hitting inboxes Sunday morning at 7:15AM ET!
Every company above is available for reading below. You'll learn something new. Laugh at a gif. And be completely lost by a subscriber shout-out.
But that's what makes this fun. And why we'll continue writing.
The party continues in Left Field!
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Slowly but surely, reindustrialization is becoming less of a Left Field idea…
@noxmetals @anduriltech @HadrianInc
@2112Power and @HadrianInc are changing American manufacturing.
Factories that are smart and flexible to build the future. $1.4B raised in their latest round, at a $7.9B valuation.
Issue #32 featuring @HadrianInc is LIVE.
It's a certified banger. But that's what you'd expect from a company rolling a bunch of hard sixes. And what you'll need to make manufacturing cool again, which is exactly what Chris intends to do.
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Highly recommend listing to @ti_morse’s interview with @2112Power linked the in issue and below.
My second interview with @2112Power, Founder and CEO of @HadrianInc.
0:10 How to scale manufacturing in the US
1:42 Building ahead of contracts
4:21 Burn rate & execution risk
6:40 Bets that aren’t risky to you but are risky to everyone else
8:34 Scaling capacity
10:45 Operating with an 80% risk of death
13:10 Sprinting through 1-way doors
16:51 “Sometimes you gotta roll a hard 6”
18:37 Constructing a new factory
21:45 Learning how to build factories
28:14 Surviving company killing events
32:12 Radically pulling forward timelines
37:13 How financing changes as you scale from $1M revenue to $1B revenue
38:53 Growing from 725 to 1,325 employees in 4 months
43:00 Deciding which contracts to go after
45:33 What’s stopping you from growing faster?
50:02 “Just f*cking do it”
53:23 Designing the finance side of the business
56:51 Educating investors on manufacturing and capex heavy businesses
59:08 Deciding which competitive advantages to optimize for
1:02:08 Building trust with government partners
1:04:54 False doors
1:09:12 Figuring out the highest leverage activities
1:11:04 Investing in velocity
1:13:59 Energy management
Is there anything more "Left Field" than reindustrialization? Unfortunately, I'd argue no.
But thankfully for you (and America), we have companies like @noxmetals reigniting this American industry in 2026.
We covered Nox in Issue #21. Frankly, it's a banger of an Issue featuring a banger of a company.
And this Sunday in Left Field we're getting metal again.
@2112Power and his team @HadrianInc are also bringing manufacturing into the modern age — and at an enormous scale.
If you like Issue #21 featuring Nox Metals, you're going to love Issue #32 featuring @HadrianInc.
The party continues in Left Field!
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