Austin DeBlauw was given an opportunity to help grow a US eyeware manufacturer. It would mean creating more jobs and putting more US-made products on the market… but it would do no favors for his budding sprint car career. The growth opportunity, which would include a move from California to Illinois, came just as Austin […]
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Wiffle Ball at the White House!
It was a typical day at WIFFLE Ball when Dave Mullany answered his phone. He is the president of the company as far as the official record goes, so he was the obvious choice when The White House called. “It’s kind of odd when you get a phone call like that, you kind of, you […]
Funding Dreams with Other Plans
There’s nothing like a story with a little musical accompaniment, courtesy of Nether Land, the band you’re about to read about. Here’s “Keep On” cued up for you! “Life is what happens while you’re busy making other plans,” is a quote made popular by John Lennon; it applies to another musician you probably haven’t heard […]
That Tarahumara Sandal Photo
Barefoot Ted AKA Ted McDonald, is an extreme runner who started a sandal company but often runs barefoot. But this story is not about running, or footwear, or the Rarámuri tribe that still lives mostly in traditional ways in the Copper Canyons of Mexico. This story is about this photograph. In his travels and quest […]
President Trump’s Made In America Product Showcase 2018 Speech
Here is what was the live feed from 7.23.18. President Trump’s speech started late, so please jump ahead to 57:00 minutes (-22 minutes if your feed shows it in countdown timecode) for his speech honoring and congratulate some of the Made in the USA companies that were invited to the White House this year in […]
Briefcase Malfunction
Before 2007, Tom Sega was a sales and marketing man in the paper, pulp, and paper manufacturing machinery business for over twenty years, and he traveled a lot. “For my complete career I’ve been a road warrior. I had traveled, some years, 30 weeks a year; and when you travel that much you get pretty […]
Bringing Back The Iconic Folding Chair Of Summer
If you were once young enough to spend your summers with the classic American lawn chair in the background, you’re probably old enough now to get annoyed pulling yourself up out of the current deep-pocket camping chairs. The bad news is, you’re not getting any younger; the good news is, your chair is back. Back […]
Home for Christmas For Good!
It was a watershed moment for Paul Parker in 2011; he was just back from another business trip – 33 hours of travel each way for two days of meetings in India – when he looked over the Christmas decor in his South Carolina home and considered the wrapped presents for his two sons and […]
Three Men in a Tub: A Fishing Story About the Weather
When you’re on a canoe fishing trip up in the Boundary Waters of northern Minnesota and several portages from home, a change in weather can really throw you for a loop. Grant Sega knows first hand. He’s now the Vice President at Spring Creek Manufacturing after his family purchased the company in July of 2017. […]
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The Cost of Opportunity: Austin DeBlauw Reinvents His Sprint Car Career
Austin DeBlauw was given an opportunity to help grow a US eyeware manufacturer. It would mean creating more jobs and putting more US-made products on the market… but it would do no favors for his budding sprint car career. The growth opportunity, which would include a move from California to Illinois, came just as Austin […]
Toby Keith Made In America Video
Here’s the video for a cool song from Toby Keith that might inspire a little extra consideration to purchase Made in the USA products. One great line is, “Spends a little more in the store for a tag; in the back that says USA.” Here’s the video for anyone who hasn’t heard the song yet, […]
Apollo 11 Mission Montage Video
This website will have some great, original videos down the road, and a lot of them will be about Americans accomplishing some big things. But until we have those videos done, here’s a quick re-cap of a great moment in History: The Apollo 11 Mission to the Moon.