It’s no secret that, during COVID, we began to see how bad the foreign supply chain crisis was. That woke a lot of people up to the reality of importing cheap products from overseas, adversarial countries. But we’ve spent the last century closing American manufacturing facilities and exporting our American jobs overseas. With new potential tariffs (which I believe are more of an economic bargaining tool to Trump), we again are starring down the barrel of high prices for everyday goods.
That’s part of the reason, I love what Josh Smith, Founder of Montana Knife Company is doing in a small town called Frenchtown in Montana. He’s putting Americans to work building American products – specifically, hunting, tactical, and culinary knives. Today we talk about the challenges with starting American-Made companies, what you’re likely to hear from competitors when you do, why growth isn’t always so linear and there are no overnight successes, why foreign markets are unfair business partnerships, and learning to build a business from the ground up – literally.
My guest today, Josh Smith, is a master bladesmith. In fact, he’s the youngest ever to have earned that honor.
He spent decades as an electrical lineman while he built his custom knife business. More recently, only 2021, he started his next knife-making business moving into American production and manufacturing. As a fairly new company, Josh and his team at Montana Knife Company are making big moves that are shaking up the knife production industry.
Endorsed by Joe Rogan, Jocko Willink, Mike Rowe and so many more heavy hitters, Josh and his team are only getting started and re-shaping how knives ought to be made.
New year, new you. I hate that term. Too often it’s, “new year, same you.” Look, if you use the new year as a catalyst for growth, all the power to you. But that doesn’t seem to be how it typically goes.
But I’ve got a tool for you to use that could potentially make that first phrase a reality. When you sign up for our free Battle Ready Program, you’re going to unlock instant access to a series of emails (17 to be exact) that will walk you step-by-step through the path that I’ve used to build a 7-figure business, help fixed estranged relationships, get in the best shape of my life, and finally develop a deep sense of fulfillment and satisfaction in my life.
Get on it now and put yourself on the path of really doing something about 2025, not just regurgitating clever phrases like, “new year, new you,” or “2024 was just a warm-up.”
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