I bought a 55+ year old factory from a retiring owner 6 months ago.

Here's everything I learned so far. Context:
>22ish employees
>steel fabrication/custom steel racks
>30,000ish sqft (depending how you look at it)

some low barrier ways to break into manufacturing

a casual thread through my experience ⬇️🏭 firstly why should you break into manufacturing?

1. having an industrial base in crucial to national security
2. $2.3T industry important to western economy
3. we have a decline in smb factories, tribal knowledge, labor - it's a noble mission to fill the gap + opportunity
4. factory jobs create 7.4 additional jobs, building communities
5. personally, i find it rewarding to tangibly create things and solve complex physical problems