Making What Matters
Entrepreneurship
Welcome to the podcast of P1 Ventures. We are on a mission to Revitalize American Manufacturing.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Entrepreneurship
Description:
Welcome to the podcast of P1 Ventures. We are on a mission to Revitalize American Manufacturing.
Language:
English
Website:
http://p1ind.com
Episodes
Training the new generation
2/17/2026
Joel and Josh discuss how P1 and Capital Region BOCES work closely together to raise up the next generation of machinists through instruction and practical application.
Duration:00:19:01
A healthy benefit!
6/11/2025
P1 Industries HR leader, Bianca Ross, discusses the benefits of having Chris Magil, PT DPT, care for our team mambers on site, on a regular, consistent basis.
Learn more about Chris at Duanesburg Physical Therapy
Duration:00:28:51
Kennametal Conversation
6/6/2024
We discuss the career path of one of the industry's best metalwork consultants, Mike Schulte, and show how Kennametal is taking their technology on the road.
Duration:00:22:35
Heritage to Harmonics
5/2/2024
Machinist extraordinaire, Andrew Smith, discusses how his great grandfather inspired his journey into manufacturing, and the amazing things he's learned at P1 Manufacturing, including judging the state a custom part by it's harmonics!
Duration:00:22:57
Multiplied mentorship!
1/22/2024
Fred Schultz, machinist extraordinaire and one of our founding team members, shares his experience as a mentor, teacher, learner and friend at P1 manufacturing.
Duration:00:16:13
Snowboards and Solid Works
1/16/2024
Engineering intern Carter Moore shares his very interesting journey of pursuing an interest in working wth his hands, through high school and college, to finally landing at P1 manufacturing.
Duration:00:21:49
Lathes and LEGO!
12/5/2023
Recent P1 employee, Adam Bedwell, shares his onboarding experience at P1 Manufacturing, and what he's learning from and sharing with fellow team members.
Duration:00:13:38
Hard work pays off!
7/20/2023
John Junge, leader at our Generator Windings facility, discusses his remarkable journey from part-time employee to Plant Manager.
Watch John's story and learn more about our P1 Pathways program: P1 Pathways : from part time to Plant Manager - YouTube
P1 Pathways | P1 Manufacturing (p1ind.com)
Duration:00:12:48
Motorcycles and Manufacturing
7/11/2023
Marine vet and cancer survivor, Mike DeBenedetti, shares his incredibly motivating journey on pursuing the passions in your life by pushing past obstacles and challenges. It's never too late to realize your manufacturing dream, including launching your own motorcycle endeavour.
Duration:00:36:32
Manufacturing is the way.
6/23/2023
An episode for fans of all things Manufacturing! Joel and Brian Wickham, Assistant Professor at HVCC and Manufacturing Engineer, share enlightening and entertaining stories, experiences, knowledge and factory floor wisdom learned over the years.
Learn more about Hudson Valley Community College | HVCC
Duration:00:48:26
Because that's just proper!
6/19/2023
Billy McGrath, in this informative, fun, descriptive interview with Joel, several times uses the phrase, "That's just proper", which perfectly sums up his experience of working P1 Manufacturing. Billy is one of P1's original hires, so his a wealth of knowledge about this amazing company is a joy to listen to.
Duration:00:24:34
From Moldova to Manufacturing
6/9/2023
Vitaly shares the amazing story of how he came to be a machinist. Immigrating to the USA from Moldova, his path brought him to P1 Manufacturing via HVCC. Now an experienced and valuable memeber of P1, Vitaly discusses the lessons he's learned and how he keeps growing and developing his machining skillset.
Duration:00:25:30
Sales multiplies the win!
5/25/2023
Joel and Mike Visk, VP of Sales, discuss the value of collaboration between the sales team and machinists, and how this benefits both our customers and P1.
Duration:00:25:39
Farm to Factory problem solving
5/16/2023
John Butler shares about the challenges, opportunities and lessons growing up on a farm presented when it came to finding your own solutions for fixing broken down equipment.
Duration:00:15:06
Solving the Production puzzle
5/11/2023
Ryan Tatlock, head of Production and Planning, discusses some of the solutions he designed to help P1 move to a higher level of efficiency and on-time delivery, by constantly focusing on putting our customer needs first.
Duration:00:16:38
Launching into Manufacturing
5/9/2023
The beginning of Jackson's journey into manufacturing! An enlightening account of how one discovers and pursues manufacturing as a career and calling, shared by P1's newest signing, Jackson Stone.
Learn more about our Pathways Program
Duration:00:10:01
Journey to Apprenticeship
4/18/2023
Jeff Coburn shares his inspiring story of how he came to work at P1, left, and returning a while later, found his place in work and life, on his journey to apprenticeship. Learn more about our apprenticeship opportunities at https://p1ind.com/pathways
Duration:00:16:35
The Power of Apprenticeship
4/10/2023
Joel and three of our apprentices, John, Andrew and Nick, share their experiences on how great mentorship produces great apprentices, who in turn become great machinists. At P1 Manufacturing, our Pathways program is specifically designed to help apprentices like these to pursue a great career in Manufacturing.
Duration:00:24:20
Geeks tame Supply Chain Monster
3/25/2022
If you have anything to do with a Supply Chain, this is for you! David & Mike host special guest PJ Bellomo, CEO of P1ston, SAAS software company solving supply chain issues through a powerful, easy to use software solution.
Duration:00:44:09
Simplifying Growth
2/8/2022
David & Mike analyze what actually helped P1 to grow to another level in the last year. And why this year is already trending to be our best yet. The answers may surprise you!
Duration:00:30:45