Jeff Kunkle is the owner of Dynamic Machine in Zeeland, Michigan - a 7-person precision machining shop he built from the ground up while raising four kids.

We talk about starting part-time on a rented machine after hours, the client who said "I build companies like you" and gave him weekly work, and what it actually takes to bet on yourself in the trades. Plus hiring when every person is 10-15% of your business, the Lego question, letting go of the work you're best at, and why failure has been his greatest teacher.

Manufacturing Stories: West Michigan is a podcast by The Pivot Group Network.thepivotgroup.org