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My guest on this episode is Josh Schultz, current president CaneKast and previously co-founder of the Chess Group. Josh has partnered with Reg Zeller, a former podcast guest from Episode 81 and CaneKast founder, to acquire and streamline foundries across the country. But as Josh and I talked about in the episode, that is far from their only ambition.\nJosh and I talk about what has changed the most in the year since joining CaneKast, how he approaches scaling, organizations, and teams, documenting processes, change management, and finding a complementary partner to work with.\nJosh is also a great friend and a person I deeply admire. He's incredibly intelligent, process driven, and creative, and I always love talking with him. Please enjoy our conversation.\nListen weekly and follow the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Breaker, and TuneIn.\xa0\nLinks:\nJosh on Twitter\nJoshuaSchultz.com\nCaneKast\nReg Zeller on Twitter\nThe SMB Ops show\n\nTopics:\n(2:58) - What would you say are the biggest changes you\u2019ve seen in your business in the past 10 months?\n(4:45) - Do you feel like there\u2019s an order of operations for changing or tracking different things?\n(7:00) - How did you go about understanding pricing and mold counts?\n(10:47) - Do you believe you\u2019re creating a competitive advantage beyond pricing that contributes to growing sales?\n(12:40) - What\u2019s the most challenging piece to improving service?\n(14:45) - How much do you think making internal data more transparent has impacted your efforts?\n(19:46) - How do you get someone with deep domain expertise to share and document knowledge?\n(20:51) - What is the goal for building multiple solo companies within CaneKast?\n(23:42) - What are some business models that are inspiring this move?\n(25:05) - The importance of building a competitive advantage\n(27:15) - Do you feel your competitive advantage will allow you to acquire other foundries?\n(29:02) - Do you think there\u2019s correct pacing to change?\n(30:45) - How do you approach setting a vision for the company?\n(34:49) - How do you view what types of aspects of the business will change next?\n(36:51) - Where do you think you\u2019ll feel the strain as you start acquiring companies?\n(38:34) - How do you go about learning a new topic?\n(42:10) - How have you used media and podcasting to build relationships?\n(43:47) - What advice do you have for finding a good partner?\n(46:00) - How did you think about your role at CaneKast?\n(48:18) - Have you always had this Entrepreneurial Impatience?\n(50:43) - Where do you feel like you need to be patient?\n(54:56) - Evolving the CEO role to pure people & executive team management\n(59:26) - What\u2019s a strongly held belief you\u2019ve changed your mind on?\n(1:00:09) - What\u2019s the best business you\u2019ve ever seen?\n(1:03:24) - What\u2019s next for you in manufacturing after foundries?