Jim Carr Launches Tell-All Business Podcast

Jim Carr. Photo Credit: Carr Machine & Tool

Jim Carr, president and CEO of Carr Machine & Tool, has launched his “my True Position,” a free podcast in which he shares the intimate details of his business journey — the good, bad and not-so-sexy, yet oh-so-important.

Carr is a second-generation business owner with much to say about what it takes to navigate and succeed in manufacturing. Unfortunately, his wealth of knowledge gathered from 40 years in the industry cannot be found in a how-to guide off the shelf.

The podcast title is appropriate not only because Carr shares his true position on how he feels about growing up in manufacturing but it also gives a nod to a standard industry term for geometric measuring tolerance. Carr will record from within his favorite four walls, those of his 15,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Elk Grove Village, Illinois

“It's certainly going to be introspective,” Carr says. “I need to share my authentic experience because I stumbled in so many ways on my own business journey. This will allow me to lift up my community and industry. It will be different from other manufacturing podcasts in that I'm not just going to interview people each week. I'm going to be open and honest, and just put my story out there and talk about the successes and the mistakes.”

No stranger to the podcast world, Carr was a co-founder and co-host of the No. 1 rated manufacturing podcast “MakingChips” since 2014. On “my True Position,” he hopes to inspire other manufacturing professionals, equip them with the knowledge to help them make better decisions and solve problems, and show them they are not alone on their manufacturing journey.

Carr will invite industry leaders and peers to join him on occasion and intends to cover a variety of topics, including Organic Growth vs. Acquisition: What direction to take?; Business Relationships: Filtering who is authentic and who is not; Parting ways with a 21-year veteran; ACH fraud: It's only a matter of time; Continuing in the family business when dad has a girlfriend; and Selling your manufacturing company: when, what, where, and how?

As a second-generation business owner in manufacturing, Carr has embraced the opportunities and challenges that come with leading a high-tech machine shop that his father founded in 1972. Since becoming the sole shareholder and president of Carr Machine & Tool in 2004, and after decades of experience working alongside his father, Carr has steadily grown and evolved the business, including a culture shift, ERP upgrade, adopting “traction,” and simply by not doing what everyone else is.