WEBVTT 00:00:08.809 --> 00:00:12.169 Hey folks, I'm Matt major from growth mode content. 00:00:12.230 --> 00:00:14.890 Welcome. It's Tuesday Newsday. Welcome to Good 00:00:14.890 --> 00:00:18.629 News York I'm joined again by my coffee drinking 00:00:18.629 --> 00:00:22.629 co -host Mikey B. Yes, and we got a guest dude 00:00:22.629 --> 00:00:24.890 We have a great guest and I can't take credit 00:00:24.890 --> 00:00:26.750 for this one. This was all you and well, you 00:00:26.750 --> 00:00:30.410 know and Mr. Jim D. I want to make sure I say 00:00:30.410 --> 00:00:36.579 right. Yeah, correct. Nice or nice Whoa! You're 00:00:36.579 --> 00:00:39.399 Mikey B. Mikey B and Jimmy D? There you go. That's 00:00:39.399 --> 00:00:41.140 it. I don't think the world's ready for that. 00:00:41.600 --> 00:00:43.380 I'm just going to let you guys go. This is perfect. 00:00:43.640 --> 00:00:45.700 D and Mikey B. We need a podcast. There you go. 00:00:46.079 --> 00:00:49.259 Just based on that. That's awesome. Jim is the 00:00:49.259 --> 00:00:53.340 head of an organization called TDO, Train, Develop, 00:00:53.719 --> 00:00:57.060 and Optimize. Did I get it right? You got it 00:00:57.060 --> 00:01:02.780 right. So so officially though, our name is Central 00:01:02.780 --> 00:01:05.939 New York Technology Development Organization. 00:01:06.079 --> 00:01:09.239 Wow. And then probably five or six years back, 00:01:10.000 --> 00:01:12.620 some somebody wasn't me, somebody brighter than 00:01:12.620 --> 00:01:17.159 me asked the question, what technology does TDO 00:01:17.159 --> 00:01:20.620 develop? And we were like, hmm, we really don't 00:01:20.620 --> 00:01:23.540 develop anything. So we rebranded. And that's 00:01:23.540 --> 00:01:26.640 where the Train Develop Optimize came from. That's 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:29.159 awesome. So why don't you tell us, let's dive 00:01:29.159 --> 00:01:30.900 right in. Tell us a little bit about what you 00:01:30.900 --> 00:01:35.000 do do at TDO. Sure. So I'm the CEO and center 00:01:35.000 --> 00:01:39.280 director for TDO. TDO is a nonprofit coaching, 00:01:39.900 --> 00:01:43.709 consulting, training organization. We work primarily 00:01:43.709 --> 00:01:47.909 with manufacturers, but the stuff that we deliver, 00:01:48.109 --> 00:01:50.950 the services that we deliver, aren't exclusive 00:01:50.950 --> 00:01:54.150 to manufacturing. You know, we really break down 00:01:54.150 --> 00:01:58.040 processes and get into the... inner workings 00:01:58.040 --> 00:02:01.340 of organizations. So a lot of the the stuff that 00:02:01.340 --> 00:02:04.219 that we get into could be applicable, you know, 00:02:04.219 --> 00:02:07.599 in any industry. And in fact, we've worked with 00:02:07.599 --> 00:02:11.099 health care practices, streamlining like the 00:02:11.099 --> 00:02:14.879 paperwork intake process. Wow. We've worked with 00:02:14.879 --> 00:02:18.979 warehousing, distribution, banks, insurance, 00:02:19.199 --> 00:02:23.639 you name it. So, yeah, so TDO currently there 00:02:23.639 --> 00:02:28.330 are 10 of us, including myself. We are all, except 00:02:28.330 --> 00:02:33.370 for one, degreed engineers and we like to say 00:02:33.370 --> 00:02:38.939 do -gooder nerds. I love that. And recently, 00:02:39.139 --> 00:02:42.759 over the last year, we brought an HR consultant, 00:02:43.520 --> 00:02:46.939 a people specialist aboard the team. She's the 00:02:46.939 --> 00:02:51.860 only non -engineer on the team. And we can talk 00:02:51.860 --> 00:02:54.280 about that a little bit more later. But yeah, 00:02:54.659 --> 00:02:58.319 the solutions that we provide are we do a lot 00:02:58.319 --> 00:03:04.050 of lean Six Sigma consulting. We do supply chain 00:03:04.050 --> 00:03:07.990 management, environmental health and safety consulting, 00:03:10.129 --> 00:03:14.150 quality management stuff. Wow. And like I said 00:03:14.150 --> 00:03:18.909 with our hire a year ago, now we can get into. 00:03:19.500 --> 00:03:22.580 people, talent management, you know, how are 00:03:22.580 --> 00:03:25.120 you, what kind of strategies are you developing 00:03:25.120 --> 00:03:28.919 to retain employees, attract employees? So, you 00:03:28.919 --> 00:03:31.000 know, we like to think that, you know, in our 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:34.419 swim lane, we've got a pretty wide set of services 00:03:34.419 --> 00:03:37.860 that you know, appeal not only to manufacturers, 00:03:38.680 --> 00:03:41.599 but really to anyone looking to, you know, be 00:03:41.599 --> 00:03:44.300 more productive, grow their business, help with 00:03:44.300 --> 00:03:48.120 people issues, things along those lines. That's 00:03:48.120 --> 00:03:51.500 incredible. You mentioned manufacturing, and 00:03:51.500 --> 00:03:53.400 I know that's, you know, one of your core kind 00:03:53.400 --> 00:03:55.659 of demographics there, and as well as a number 00:03:55.659 --> 00:03:59.439 of others. Are there are there sizes of businesses 00:03:59.439 --> 00:04:00.979 do you work with? Do you work with a startup 00:04:00.979 --> 00:04:04.090 versus do you, you know, 100 employee company. 00:04:04.110 --> 00:04:07.759 Yep. So so typically we work with the small to 00:04:07.759 --> 00:04:10.919 mid -size folks. We're not opposed to working 00:04:10.919 --> 00:04:13.819 with larger manufacturers, but what we find most 00:04:13.819 --> 00:04:15.599 of the time is that the larger manufacturers, 00:04:15.599 --> 00:04:18.600 they have their own resources. They have their 00:04:18.600 --> 00:04:21.560 own engineers, their own HR specialists, supply 00:04:21.560 --> 00:04:25.500 chain folks. So yeah, really where we're best 00:04:25.500 --> 00:04:27.819 suited is for those small to mid -size folks 00:04:27.819 --> 00:04:32.060 that either don't have the resources or they 00:04:32.060 --> 00:04:35.339 don't have enough of them and just need a little 00:04:35.339 --> 00:04:39.009 extra expertise there that's that's incredible 00:04:39.009 --> 00:04:41.569 and and so you're you said you're a non -for 00:04:41.569 --> 00:04:44.509 -profit so how does that how does that work do 00:04:44.509 --> 00:04:46.829 you charge for your services is there is there 00:04:46.829 --> 00:04:48.509 grants involved like how does all that happen 00:04:48.509 --> 00:04:52.649 so yes and yes okay so so we are non -profit 00:04:52.649 --> 00:04:54.949 but we say you know we like to say we're not 00:04:54.949 --> 00:04:59.000 for free yeah But with that said, there are a 00:04:59.000 --> 00:05:01.639 tremendous amount of grants right now. You know, 00:05:01.660 --> 00:05:04.500 I'll tell a little story. Prior to my time at 00:05:04.500 --> 00:05:08.500 TDO, I was a plant manager for a tier one automotive 00:05:08.500 --> 00:05:12.420 company. And, you know, we were doing, you know, 00:05:12.500 --> 00:05:15.600 a lot of training. We were paying for a lot of 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:18.980 consultants and I had no idea that TDO existed, 00:05:19.019 --> 00:05:22.339 nor did I have any awareness of all the grants 00:05:22.339 --> 00:05:24.579 and pots of money that are out there. And so 00:05:24.579 --> 00:05:29.360 when I was recruited to TDO and I found out about 00:05:29.360 --> 00:05:32.459 all the different programs and funding and grants, 00:05:32.860 --> 00:05:37.120 it really ticked me off. And I still, even seven 00:05:37.120 --> 00:05:39.740 and a half years later, I still have a chip on 00:05:39.740 --> 00:05:43.519 my shoulder from that. And so we do a tremendous 00:05:43.399 --> 00:05:46.660 amount of just awareness when you know we take 00:05:46.660 --> 00:05:49.620 we go out on visits we go to networking events 00:05:49.620 --> 00:05:54.819 and my number one priority is making folks aware 00:05:54.819 --> 00:05:58.240 of just what's out there all the grants the funding 00:05:58.240 --> 00:06:02.399 of course I tell them about TDO but we we have 00:06:02.399 --> 00:06:05.819 we do not have a pushy sales model sure folks 00:06:05.819 --> 00:06:09.360 are they're not ready or they don't need what 00:06:09.360 --> 00:06:12.040 we have to offer but we at least want to make 00:06:12.040 --> 00:06:13.800 them aware of all the different pots of money 00:06:13.800 --> 00:06:17.279 that are out there. If I may, because I find 00:06:17.279 --> 00:06:20.379 that when I went back to college and people were 00:06:20.379 --> 00:06:22.639 telling me, you know, make sure you look around. 00:06:22.680 --> 00:06:25.500 There's a lot of different, you know, scholarships 00:06:25.500 --> 00:06:27.279 and things. And there's so much money you can 00:06:27.279 --> 00:06:32.100 find. So if I'm starting a new business. where 00:06:32.100 --> 00:06:34.220 are some of the places you can go to look for 00:06:34.220 --> 00:06:36.540 them? Because you're right, it's not very transparent. 00:06:36.740 --> 00:06:38.779 It's not like they advertise, hey, we got all 00:06:38.779 --> 00:06:41.040 this money for you. So like a regular guy like 00:06:41.040 --> 00:06:43.339 me, what's a good first step? Yeah, and so that 00:06:43.339 --> 00:06:45.120 that is a big part of the problem. There isn't 00:06:45.120 --> 00:06:48.319 like a one stop shop to find all this stuff there. 00:06:48.860 --> 00:06:52.720 So every county has a workforce board. So they 00:06:52.720 --> 00:06:55.500 get money from Department of Labor, other sources. 00:06:55.500 --> 00:06:58.819 So they have training dollars. So, you know, 00:06:58.819 --> 00:07:01.980 that's one source there. Uh, in our five county 00:07:01.980 --> 00:07:04.300 region, which, you know, our nonprofit, we cover 00:07:04.300 --> 00:07:07.800 the five counties, Onondaga, Cayuga, Cortland, 00:07:08.079 --> 00:07:11.779 Madison, Oswego, uh, every, all, all of those 00:07:11.779 --> 00:07:13.500 counties and all the counties across the state 00:07:13.500 --> 00:07:16.800 have a workforce board. Um, uh, but in addition 00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:20.420 to that, the utility companies have manufacturing 00:07:20.420 --> 00:07:23.439 dollars. So national grid has a manufacturing 00:07:23.439 --> 00:07:28.709 productivity program. NYSEG RG &E has a manufacturing 00:07:28.709 --> 00:07:32.610 accelerator program to help manufacturers. So 00:07:32.610 --> 00:07:35.110 that's another source of money. Our utility bill 00:07:35.110 --> 00:07:37.930 is probably funded their entire month this past 00:07:37.930 --> 00:07:41.709 month for NYSEG. Check out your bill in the real 00:07:41.709 --> 00:07:45.670 fine print at the bottom and you'll see an economic 00:07:45.670 --> 00:07:49.529 fund that we're paying into. So that's another 00:07:49.529 --> 00:07:55.290 pot of money. There's CNY Works. mentioned the 00:07:55.290 --> 00:07:58.509 workforce boards. Onondaga County has CNY works. 00:07:58.889 --> 00:08:01.410 Oswego County has, you know, their workforce 00:08:01.410 --> 00:08:04.170 board, all the counties do. Workforce Development 00:08:04.170 --> 00:08:07.209 Institute, WDI, that's another pot of money. 00:08:07.230 --> 00:08:11.329 Geez. So like it's it really is dizzying. And 00:08:11.329 --> 00:08:13.689 from time to time, there are other, you know, 00:08:13.850 --> 00:08:17.790 one off isolated grants that, you know, we met 00:08:17.790 --> 00:08:20.649 and I've talked about some related to like cybersecurity, 00:08:20.990 --> 00:08:23.189 you know, sometimes the feds or even the state, 00:08:23.430 --> 00:08:26.199 they really support hot money specific for cyber 00:08:26.199 --> 00:08:32.360 security, CMMC type stuff. But what we tell folks 00:08:32.360 --> 00:08:36.580 when we're meeting them with them is, please 00:08:36.580 --> 00:08:38.980 don't try to remember. all the different pots 00:08:38.980 --> 00:08:40.879 of money that are out there. It's dizzying. There's 00:08:40.879 --> 00:08:43.639 a ton of stuff. Just let us know. We don't take 00:08:43.639 --> 00:08:46.360 a cut. We don't mark it up. We're happy to connect 00:08:46.360 --> 00:08:49.340 you with the funders. We exist as a nonprofit 00:08:49.340 --> 00:08:52.360 to help those manufacturers out. And there's 00:08:52.360 --> 00:08:54.840 nothing in it for us other than helping out those 00:08:54.840 --> 00:08:57.120 manufacturers there. And a lot of folks, like 00:08:57.120 --> 00:09:00.149 when we tell them that, they're like, There's 00:09:00.149 --> 00:09:02.389 more to it. There's got to be a catch. Well, 00:09:02.450 --> 00:09:05.570 guess what? The 100 or so clients that we engage 00:09:05.570 --> 00:09:08.809 with every single year, they learn pretty quickly. 00:09:09.070 --> 00:09:12.330 There isn't a catch. And we really are a bunch 00:09:12.330 --> 00:09:15.990 of nerdy do -gooders. I love that. That should 00:09:15.990 --> 00:09:18.230 be the new company name. We're the forget TDO, 00:09:18.590 --> 00:09:21.500 nerdy do -gooders. I love it. I love it. I guess 00:09:21.500 --> 00:09:24.600 should be the name of your podcast. NDG. Jimmy 00:09:24.600 --> 00:09:30.580 D. NGD. I love that. I love that. Jim, I want 00:09:30.580 --> 00:09:32.360 to I want to get into the weeds just a little 00:09:32.360 --> 00:09:36.379 bit, because I know from the IT world that any 00:09:36.379 --> 00:09:38.059 time you're doing anything, even an improvement, 00:09:38.279 --> 00:09:40.159 if you're changing a process in the slightest 00:09:40.159 --> 00:09:42.559 way, there's there's pushback and hesitation. 00:09:42.559 --> 00:09:46.320 And in many cases, it makes that fail as you're 00:09:46.320 --> 00:09:48.340 working with folks to improve their processes. 00:09:48.379 --> 00:09:50.980 How do you navigate? those sorts of things. Yeah. 00:09:51.399 --> 00:09:54.620 So another excellent question. Um, so the people 00:09:54.620 --> 00:09:57.220 person, the HR consultant that I brought aboard 00:09:57.220 --> 00:10:00.539 last year was brought aboard for that reason. 00:10:01.080 --> 00:10:04.299 So, you know, when we'd be working with the manufacturer 00:10:04.299 --> 00:10:07.600 and we're delivering what we know are really 00:10:07.600 --> 00:10:10.940 excellent top notch solutions, we're fixing processes, 00:10:11.360 --> 00:10:13.700 we're relaying things out, we're making them 00:10:13.700 --> 00:10:17.139 leaner and more productive. But the problem we 00:10:17.139 --> 00:10:20.399 found was not all the solutions would stick. 00:10:20.539 --> 00:10:22.659 We would check in with a client three to six 00:10:22.659 --> 00:10:25.820 months later and find out, oh, they had turnover. 00:10:26.559 --> 00:10:29.980 Oh, they rearranged this, or things kind of fell 00:10:29.980 --> 00:10:34.539 by the wayside. So along with the consulting 00:10:34.539 --> 00:10:38.730 engagements that we do now, we plug our HR consultant, 00:10:38.870 --> 00:10:42.029 our people person into those as well so that 00:10:42.029 --> 00:10:45.269 she can work on the culture, work on the people 00:10:45.269 --> 00:10:48.049 side of it, and make sure that whatever solution 00:10:48.049 --> 00:10:50.990 we deliver, it's gonna stick. We get measured 00:10:50.990 --> 00:10:54.330 on that. And that's another thing that I wanted 00:10:54.330 --> 00:10:57.710 to mention to you guys is, you know, we, so TDO 00:10:57.710 --> 00:11:01.070 is part of an organization, a national organization 00:11:01.070 --> 00:11:04.250 called the Manufacturing Extension Partnership. 00:11:04.669 --> 00:11:09.230 It is currently housed and funded through the 00:11:09.230 --> 00:11:11.830 National Institute for Standards and Technology, 00:11:12.190 --> 00:11:15.870 NIST and IST. Gotcha. So NIST MEP is a national 00:11:15.870 --> 00:11:20.269 network. All 50 states have an MEP presence plus 00:11:20.269 --> 00:11:23.889 Puerto Rico. So there's 51 state plus Puerto 00:11:23.889 --> 00:11:27.269 Rico centers there. And then every state has 00:11:27.269 --> 00:11:30.409 its own derivation. They figure out what they 00:11:30.409 --> 00:11:33.929 do with those funds. New York has also all of 00:11:33.929 --> 00:11:37.259 the the MEP funds are filtered through Empire 00:11:37.259 --> 00:11:41.460 State Development through NYSTAR. NYSTAR opens 00:11:41.460 --> 00:11:44.580 it up and says, we have 10 economic regions of 00:11:44.580 --> 00:11:47.480 New York, so we have 10 regional centers, TDO 00:11:47.480 --> 00:11:51.179 being one of the 10 regional centers, and then 00:11:51.179 --> 00:11:55.299 we have one statewide virtual hub called Fuse 00:11:55.299 --> 00:12:01.710 Hub there. And so the MEP network has impact 00:12:01.710 --> 00:12:04.870 metrics that we are held to. So every quarter, 00:12:05.570 --> 00:12:08.149 we get a report card from the federal government. 00:12:09.330 --> 00:12:11.490 And yeah, so every manufacturer that we work 00:12:11.490 --> 00:12:13.750 with gets a survey when they're done working 00:12:13.750 --> 00:12:16.870 with us. And the survey asks very objective questions. 00:12:17.210 --> 00:12:22.000 Did TDO help you retain sales, grow sales? retain 00:12:22.000 --> 00:12:25.779 jobs, grow jobs, cost savings, investments, all 00:12:25.779 --> 00:12:29.779 these very objective categories. And every quarter 00:12:29.779 --> 00:12:32.320 we get a report card from the feds that tells 00:12:32.320 --> 00:12:34.720 us how well we did with all those categories 00:12:34.720 --> 00:12:38.700 there. I'm happy to say for the last. five years 00:12:38.700 --> 00:12:40.860 running, we've gotten perfect hundreds on our 00:12:40.860 --> 00:12:42.480 report card. Wow. Look at you. We're going to 00:12:42.480 --> 00:12:44.179 put it on the fridge. There you go. Got to put 00:12:44.179 --> 00:12:45.980 it on the fridge. We put it on our fridge at 00:12:45.980 --> 00:12:51.320 TDO. But also, though, that helps with our sales 00:12:51.320 --> 00:12:53.500 pitch. Again, back to the comment I made earlier, 00:12:53.940 --> 00:12:56.500 people think, oh, there's got to be more to it. 00:12:56.799 --> 00:12:59.399 Well, we have skin in the game with this as well. 00:12:59.399 --> 00:13:02.659 I mean, that's a big part of it there. And it's 00:13:02.659 --> 00:13:05.019 almost like the anti -consulting model, too. 00:13:05.179 --> 00:13:07.669 We have skin in the game, which most consultants 00:13:07.669 --> 00:13:10.769 can't say that, whatever they deliver, they're 00:13:10.769 --> 00:13:12.629 still going to get paid and they'll walk away. 00:13:12.990 --> 00:13:16.370 If we deliver a less than optimal product or 00:13:16.370 --> 00:13:20.169 service, we're going to get the impact metrics 00:13:20.169 --> 00:13:22.070 are going to reflect that. And ultimately, our 00:13:22.070 --> 00:13:24.350 funding could be affected by that as well. So 00:13:24.350 --> 00:13:26.129 when we go in and sit down with the manufacturer, 00:13:26.210 --> 00:13:29.730 we tell them, if we don't deliver what we say 00:13:29.730 --> 00:13:32.720 we're going to deliver, you'll reflect that in 00:13:32.720 --> 00:13:36.340 the survey results and, and, you know, we won't 00:13:36.340 --> 00:13:39.480 be back. So you have the ultimate locked in advertisement. 00:13:39.940 --> 00:13:41.679 If you think about if you want to spin it positive, 00:13:41.720 --> 00:13:43.860 like, oh, it sucks. We get a report card every 00:13:43.860 --> 00:13:46.820 year from from the feds. What better advertisement 00:13:46.820 --> 00:13:49.200 than, look, here is facts and numbers. If we 00:13:49.200 --> 00:13:51.899 don't deliver, we're out. Exactly. All these 00:13:51.899 --> 00:13:54.759 businesses these days live and die by their Google 00:13:54.759 --> 00:13:56.659 reviews and their Yelp reviews and things of 00:13:56.659 --> 00:13:59.039 that nature. You're literally getting those five 00:13:59.039 --> 00:14:02.100 -star reviews from every client. That's, to me, 00:14:02.220 --> 00:14:05.340 what a great selling. I want my internet provider 00:14:05.340 --> 00:14:07.259 to have that. How do I know you're going to deliver 00:14:07.259 --> 00:14:09.179 for me? Because we've literally delivered for 00:14:09.179 --> 00:14:11.659 every other client. And if we don't, I'm out 00:14:11.659 --> 00:14:16.179 of a job. Yeah, right. So yeah, that certainly 00:14:16.179 --> 00:14:19.379 helps with the sales pitch there. Sure. But with 00:14:19.379 --> 00:14:23.559 that said, we do hear all the time, like the 00:14:23.559 --> 00:14:25.700 story I mentioned earlier from my previous employer, 00:14:25.960 --> 00:14:29.080 I didn't know TDO was out there. And we hear 00:14:29.080 --> 00:14:31.179 from manufacturers all the time, oh, jeez, I 00:14:31.179 --> 00:14:33.539 didn't know you guys existed. And that still 00:14:33.539 --> 00:14:36.899 hurts, despite our best efforts. And that's why 00:14:36.899 --> 00:14:39.419 I appreciate the invite today. Absolutely. The 00:14:39.419 --> 00:14:42.980 more folks we can reach, and at least to make 00:14:42.980 --> 00:14:47.539 them aware, Us but also all the different programs 00:14:47.539 --> 00:14:50.679 that are out there And you know even folks that 00:14:50.679 --> 00:14:53.519 tell us maybe we're not ready for TDO. That's 00:14:53.519 --> 00:14:56.299 fine Yeah, but I guarantee you're spending money 00:14:56.299 --> 00:14:58.860 on training. You're spending money on a third 00:14:58.860 --> 00:15:02.120 party of some sort Let us help you get money 00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:04.019 for that. There's nothing in it for us other 00:15:04.019 --> 00:15:06.460 than helping you guys So let us help you like 00:15:06.460 --> 00:15:10.080 that's sure what we do That's that's an incredible 00:15:10.080 --> 00:15:13.580 place to be honestly like what a good way. Yeah 00:15:14.660 --> 00:15:17.320 So Jim, tell us a little bit as well. You've 00:15:17.320 --> 00:15:20.019 got your organization acquired another organization, 00:15:20.139 --> 00:15:21.840 right? You've expanded a little bit. Can you 00:15:21.840 --> 00:15:24.419 talk about that a little bit? Yeah, for sure. 00:15:25.200 --> 00:15:28.759 So yeah, about a little over a year back. You 00:15:28.759 --> 00:15:31.080 know, one of the services I mentioned that TDO 00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:34.740 provides is within the realm of quality management. 00:15:35.139 --> 00:15:38.559 So when a business wants to get ISO certified, 00:15:38.779 --> 00:15:43.779 you've heard of ISO 9001. So ISO 9001 is a requirement 00:15:43.779 --> 00:15:46.279 for a lot of different industries like aerospace 00:15:46.279 --> 00:15:48.379 and defense. You know, if you want to be in that 00:15:48.379 --> 00:15:51.659 supply chain, Lockheed and Boeing, they say you 00:15:51.659 --> 00:15:54.620 have to have an ISO 9001 certification. And that 00:15:54.620 --> 00:15:56.919 proves that you meet. some certain criteria. 00:15:57.340 --> 00:16:00.039 Yeah, you're basically a reputable company. You 00:16:00.039 --> 00:16:02.940 have your act together, right? Procedures, you're 00:16:02.940 --> 00:16:06.000 structured, you have processes. So TDO had always 00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:08.460 provided those consulting services in the past. 00:16:08.919 --> 00:16:12.620 But TDO could not go in and certify a company 00:16:12.620 --> 00:16:15.580 and say, Yes, you meet the standard. Here is 00:16:15.580 --> 00:16:18.820 your ISO certificate. So about a little over 00:16:18.820 --> 00:16:23.379 a year back, we met for many years had had been 00:16:23.379 --> 00:16:26.779 doing work with what's called a registrar. So 00:16:26.779 --> 00:16:29.620 when a company is ready to be ISO certified, 00:16:30.279 --> 00:16:32.620 we would connect them with this, you know, really 00:16:32.620 --> 00:16:35.980 one of the only local registrars called DLS Quality 00:16:35.980 --> 00:16:40.340 Management. I reached out to the DLS folks and, 00:16:40.399 --> 00:16:42.360 you know, just wanted to check in with them. 00:16:42.700 --> 00:16:46.340 We were getting a lot of questions from our manufacturers 00:16:46.340 --> 00:16:51.080 about the succession plan for DLS. Sure. And 00:16:51.080 --> 00:16:54.139 so when I reached out to the owner, Yeah, at 00:16:54.139 --> 00:16:58.700 the time, Dwayne, who's a great, great man, Dwayne 00:16:58.700 --> 00:17:02.169 said, I think I knew your grandfather. I said, 00:17:02.169 --> 00:17:04.569 I don't think you did. My grandfather passed 00:17:04.569 --> 00:17:08.609 away in 2005. He said, no, he retired from GE. 00:17:08.710 --> 00:17:11.210 I worked with your grandfather. So I started 00:17:11.210 --> 00:17:13.869 doing the math and I was like, Dwayne, I'm gonna 00:17:13.869 --> 00:17:16.049 deny that I ever asked you this, but how old 00:17:16.049 --> 00:17:19.950 are you? And he laughed and he said, well, he 00:17:19.950 --> 00:17:22.509 said, you know, it's a good thing we're talking. 00:17:22.869 --> 00:17:25.390 You know, we started to get into succession planning. 00:17:25.970 --> 00:17:29.559 They didn't have one. So long story short, we 00:17:29.559 --> 00:17:32.480 worked with them over the better part of last 00:17:32.480 --> 00:17:35.920 year to work out a purchase agreement. So TDO, 00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:41.160 the corporation, CNY TDO, acquired DLS Quality 00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:46.029 Management. DLS is its own separate entity. It 00:17:46.029 --> 00:17:48.809 is a for -profit business and the way we have 00:17:48.809 --> 00:17:51.990 our business model set up now is that all the 00:17:51.990 --> 00:17:56.309 profits from DLS quality management are filtered 00:17:56.309 --> 00:17:59.630 back into our nonprofit work so that we can do 00:17:59.630 --> 00:18:02.650 more of that. That's awesome. Yeah. And so we 00:18:02.650 --> 00:18:05.450 love it. It was a natural fit. Um, you know, 00:18:05.569 --> 00:18:09.309 it's ISO 9001 is, is one of those growth services 00:18:09.309 --> 00:18:13.170 that is still, uh, you know, in high demand with 00:18:13.170 --> 00:18:16.029 manufacturers. We're looking to grow that business 00:18:16.029 --> 00:18:19.849 as well, uh, do more, not only with ISO 9001, 00:18:20.069 --> 00:18:23.710 but also to get into aerospace. Aerospace has 00:18:23.710 --> 00:18:27.410 its own certification called AS 9100. And there 00:18:27.410 --> 00:18:29.829 are a slew of others. There's an automotive standard. 00:18:29.970 --> 00:18:32.349 There's a medical standard. There's environmental 00:18:32.349 --> 00:18:35.970 so ultimately, you know, we'll look to pick up 00:18:35.970 --> 00:18:39.109 some of those other certifications so that DLS 00:18:39.109 --> 00:18:42.150 can go out and be that certification body for 00:18:42.150 --> 00:18:44.349 those others. That's incredible. This might be 00:18:44.349 --> 00:18:46.950 a dumb question, but I represent the population 00:18:46.950 --> 00:18:49.349 that is not immersed in this world. So forgive 00:18:49.349 --> 00:18:53.670 me, but does that affect your government funding 00:18:53.670 --> 00:18:57.089 when now that you have this business kind of 00:18:57.710 --> 00:19:00.730 you know, supplementing for you guys, or are 00:19:00.730 --> 00:19:02.250 you still able to do that? Yeah, we're still 00:19:02.250 --> 00:19:05.069 able to do that. They are two separate entities, 00:19:05.170 --> 00:19:10.069 two separate tax IDs. But yeah, we we were sure 00:19:10.069 --> 00:19:13.250 to dot the I's and cross the shears with our 00:19:13.250 --> 00:19:17.849 lawyer on that. Yeah. Yeah. No, it's it's a great 00:19:17.849 --> 00:19:20.589 way to go in a perfect partnership. Is that something 00:19:20.589 --> 00:19:23.730 that that that certification? Is it a one time 00:19:23.730 --> 00:19:26.029 thing or is it something these facilities have 00:19:26.029 --> 00:19:28.279 to do on a very? Yeah. recurring basis it is 00:19:28.279 --> 00:19:31.420 a recurring model there so there is a you know 00:19:31.420 --> 00:19:35.819 the first time certification and then you know 00:19:35.819 --> 00:19:39.160 there's a surveillance audit the following year 00:19:39.160 --> 00:19:42.099 another surveillance the year after that and 00:19:42.099 --> 00:19:45.079 then the cycle starts all over again oh wow yeah 00:19:45.079 --> 00:19:49.720 so it is a it is a three -year rotating cycle 00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:52.950 there that's incredible yeah So Jim, listen, 00:19:53.289 --> 00:19:55.750 I will get thrown out of Syracuse if I have a 00:19:55.750 --> 00:19:57.849 conversation with a manufacturing guy and I don't 00:19:57.849 --> 00:20:02.730 ask him about Micron. So how does their coming 00:20:02.730 --> 00:20:04.730 to town and everything that has to do with it. 00:20:05.079 --> 00:20:08.920 affect what TDO does or offers? Yeah, so really, 00:20:08.920 --> 00:20:13.299 it's affecting us on a couple of different planes, 00:20:13.700 --> 00:20:16.420 one of which we're trying to help our existing 00:20:16.420 --> 00:20:19.539 manufacturers prepare for that, you know, almost, 00:20:19.660 --> 00:20:22.619 you know, if you will, like a tsunami, we know 00:20:22.619 --> 00:20:26.220 that Micron is going to employ what 9000 direct 00:20:26.220 --> 00:20:28.799 employees, it's going to be like another 30 or 00:20:28.799 --> 00:20:32.650 40 ,000 in the supply chain. those people don't 00:20:32.650 --> 00:20:36.789 exist today here, you know, in central New York. 00:20:36.950 --> 00:20:39.710 And so we've been telling our manufacturers that, 00:20:39.890 --> 00:20:42.849 listen, at least for that first wave, they're 00:20:42.849 --> 00:20:44.829 going to be, Micron's going to be looking to 00:20:44.829 --> 00:20:47.450 pull the best and the brightest from all your 00:20:47.450 --> 00:20:50.329 companies. And so that's why right now, you know, 00:20:50.549 --> 00:20:54.329 we preach, you know, really developing those 00:20:54.329 --> 00:20:57.509 retention and attraction strategies. Most of 00:20:57.509 --> 00:21:00.210 the manufacturers we work with now already have 00:21:00.210 --> 00:21:02.769 vacancies that they're trying to share. It's 00:21:02.769 --> 00:21:06.750 going to magnify and multiply once micron starts 00:21:06.750 --> 00:21:09.130 breaking ground there. So that's, that's the 00:21:09.130 --> 00:21:11.089 first piece we're trying to help these folks, 00:21:11.089 --> 00:21:15.910 um, either fill vacancies or. How do we automate? 00:21:16.150 --> 00:21:19.809 How do we invest in different technologies that 00:21:19.809 --> 00:21:23.309 will make you more productive and kind of get 00:21:23.309 --> 00:21:28.069 you ready for that tsunami? So that's one thing. 00:21:28.130 --> 00:21:32.730 The other piece that is exciting for us at TDO, 00:21:34.399 --> 00:21:38.900 We are the recipients of part of the tech hub 00:21:38.900 --> 00:21:41.839 funding the tech hub money that you probably 00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:45.759 read about so Buffalo Rochester Syracuse are 00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:49.119 What's known as a federally designated tech hub 00:21:49.119 --> 00:21:52.180 region? And it was something we won right and 00:21:52.180 --> 00:21:54.359 we had to do some work to win that designation 00:21:54.359 --> 00:21:58.059 exactly We're I believe and I'm gonna get crucified 00:21:58.059 --> 00:22:02.859 if I get this wrong, but we were the first semiconductor 00:22:03.559 --> 00:22:10.599 tech hub. And so yeah, we so we're working locally 00:22:10.599 --> 00:22:14.200 here with center state CEO, partnering with them 00:22:14.200 --> 00:22:17.920 on semiconductor supply chain work. So we're 00:22:17.920 --> 00:22:21.880 doing prospecting scouting work. Ultimately, 00:22:22.240 --> 00:22:26.079 when we get into the next phase of this, this 00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:29.680 project with them, we'll be reaching out to companies 00:22:29.680 --> 00:22:33.700 that are interested in jumping into the semiconductor 00:22:33.700 --> 00:22:36.339 supply chain there. That's awesome. Yeah. And 00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:39.980 so we're running a parallel path. We're identifying, 00:22:40.380 --> 00:22:44.500 working with Micron and their folks and also 00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:47.799 other folks like Wolfspeed and Global Foundries 00:22:47.799 --> 00:22:49.940 and Infocon and others that are already in the 00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:52.019 semiconductor space. Sure. We're working with 00:22:52.019 --> 00:22:54.680 them to understand what that supply chain need 00:22:54.680 --> 00:22:57.779 is so that we can have those meaningful conversations 00:22:57.779 --> 00:23:00.539 with manufacturers that really want to get into 00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:03.500 semiconductor supply chain so you know that's 00:23:03.500 --> 00:23:05.640 really where you know we've kind of got our foot 00:23:05.640 --> 00:23:08.299 in both of those areas you know with existing 00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:11.880 clients trying to prep them for for this you 00:23:11.880 --> 00:23:15.440 know big boom that's gonna happen but also on 00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:20.140 the micron side trying to help develop that identify 00:23:20.140 --> 00:23:23.640 and develop that supply chain for for micron 00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:28.839 Jimmy Jimmy D I would get thrown out of here 00:23:28.839 --> 00:23:30.259 if I didn't ask this because you were talking 00:23:30.259 --> 00:23:33.259 about automation and things like that Obviously 00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:37.220 AI is at the forefront of everything and I feel 00:23:37.220 --> 00:23:40.380 like that is gonna be a big part of your life 00:23:40.380 --> 00:23:43.960 How do you because personally it's so hard to 00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:46.680 keep up with trends and what's changing How do 00:23:46.680 --> 00:23:48.980 you keep yourself up to date on that? Yeah, so 00:23:48.980 --> 00:23:51.859 you're not alone. It is overwhelming right now 00:23:51.859 --> 00:23:54.960 And I feel like we haven't even begun to scratch 00:23:54.960 --> 00:23:59.500 the surface I mean, the way we try to stay abreast 00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:04.319 of all that is really just attending as many 00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:09.240 classes, networking events, as we possibly can, 00:24:09.599 --> 00:24:11.900 trying to stay up to date on all of it. But like 00:24:11.900 --> 00:24:15.059 you said, it's literally changing daily. Yeah. 00:24:15.299 --> 00:24:17.240 And it must be more pressure. But for me, it's 00:24:17.240 --> 00:24:19.720 like, OK, I don't get it. But you have to advise 00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:21.940 these companies on that. So I mean, it must be 00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:24.839 a little bit of pressure on you. I got to figure 00:24:24.839 --> 00:24:28.009 this out. Yeah. And it's, it's, it's difficult 00:24:28.009 --> 00:24:30.630 right now. Um, I don't know that there's an easy 00:24:30.630 --> 00:24:33.769 button for that. Yeah. Um, really, especially 00:24:33.769 --> 00:24:36.970 right now, because it's, it's evolving so rapidly 00:24:36.970 --> 00:24:39.670 that I don't know that anyone, even the best 00:24:39.670 --> 00:24:43.069 and brightest in the IT world, like Matt here, 00:24:43.369 --> 00:24:46.009 um, probably really, really difficult to stay 00:24:46.009 --> 00:24:48.630 on top of everything. Like when I hear Macco. 00:24:48.859 --> 00:24:52.700 get it. I'm like, great. Matt doesn't get it 00:24:52.700 --> 00:24:55.640 with that. Who's gonna get it? Yeah, it's everything. 00:24:55.759 --> 00:24:58.140 It changes so rapidly used to used to say the 00:24:58.140 --> 00:25:00.920 IT industry reinvented itself every six months. 00:25:01.019 --> 00:25:04.640 And now I feel like it's maybe six weeks or less. 00:25:05.720 --> 00:25:09.740 But it's you have to stay up and we see too many 00:25:09.740 --> 00:25:13.019 people in my industry who don't want to. And 00:25:13.019 --> 00:25:15.059 then you're in real trouble. Because you get 00:25:15.059 --> 00:25:18.930 left behind real quick. And Not a place you want 00:25:18.930 --> 00:25:22.910 to be. Yeah, we're we're lucky at TDO and with 00:25:22.910 --> 00:25:28.069 DLS because we do use Matt and his IT team for 00:25:28.069 --> 00:25:32.230 our third party IT support. So we've got the 00:25:32.230 --> 00:25:34.990 best and brightest here to help us stay on top 00:25:34.990 --> 00:25:37.849 of all the mode technology. Shout out. Yeah, 00:25:38.150 --> 00:25:42.190 appreciate that. Yeah. We love working with organizations 00:25:42.190 --> 00:25:44.549 like you. Anytime, my goal in business is to 00:25:44.549 --> 00:25:47.710 help people. And when we can help people who 00:25:47.710 --> 00:25:50.750 help people, as you do in your organization, 00:25:50.930 --> 00:25:53.710 that just sort of makes my day. So it's been 00:25:53.710 --> 00:25:55.710 great to work within your team is great. I can 00:25:55.710 --> 00:26:00.009 attest to that. When people have technical issues, 00:26:00.150 --> 00:26:04.859 you kind of see their true colors. And even in 00:26:04.859 --> 00:26:07.940 which we haven't had any major crises. But even 00:26:07.940 --> 00:26:10.140 when there's an issue, all of his folks are nothing 00:26:10.140 --> 00:26:13.700 but polite and courteous and calm. And and I 00:26:13.700 --> 00:26:15.819 wish I hope you can extend that in some of your 00:26:15.819 --> 00:26:17.559 training, because lots of folks could pick up 00:26:17.559 --> 00:26:20.519 on that. We were joking last week that, you know, 00:26:20.519 --> 00:26:23.660 we realize like IT is one of the only industries 00:26:23.660 --> 00:26:27.680 where you have a problem. The IT guy shows up 00:26:27.680 --> 00:26:29.960 to fix it and you get berated like it's your 00:26:29.960 --> 00:26:31.740 fault like you'd be like wait No, I'm here to 00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:35.740 fix it. Why are you yelling? Yeah to Matt's point, 00:26:35.740 --> 00:26:38.539 you know, we You know, I've got an incredible 00:26:38.539 --> 00:26:42.140 team at at TDO You know, I brag on them quite 00:26:42.140 --> 00:26:45.279 a bit, but they're all you know, wonderful people 00:26:45.279 --> 00:26:49.599 and You know where it Over the years as we've 00:26:49.599 --> 00:26:52.319 expanded the team when I when I first took over 00:26:52.319 --> 00:26:55.500 TDO There were just three of us including myself 00:26:55.500 --> 00:26:59.599 and now like I said, there's ten but as we've 00:26:59.599 --> 00:27:04.440 if as we've added Each of you know, the employees 00:27:04.440 --> 00:27:09.500 over the years We we look for like certain DNA 00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:12.980 and one of those is that that professional moxie 00:27:12.980 --> 00:27:15.750 and makeup there. Yeah You think about the work 00:27:15.750 --> 00:27:19.630 that we do and connecting with CEOs and presidents 00:27:19.630 --> 00:27:22.690 and C -level folks. I need someone that's got 00:27:22.690 --> 00:27:25.150 a little polish. They're calm under fire. And 00:27:25.150 --> 00:27:27.930 really, they've been there, done that. All the 00:27:27.930 --> 00:27:31.069 folks on my TDO team, they've been directors, 00:27:31.309 --> 00:27:34.349 they've been plant managers, they've been in 00:27:34.349 --> 00:27:37.869 these lofty positions. So yeah, so to your point, 00:27:37.869 --> 00:27:40.670 you know, when these issues come up, they've 00:27:40.670 --> 00:27:43.109 been on the other side of it. They know how they 00:27:43.109 --> 00:27:47.369 want to be. And they they extend that same courtesy 00:27:47.369 --> 00:27:49.789 I get nothing but respect to people that understand 00:27:49.789 --> 00:27:52.710 that concept. Yes treat others as you'd like 00:27:52.710 --> 00:27:55.890 to be treated You don't hear enough you don't 00:27:55.890 --> 00:27:59.690 hear enough of it, but But but anyway before 00:27:59.690 --> 00:28:03.509 we get on a completely different tangent Jim 00:28:03.509 --> 00:28:05.890 how do folks reach out? So let's just give them 00:28:05.890 --> 00:28:07.869 the basic information. They want to start with 00:28:07.869 --> 00:28:09.269 you They want to take advantage of everything 00:28:09.269 --> 00:28:11.250 we've been talking about where should they go? 00:28:11.309 --> 00:28:17.490 Yeah, so our website www .tdo .org so you can 00:28:17.490 --> 00:28:20.849 start there. There's all sorts of contact info 00:28:20.849 --> 00:28:26.380 on that. My email is also very simple Jim at 00:28:26.380 --> 00:28:30.940 TDO org you just won the email championship that 00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:33.920 really is Phenomenal one. Yeah, is your password 00:28:33.920 --> 00:28:37.140 like one two three? Hey now Matt change that 00:28:37.140 --> 00:28:40.519 hey quick Here's actually to follow up that question. 00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:44.369 I think more importantly When do you feel it's 00:28:44.369 --> 00:28:46.809 the right time to contact your company? That's 00:28:46.809 --> 00:28:49.009 a great question. Yeah, so I don't think there's 00:28:49.009 --> 00:28:52.730 a bad time. Even if you're at the very beginning 00:28:52.730 --> 00:28:57.329 stages of setting up your business, at least 00:28:57.329 --> 00:28:59.890 becoming aware of all the different programs 00:28:59.890 --> 00:29:03.730 that are out there. Again, that's not a bad time 00:29:03.730 --> 00:29:07.180 to reach out. We work with a lot of... other 00:29:07.180 --> 00:29:11.099 third parties folks like the tech garden, which 00:29:11.099 --> 00:29:15.460 is now what inspire uh, innovation hub. We do 00:29:15.460 --> 00:29:19.240 a lot of work with them coaching, you know, a 00:29:19.240 --> 00:29:22.220 lot of the startup folks, but we're aware of 00:29:22.220 --> 00:29:24.960 a lot of other like incubator programs and stuff 00:29:24.960 --> 00:29:27.640 like that. So even if you're at the very initial 00:29:27.640 --> 00:29:31.359 stages of your, your company, that's not a bad 00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:34.480 time or on the flip side, you know, you're, you're 00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:36.519 a mature company. You've been around for many, 00:29:36.640 --> 00:29:40.569 many years. You're kind of stagnant. you're, 00:29:40.569 --> 00:29:43.829 you know, looking out, you're unsure about tariffs, 00:29:43.970 --> 00:29:45.910 you're unsure about all of this other stuff. 00:29:46.609 --> 00:29:49.230 That's not a bad time to reach out to TDO as 00:29:49.230 --> 00:29:52.769 well. Um, at least to, to, you know, start to 00:29:52.769 --> 00:29:55.430 get a different perspective, maybe to get some 00:29:55.430 --> 00:29:58.490 ideas, uh, do some strap planning, things like 00:29:58.490 --> 00:30:01.630 that. Um, so really I don't think there's a bad 00:30:01.630 --> 00:30:04.789 time to reach out to us. Jim, let me ask you, 00:30:05.190 --> 00:30:08.490 I got two last questions for you. The first is, 00:30:08.950 --> 00:30:11.150 we talked about the manufacturers. What about 00:30:11.150 --> 00:30:13.690 somebody that comes up with a thing? Say I invent 00:30:13.690 --> 00:30:16.430 this thing and I want to have it manufactured. 00:30:17.230 --> 00:30:18.849 Are you the type of person I could reach out 00:30:18.849 --> 00:30:21.289 to and go, where can I find a factory to do this 00:30:21.289 --> 00:30:24.109 sort of thing? Absolutely. So I mentioned earlier, 00:30:24.509 --> 00:30:27.390 one of our skill sets is supply chain management. 00:30:27.609 --> 00:30:30.569 We do a lot of what we call supplier scouting. 00:30:31.640 --> 00:30:35.140 So you reach out with your device and you say, 00:30:35.680 --> 00:30:38.400 first of all, you reach out with your device 00:30:38.400 --> 00:30:42.450 and we. can help with our engineering resources, 00:30:42.450 --> 00:30:48.210 we can help with what's called design for manufacturability. 00:30:48.450 --> 00:30:50.569 So before you even talk to the manufacturer, 00:30:51.109 --> 00:30:54.849 we can look at it and say, well, you could probably 00:30:54.849 --> 00:30:58.569 buy this part off the shelf. If you remove this 00:30:58.569 --> 00:31:02.049 feature, you can do this or that. So we can help 00:31:02.049 --> 00:31:05.890 with DFM, design for manufacturability. But then 00:31:05.890 --> 00:31:08.549 when you are ready to connect with a manufacturer, 00:31:09.130 --> 00:31:13.130 We have, what, 1 ,600 here in the five county 00:31:13.130 --> 00:31:17.410 region. Wow. And because of our involvement with 00:31:17.410 --> 00:31:20.690 the MEP program, we've got a national network, 00:31:20.829 --> 00:31:23.430 a national scouting database that we can tap 00:31:23.430 --> 00:31:27.329 into. And we're actually in the final stages. 00:31:27.980 --> 00:31:31.460 Right now we're administering a grant for NIST 00:31:31.460 --> 00:31:36.619 MEP, a supply chain grant. It's gonna sunset 00:31:36.619 --> 00:31:39.960 later this month, but we've been doing, I don't 00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:42.720 know, dozens of scouting requests nationally 00:31:42.720 --> 00:31:47.200 over the last two years or so. So yes, absolutely. 00:31:48.099 --> 00:31:52.400 Even if you wanna just do some research, you 00:31:52.400 --> 00:31:55.119 have an established product, you have an established 00:31:55.119 --> 00:32:00.410 supply chain. You want to kind of shake the the 00:32:00.410 --> 00:32:03.150 branches to kind of yeah, what else is out there? 00:32:03.269 --> 00:32:05.809 Yeah, absolutely reach out to us. That's incredible 00:32:05.809 --> 00:32:08.230 and and Jim the last thing I'm gonna ask you 00:32:08.230 --> 00:32:12.230 is In your time at TDO, is there a favorite project 00:32:12.230 --> 00:32:18.990 that stands out? The right answer well, I mean 00:32:18.990 --> 00:32:22.230 honestly every single one of us all ten of us 00:32:22.230 --> 00:32:25.950 I think have In most of this aligns with like 00:32:25.950 --> 00:32:28.410 our skill sets, you know, we have our kind of 00:32:28.410 --> 00:32:32.529 our pet Services if you will, you know for me 00:32:32.529 --> 00:32:35.900 I grew up Coming out of college my my degree 00:32:35.900 --> 00:32:38.660 is in mechanical engineering and I got my MBA 00:32:38.660 --> 00:32:44.279 after I've always gravitated towards Well, my 00:32:44.279 --> 00:32:46.299 first couple of jobs out of college were in quality 00:32:46.299 --> 00:32:48.960 engineering. So I've always gravitated towards 00:32:48.960 --> 00:32:52.180 quality management type projects Gotcha. I love 00:32:52.180 --> 00:32:54.980 the ISO 9001 engagements, especially with the 00:32:54.980 --> 00:32:57.579 new company we bought He wasn't kidding about 00:32:57.579 --> 00:33:02.619 that nerd stuff. Yeah. But honestly, for me, 00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:05.619 the most rewarding part of my job is the people 00:33:05.619 --> 00:33:08.980 side of it, connecting with these manufacturers, 00:33:09.440 --> 00:33:13.299 really helping identify the issues, helping to 00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:17.900 provide resources. So for me, in my role, that's 00:33:17.900 --> 00:33:21.779 the most rewarding part. And I love it. And if 00:33:21.779 --> 00:33:24.240 you would ask everyone on my team, everyone would 00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:26.950 have a different answer to that. Our safety person 00:33:26.950 --> 00:33:29.109 loves the environmental health and safety stuff. 00:33:29.529 --> 00:33:32.569 Our supply chain folks love the matchmaking that 00:33:32.569 --> 00:33:35.509 they do, helping folks improve supply chain or 00:33:35.509 --> 00:33:40.750 find a new supplier. Our HR and people person, 00:33:41.390 --> 00:33:45.210 she loves people, which is a good thing, I guess, 00:33:45.450 --> 00:33:48.369 for the role. But she loves the matchmaking. 00:33:48.490 --> 00:33:53.369 She loves making a successful referral and helping 00:33:53.369 --> 00:33:56.880 train someone, grow them. a supervisor leader. 00:33:57.119 --> 00:33:59.839 That's awesome. So yeah I mean honestly we work 00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:02.420 with so many different manufacturers and all 00:34:02.420 --> 00:34:06.660 of us have such different skill sets that I think 00:34:06.660 --> 00:34:10.159 you know we all just we have our own little issues 00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:15.260 and pet projects and demographics. That's awesome. 00:34:15.739 --> 00:34:19.059 Jim you're the man. We're rooting for you. I'll 00:34:19.059 --> 00:34:20.980 tell you what, if you send your federal report 00:34:20.980 --> 00:34:23.260 card every year, we will hang it on our bridge. 00:34:23.300 --> 00:34:25.559 I like that. No, we're going to. I like that. 00:34:25.800 --> 00:34:28.239 That's great. And I'll pay attention to the comments. 00:34:28.360 --> 00:34:31.119 A little disruptive in class, but he's doing 00:34:31.119 --> 00:34:33.480 OK. Yeah. He's a do good nerd. There you go. 00:34:33.619 --> 00:34:39.800 I love it. He tried. Jim DiAgostino. TDOTDO .org 00:34:39.800 --> 00:34:42.300 is the website, probably the best place to get 00:34:42.300 --> 00:34:44.320 some info and the contact, the phone numbers, 00:34:44.460 --> 00:34:46.079 all that fun stuff. And his email, I remember 00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:48.059 it, because it's the most simple, Jim at TDO 00:34:48.059 --> 00:34:50.400 .org. You're going to get emails in the middle 00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:51.639 of the night from him now, just because you're 00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:52.679 the only person he can remember. It's just so 00:34:52.679 --> 00:34:56.690 easy. Like Jim, can you call Matt for me? Appreciate 00:34:56.690 --> 00:34:58.750 it guys. Hey, thanks for coming on man. Thank 00:34:58.750 --> 00:35:01.130 you and hey guys We will be back in just a minute 00:35:01.130 --> 00:35:03.789 with Tuesday news day We got some news stories 00:35:03.789 --> 00:35:05.949 and fun stuff that Mike and I are gonna talk 00:35:05.949 --> 00:35:07.969 to you about so stick around. We'll be right 00:35:07.969 --> 00:35:13.630 back Hey folks, welcome back Mike's not ready 00:35:13.630 --> 00:35:16.909 So I'm just gonna roll without him because I 00:35:16.909 --> 00:35:21.690 think it's funny I Really am yeah, I'm not even 00:35:21.690 --> 00:35:25.530 kidding So I want to mention I think we mentioned 00:35:25.530 --> 00:35:27.889 last week on the show that our good friend and 00:35:27.889 --> 00:35:30.550 creator here at growth mode content Shawnee Davis 00:35:30.550 --> 00:35:34.329 was winning an award I Think I think we mentioned 00:35:34.329 --> 00:35:36.110 that I don't know we talked about a lot of things 00:35:36.110 --> 00:35:39.389 I don't know if we she won the SBA the small 00:35:39.389 --> 00:35:41.829 business administration small business person 00:35:41.829 --> 00:35:45.659 of the year For our local region. She got this 00:35:45.659 --> 00:35:49.739 incredible trophy and Danny and I attended the 00:35:49.739 --> 00:35:52.760 award ceremony We shot some video. We got some 00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:56.639 great interviews With some of our good profound 00:35:56.639 --> 00:35:59.699 friends and Shawnee's biggest supporters She's 00:35:59.699 --> 00:36:02.179 the coolest person on the planet and I just wanted 00:36:02.179 --> 00:36:05.659 to give a little shout out to that We'll roll 00:36:05.659 --> 00:36:08.880 the video that Danny put together from our time 00:36:08.880 --> 00:36:12.360 there. And just another, again, tip of our hat. 00:36:12.380 --> 00:36:15.179 Yeah. And it also makes us. Shawnee Davis gives 00:36:15.179 --> 00:36:18.239 us a little validation because we've been raving 00:36:18.239 --> 00:36:20.219 about her since this started. And, you know, 00:36:20.360 --> 00:36:22.039 maybe people are like, oh, my God, they just 00:36:22.039 --> 00:36:24.400 Shawnee Shawnee Shawnee. Well, now you see why 00:36:24.400 --> 00:36:27.920 this is a prime example. I I said somewhere. 00:36:28.889 --> 00:36:31.550 and one of my posts that I don't think they actually 00:36:31.550 --> 00:36:34.429 make enough awards to properly recognize all 00:36:34.429 --> 00:36:36.690 the way Shawnee is awesome, but I appreciate 00:36:36.690 --> 00:36:39.090 them trying, you know? Yeah, absolutely. It's 00:36:39.090 --> 00:36:41.670 a valiant effort. Absolutely. The other thing 00:36:41.670 --> 00:36:45.030 I want to mention quickly is this week, later 00:36:45.030 --> 00:36:47.329 this week, we are going to drop the first episode 00:36:47.329 --> 00:36:50.809 of the Where's the Money in That podcast. Yeah. 00:36:50.849 --> 00:36:53.590 So this is a fun thing that that I did. And we 00:36:53.590 --> 00:36:55.510 started the first episode with my buddy, Joe 00:36:55.510 --> 00:36:58.500 Doherty. It's been on Good News York. And the 00:36:58.500 --> 00:37:01.119 idea is, is we just look at these random business 00:37:01.119 --> 00:37:03.739 ideas, and especially like on TikTok, on the 00:37:03.739 --> 00:37:04.980 internet, there's these people that are like, 00:37:05.039 --> 00:37:07.500 here's a business idea, you can get rich. What 00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:09.739 we're doing is we're taking some legit business 00:37:09.739 --> 00:37:11.599 people and we're watching those and having a 00:37:11.599 --> 00:37:13.780 little fun with them, discussing the business 00:37:13.780 --> 00:37:16.139 model. talking about business a little bit. It's 00:37:16.139 --> 00:37:19.059 a very light hearted, but professional show. 00:37:19.179 --> 00:37:21.199 And I think you're going to love it. There's 00:37:21.199 --> 00:37:23.420 a trailer that we just dropped on the growth 00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:25.639 mode content sites that you can check out right 00:37:25.639 --> 00:37:28.019 now. And later this week, that podcast will be 00:37:28.019 --> 00:37:32.099 out and everywhere you get your podcasts. So 00:37:32.099 --> 00:37:35.519 you ready? I'm ready. I'm ready for your stories. 00:37:35.699 --> 00:37:37.639 I'm ready. What's going on a Tuesday Newsday, 00:37:37.699 --> 00:37:41.619 Mike? Tuesday Newsday. Here it is. This one really 00:37:41.619 --> 00:37:43.500 just I want to get right to this one. All right. 00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:46.519 No pun intended. It jumps out at me. The Kool 00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:49.400 -Aid Man challenge is being blamed for vandalism 00:37:49.400 --> 00:37:53.840 trends. Oh, yeah. New York state. A viral TikTok 00:37:53.840 --> 00:37:56.219 trend is being blamed for a vandalism spree in 00:37:56.219 --> 00:37:59.599 New York state. Pause. Hold on. Hold on. I know 00:37:59.599 --> 00:38:03.070 it's good news, York. A viral TikTok trend. Is 00:38:03.070 --> 00:38:04.849 this one of those bullshit media things that 00:38:04.849 --> 00:38:06.590 they completely made up and they just claim as 00:38:06.590 --> 00:38:10.550 a viral trend? Mean, I've not seen this trend. 00:38:10.550 --> 00:38:13.150 I think it's a tick -tock trend viral. Mm -hmm. 00:38:13.210 --> 00:38:17.070 I would say baby AI is viral I would say a hundred 00:38:17.070 --> 00:38:19.670 gorillas that's a viral, but I don't know about 00:38:19.670 --> 00:38:22.949 this you be the judge or tell me more so live 00:38:22.949 --> 00:38:26.289 or si live Excuse me multiple homeowners on Staten 00:38:26.289 --> 00:38:28.210 Island have reported damages to their property 00:38:28.210 --> 00:38:30.269 believed to be part of the Kool -Aid man challenge 00:38:30.269 --> 00:38:33.590 Social media users have posted videos of themselves 00:38:33.949 --> 00:38:36.869 Busting through fences and yelling. Oh, yeah 00:38:36.869 --> 00:38:43.070 Is Staten Island I know how can they tell I that's 00:38:43.070 --> 00:38:44.809 Did you took my joke? That's kind of where I 00:38:44.809 --> 00:38:47.789 was going. Yeah Besides being annoyed by late 00:38:47.789 --> 00:38:50.449 -night disruptions homeowners say the human -sized 00:38:50.449 --> 00:38:52.909 holes in their fences cost hundreds of dollars 00:38:52.909 --> 00:38:56.639 to fix Property damage over $250. No way. This 00:38:56.639 --> 00:38:59.139 is a real story This is a very real story according 00:38:59.139 --> 00:39:00.719 to the post the Kool -Aid man challenge first 00:39:00.719 --> 00:39:04.340 emerged in 2020 with 15k How is it a viral tic 00:39:04.340 --> 00:39:06.739 -tac trend if it started in 2020, you know, but 00:39:06.739 --> 00:39:09.469 it take off any day now And it emerged in, of 00:39:09.469 --> 00:39:12.889 all places, 15 cases reported in Omaha, Nebraska. 00:39:13.210 --> 00:39:15.809 At least four incidences were reported in Westerly, 00:39:15.809 --> 00:39:18.210 New York in 2021. They went from cow tipping 00:39:18.210 --> 00:39:21.969 to Kool -Aid manning. And then another 2021 and 00:39:21.969 --> 00:39:24.210 another five occurred. All right. Listen, listen, 00:39:24.210 --> 00:39:26.469 this is a hot take. And I want to put out a disclaimer 00:39:26.469 --> 00:39:30.110 that I do not advocate for property damage. No, 00:39:30.469 --> 00:39:32.349 this is the coolest thing I've ever heard. Yeah, 00:39:32.349 --> 00:39:34.809 it's Kool -Aid. Oh, yeah. If you're going to 00:39:34.809 --> 00:39:37.250 damage property, do it as the Kool -Aid. Yes. 00:39:37.389 --> 00:39:41.519 Yeah. It's almost acceptable. Almost. Not quite, 00:39:41.559 --> 00:39:44.320 but almost. It is almost. I mean, look. If somebody 00:39:44.320 --> 00:39:47.300 Kool -Aid -ed through my backyard fence, I would 00:39:47.300 --> 00:39:49.500 laugh my ass off. And then make them pay. And 00:39:49.500 --> 00:39:51.119 then hand them the bill. Absolutely. You got 00:39:51.119 --> 00:39:53.900 it exactly. You stole my thunder. I was going 00:39:53.900 --> 00:39:57.739 to say, if someone Kool -Aid manned my property, 00:39:57.980 --> 00:40:01.059 I'd be like, you, that was good. So you know 00:40:01.059 --> 00:40:02.539 the bill. This is the nerd in me because I'm 00:40:02.539 --> 00:40:05.219 thinking analytically now. How does this actually 00:40:05.219 --> 00:40:07.760 work because are you are you wearing a Kool -Aid 00:40:07.760 --> 00:40:10.260 man suit? Which is I'm assuming it has to be 00:40:10.260 --> 00:40:12.900 like a giant like sumo suit with lots of cushioning 00:40:12.900 --> 00:40:14.519 in which case how the fuck does it break through 00:40:14.519 --> 00:40:18.079 a fence? That's a great or are you just a fat 00:40:18.079 --> 00:40:20.980 guy in a red shirt? It was like cannonballing 00:40:20.980 --> 00:40:23.860 and in which case how is that? Just not an average 00:40:23.860 --> 00:40:25.760 drunk night instead I suppose I should have had 00:40:25.760 --> 00:40:28.219 videos queued up for us to check are there videos 00:40:28.219 --> 00:40:30.760 of this well apparently it's a viral tick -tock 00:40:30.760 --> 00:40:33.440 trend yeah, well I still I mean, I don't know. 00:40:33.539 --> 00:40:36.280 I think you just fuck it. You find we could live. 00:40:36.320 --> 00:40:38.719 Fuck it. We'll do it live. Fuck it You're gonna 00:40:38.719 --> 00:40:40.199 look it up. I'm gonna look it up. Well while 00:40:40.199 --> 00:40:43.300 you're looking it up that segues me, too I was 00:40:43.300 --> 00:40:45.199 thinking of like I've always wanted to start 00:40:45.199 --> 00:40:48.280 it like I don't Care to be a tick -tock trend 00:40:48.280 --> 00:40:49.860 starter, but I was like, I bet you I could come 00:40:49.860 --> 00:40:55.679 up with some Maybe a little I I I have some ideas 00:40:55.679 --> 00:41:00.599 for tick -tock trends. Hold on We'll put this 00:41:00.599 --> 00:41:07.889 video on afterwards All right. All right. All 00:41:07.889 --> 00:41:09.710 right. Yeah. We'll put this video here, but I 00:41:09.710 --> 00:41:11.329 just want to point out that what I can see in 00:41:11.329 --> 00:41:13.269 this video is the first one I found when I looked 00:41:13.269 --> 00:41:17.170 for Tik Tok or Kool -Aid Challenge 2025. It's 00:41:17.170 --> 00:41:19.730 just a bunch of kids in black hoodies who jumped 00:41:19.730 --> 00:41:22.630 through the fence. That's bullshit. So technically 00:41:22.630 --> 00:41:24.610 they are red hoodies. They are technically Kool 00:41:24.610 --> 00:41:27.250 -Aiding through the fence. But there's absolutely 00:41:27.250 --> 00:41:29.309 no commitment to this bit whatsoever. See, that's 00:41:29.309 --> 00:41:31.090 bullshit. Fucking kids. If you're going to do 00:41:31.090 --> 00:41:33.880 it. At least have red sweatshirt. Right. I would 00:41:33.880 --> 00:41:38.320 say it's only funny if you dress or at least 00:41:38.320 --> 00:41:40.420 make an attempt to look somewhat like Kool -Aid. 00:41:40.659 --> 00:41:42.139 Otherwise, you're just an asshole jumping through 00:41:42.139 --> 00:41:44.019 a fence. When I was a kid in college, I worked 00:41:44.019 --> 00:41:47.059 at this pizzeria. And there was this dude who 00:41:47.059 --> 00:41:49.599 also went to college in the local area, stayed 00:41:49.599 --> 00:41:52.179 in one of the dorms. And this is a typical drunk 00:41:52.179 --> 00:41:55.480 college kid thing. His dream... was to get drunk 00:41:55.480 --> 00:41:58.639 enough to run and jump through a glass window 00:41:58.639 --> 00:42:04.519 like in a movie. That was his college aspiration. 00:42:05.460 --> 00:42:11.619 And that was 1999. Did he? Is he alive? In all 00:42:11.619 --> 00:42:14.139 honesty, I think he did try and the window was 00:42:14.139 --> 00:42:16.480 too much. He didn't break it. He just hurt himself. 00:42:16.619 --> 00:42:19.800 It's like jumping into a wall. Yeah. But again, 00:42:20.019 --> 00:42:23.320 you know, this is a trend? I don't know, man. 00:42:23.500 --> 00:42:27.960 I'm noticing a trend. Maybe I'm wrong. And this 00:42:27.960 --> 00:42:30.719 is alarming. Kids breaking fences is not new. 00:42:31.179 --> 00:42:35.320 No. Have you seen... Like, suddenly there's cars 00:42:35.320 --> 00:42:38.139 driving through business windows? Does that seem 00:42:38.139 --> 00:42:39.659 like that's catching? It does seem to be a rash 00:42:39.659 --> 00:42:41.239 of those. Like, it started off with the dude 00:42:41.239 --> 00:42:44.219 at the dealership, right? And I was like... Oh, 00:42:44.239 --> 00:42:45.820 most recently? Yeah, yeah, yeah. That was the 00:42:45.820 --> 00:42:48.280 big one. Now, while I was looking for news today, 00:42:48.380 --> 00:42:51.079 I saw someone in Vestal drove through, like, 00:42:51.079 --> 00:42:53.400 a restaurant window. What the hell is going on? 00:42:53.739 --> 00:42:57.179 I mean... Dine and crash? Dine and dash? I don't 00:42:57.179 --> 00:42:59.900 know. Some of those, I think, are folks that 00:42:59.900 --> 00:43:02.380 either had a medical event, you know, or they're 00:43:02.380 --> 00:43:04.679 old folks who confused the gas for the break. 00:43:05.820 --> 00:43:09.719 Or young kids. who, you know, in a pinch freak 00:43:09.719 --> 00:43:12.940 out, hit the wrong pedal. And the most amazing 00:43:12.940 --> 00:43:15.559 part of it, and I knock on wood, is that no one's 00:43:15.559 --> 00:43:18.519 been killed or seriously hurt yet. Like it just 00:43:18.519 --> 00:43:21.139 worked out. Sure. Yeah. So let's not. Can we 00:43:21.139 --> 00:43:24.000 stop that trend? I don't I don't like that trend. 00:43:24.519 --> 00:43:26.760 Here's a couple of ideas for trends. I just want 00:43:26.760 --> 00:43:28.659 to I just want to tell you real quick update. 00:43:28.980 --> 00:43:31.940 OK. Breaking as I'm flipping through the talk. 00:43:32.079 --> 00:43:35.170 Breaking. Every video I see is that same sort 00:43:35.170 --> 00:43:37.869 of kids run into a fence and the fence breaks. 00:43:37.869 --> 00:43:40.769 This is bullshit. I'm I'm really I'm sorry I 00:43:40.769 --> 00:43:42.829 even brought this up man fucking horrible. This 00:43:42.829 --> 00:43:45.289 is not news damn kids Do they not watch Family 00:43:45.289 --> 00:43:48.789 Guy? I know yes Yeah, if anyone needed a trend 00:43:48.789 --> 00:43:53.210 it's Family Guy. Oh, yeah Oh, yeah Kool -Aid 00:43:53.210 --> 00:43:54.949 man. It's like a little bit. It's like not so 00:43:54.949 --> 00:43:56.809 much. We just came through the wall right now. 00:43:56.809 --> 00:43:59.079 That'd be sick and then we'd give them the bill. 00:43:59.679 --> 00:44:00.659 All right, what do you think of these TikTok 00:44:00.659 --> 00:44:03.800 trends, all right? All right, here we go. What 00:44:03.800 --> 00:44:09.639 if the TikTok trend is ASMR screaming ads, okay? 00:44:10.190 --> 00:44:12.530 Where people are watching ASMR. Is that considered 00:44:12.530 --> 00:44:14.949 ASMR if it's screaming? No, like in the middle 00:44:14.949 --> 00:44:17.409 of the ASMR, you break in with an ad, you pay 00:44:17.409 --> 00:44:19.590 for an ad, and it's like, ah! And it scares the 00:44:19.590 --> 00:44:21.289 shit out of them. That's not that good. This 00:44:21.289 --> 00:44:23.070 is the one I'm really banking on. Is that a trend, 00:44:23.090 --> 00:44:24.570 or did you make that up? I just made it up. I 00:44:24.570 --> 00:44:26.349 wanted to wedge it in. But here's what I actually 00:44:26.349 --> 00:44:30.230 thought of with my daughter last night. What 00:44:30.230 --> 00:44:34.900 if we start a trend to see... if you look like 00:44:34.900 --> 00:44:37.800 your mom or dad, like who do you look like more? 00:44:38.059 --> 00:44:40.679 You hold their cell phone with the face ID up 00:44:40.679 --> 00:44:43.239 to your face, and if it unlocks to your face 00:44:43.239 --> 00:44:45.079 on your mom's phone, you know you look more like 00:44:45.079 --> 00:44:46.679 your mom. I think you just came up with a good 00:44:46.679 --> 00:44:49.380 trend. Or if you come up... I was ready to shit 00:44:49.380 --> 00:44:52.480 on it, but that's not bad, right? Thank you. 00:44:53.019 --> 00:44:54.920 Your kid came up with that one. No, no, no. I 00:44:54.920 --> 00:44:57.039 did. She didn't bite on it though. I go, wouldn't 00:44:57.039 --> 00:44:59.039 that be a sick trend, Addy? And she goes... So 00:44:59.039 --> 00:45:01.139 it sort of reminds me of this other trend that 00:45:01.139 --> 00:45:05.260 I've seen with siblings. they'll put two siblings 00:45:05.260 --> 00:45:08.300 like with a door between them so they can't see 00:45:08.300 --> 00:45:09.900 each other but the camera can see both sides 00:45:09.900 --> 00:45:11.159 you know what I mean there's a slider between 00:45:11.159 --> 00:45:15.130 them and they'll go How do you sip your coffee? 00:45:15.590 --> 00:45:18.550 And they both make the exact same gesture. How 00:45:18.550 --> 00:45:20.690 do you wave hello? And they both do the same. 00:45:21.190 --> 00:45:23.130 Without seeing each other, it's one of those 00:45:23.130 --> 00:45:25.070 bits. And you see how incredibly similar they 00:45:25.070 --> 00:45:27.650 are. I like that, though, with the face lock. 00:45:27.889 --> 00:45:30.650 Who do you look like? Do you look like them enough? 00:45:30.750 --> 00:45:32.989 I feel like Apple will have us beat up if that 00:45:32.989 --> 00:45:36.469 works. True. And what happens if you don't be 00:45:36.469 --> 00:45:38.989 a great bit? is then the milkman walks in and 00:45:38.989 --> 00:45:40.909 then you unlock his phone. Oh shit. And then 00:45:40.909 --> 00:45:43.750 you find out, oh, that's why my parents, you 00:45:43.750 --> 00:45:46.170 know, never mind. The new Apple paternity test. 00:45:46.349 --> 00:45:50.210 Yeah. And then my last idea was the you know 00:45:50.210 --> 00:45:52.570 how they they pick the pope when you see white 00:45:52.570 --> 00:45:54.690 smoke. I do know how they do that. Yeah. Yeah. 00:45:55.070 --> 00:45:58.329 What if we do like it's white smoke and we go, 00:45:58.409 --> 00:46:01.349 oh, I think they found a new pope. And then it's 00:46:01.349 --> 00:46:03.090 just someone smoking weed. All right, you know 00:46:03.090 --> 00:46:06.710 what? Let's skip this bit and move on. I want 00:46:06.710 --> 00:46:10.789 to talk about, uh, well, first, let's let's do 00:46:10.789 --> 00:46:13.250 this red suit. We're almost out of time. What 00:46:13.250 --> 00:46:15.329 do you got? Well, are we? Okay. We got like a 00:46:15.329 --> 00:46:16.769 couple of stories left here. All right, guy. 00:46:16.809 --> 00:46:19.730 You're rushing me through Tuesday Newsday. Uh, 00:46:19.769 --> 00:46:20.789 where is it? Where is it? Where is it? Where 00:46:20.789 --> 00:46:23.590 is it? Uh, it's more fun when he's flustered. 00:46:24.530 --> 00:46:26.309 I know. I got it right here. What do you got? 00:46:26.369 --> 00:46:27.789 A lot of things highlighted. What's on the paper 00:46:27.789 --> 00:46:30.710 there, buddy? I know. I know. Hold on. I must've 00:46:30.710 --> 00:46:34.809 mixed it up. Okay, well, we're gonna skip that 00:46:34.809 --> 00:46:36.230 story. All right, good. And we're gonna just 00:46:36.230 --> 00:46:40.090 get right to... Please. The New York State Fair 00:46:40.090 --> 00:46:42.550 concert lineup has been announced. The Great 00:46:42.550 --> 00:46:43.829 New York State Fair. The Great New York State 00:46:43.829 --> 00:46:48.210 Fair. And Red Jumpsuit App Erratus is coming 00:46:48.210 --> 00:46:51.070 on August 25th at 6 p .m. at the Chevy Court, 00:46:51.190 --> 00:46:53.429 okay? And the reason I'm bringing that up is, 00:46:53.429 --> 00:46:57.139 and I lost the story somehow, is that... One 00:46:57.139 --> 00:47:01.119 of the band members went to school in Cicero. 00:47:01.679 --> 00:47:03.800 And so it's the homecoming. Yeah, they had a 00:47:03.800 --> 00:47:07.579 couple hit songs. No, I'm questioning that because 00:47:07.579 --> 00:47:09.840 I feel like they're like amphitheater style. 00:47:10.340 --> 00:47:13.800 Are they not I think pretty big? I mean, like 00:47:13.800 --> 00:47:15.760 real big. I think they're at state fair level 00:47:15.760 --> 00:47:18.159 at this point. There were there were early 2000s. 00:47:18.159 --> 00:47:21.420 They had a couple hits. All right. Here's what 00:47:21.420 --> 00:47:24.139 we got, though. August 21st Chevy Court. You 00:47:24.139 --> 00:47:28.039 got cheap trick. Later that night. Oh, you don't 00:47:28.039 --> 00:47:30.900 want me in case you wanted to feel like you were 00:47:30.900 --> 00:47:33.519 at a bar in Florida, smoking cigarettes. Steve 00:47:33.519 --> 00:47:35.380 Miller Band is going to be at the Suburban. Hold 00:47:35.380 --> 00:47:38.400 up the real Steve Miller. Yeah, the Steve Miller. 00:47:38.500 --> 00:47:40.500 I thought Steve Miller died like a decade ago, 00:47:40.559 --> 00:47:42.519 dude. I could hit Steve Miller with my car and 00:47:42.519 --> 00:47:43.840 I wouldn't even know. I don't know what he looks 00:47:43.840 --> 00:47:47.579 like. I agree. He's underrated, though. He's 00:47:47.579 --> 00:47:50.599 a great song. Phenomenal August 23rd. OAR is 00:47:50.599 --> 00:47:55.179 coming. Los Lonely Boys on the 24th at 1 p .m. 00:47:55.389 --> 00:47:58.769 And then if you're feeling crazy, Busta Rhymes 00:47:58.769 --> 00:48:02.170 is at 8 p .m. on the Twitter. Busta? Yeah! Hell 00:48:02.170 --> 00:48:05.610 yeah! Got you all in check. I legitimately love 00:48:05.610 --> 00:48:10.829 Busta. Sister Hazel coming, August 26th. I'm 00:48:10.829 --> 00:48:12.110 giving you the whole concert right here. August 00:48:12.110 --> 00:48:17.960 27th, our boys, the Red Hot Chili. PIPERS are 00:48:17.960 --> 00:48:21.199 gonna be at the Chevy court at 6 p .m. and then 00:48:21.199 --> 00:48:23.539 August 31st Blippi will be there if you have 00:48:23.539 --> 00:48:26.000 children or if you're a psycho you can go see 00:48:26.000 --> 00:48:29.940 that and then August 31st we're closing it out. 00:48:30.179 --> 00:48:32.099 Hold on, hold on. I see one you didn't highlight 00:48:32.099 --> 00:48:35.380 there. What's that one on the 29th you didn't 00:48:35.380 --> 00:48:37.960 highlight? I almost did. Yacht Rock Review? No. 00:48:38.719 --> 00:48:42.269 Oh. Oh, DJ Pauly D? Paulie D. Oh, is that the 00:48:42.269 --> 00:48:45.349 dude from Jersey Shore? Jersey Shore, let's go! 00:48:45.650 --> 00:48:47.349 There's a reason I didn't highlight it. Because 00:48:47.349 --> 00:48:48.889 you didn't want me to do that. Smells like Red 00:48:48.889 --> 00:48:51.750 Bull. It's probably for the best. Yeah, August 00:48:51.750 --> 00:48:54.869 31st. The hot take, I genuinely like Paulie D. 00:48:56.489 --> 00:48:58.769 I just lost every ounce of respect. I don't know 00:48:58.769 --> 00:49:01.170 if I want to see him DJ at the state fair though. 00:49:01.570 --> 00:49:03.730 That's the dude that had the rectangle hair. 00:49:04.070 --> 00:49:06.840 Yes. I didn't want he's a legitimate DJ though. 00:49:06.840 --> 00:49:08.659 Here's the thing like that's that was his sort 00:49:08.659 --> 00:49:10.460 of career before that So I give I got to give 00:49:10.460 --> 00:49:12.099 him credit. So he's not like he's not one of 00:49:12.099 --> 00:49:13.900 those dudes It's like I'll go into this after 00:49:13.900 --> 00:49:16.480 he got fame from the show I respect you obviously 00:49:16.480 --> 00:49:18.760 it propelled him. But that makes sense. Shout 00:49:18.760 --> 00:49:21.760 out to Paulie D and then Okay, it's at night 00:49:21.760 --> 00:49:23.679 though. That was my other concern. Like is he 00:49:23.679 --> 00:49:25.559 gonna DJ in the middle of the afternoon? that 00:49:25.559 --> 00:49:28.960 just feels like a weird vibe, but Nine o 'clock. 00:49:28.960 --> 00:49:30.880 Yeah. No, it's it's late night. So I will be 00:49:30.880 --> 00:49:33.280 it'll be t -shirt time. I will be Jager bombs 00:49:34.840 --> 00:49:40.019 Also, I wanted to mention a couple things. One, 00:49:40.340 --> 00:49:44.599 in sports real quick, Q's football kickoff. They 00:49:44.599 --> 00:49:47.539 did announce one Q's football game time and date, 00:49:47.840 --> 00:49:50.579 November 22nd at Notre Dame 3 .30 PM. That's 00:49:50.579 --> 00:49:55.869 going to be a big one. And also, big news. We've 00:49:55.869 --> 00:49:58.230 got about three four -star recruits that have 00:49:58.230 --> 00:50:01.889 committed to Syracuse Orange football. Amari 00:50:01.889 --> 00:50:05.010 Goff, wide receiver, four -star. Jarius Rogers, 00:50:05.329 --> 00:50:07.530 edge, four -star. And Javion Cooper, offensive 00:50:07.530 --> 00:50:11.829 tackle, four -star. So look, the coach got hired. 00:50:12.190 --> 00:50:14.989 They said he would bring a lot of, he would do 00:50:14.989 --> 00:50:16.969 wonders for recruiting, and there's three or 00:50:16.969 --> 00:50:20.530 four four -star guys coming in. I do want to 00:50:20.530 --> 00:50:25.449 mention, Danny, I got a pick on the, You just 00:50:25.449 --> 00:50:27.090 want to pop it up here. Take a look at this pic, 00:50:27.190 --> 00:50:28.630 man. I want to see what you think this is. There's 00:50:28.630 --> 00:50:30.449 a picture. Yeah, I want to see what you think 00:50:30.449 --> 00:50:33.809 this is. Should be there. He's working on it. 00:50:33.969 --> 00:50:37.150 Give the man a second. Listen, Danny Tripodi, 00:50:37.230 --> 00:50:39.250 we love you. Wow. Is that it? Yeah. What do you 00:50:39.250 --> 00:50:41.130 think that is? Is that Micron? That is Micron. 00:50:41.150 --> 00:50:44.000 That is a rendering. And I should have them, 00:50:44.000 --> 00:50:46.159 you know, if it was actual if I was an actual 00:50:46.159 --> 00:50:48.360 newsman, I would have done the work I want to 00:50:48.360 --> 00:50:50.039 say it's the rendering of what it's gonna look 00:50:50.039 --> 00:50:52.559 like. I think that's the finished. Let's go 2040 00:50:52.559 --> 00:50:55.619 2044 something like that, but that is fucking 00:50:55.619 --> 00:50:59.699 massive. It's a big place As we just heard from 00:50:59.699 --> 00:51:01.539 our guest earlier 9 ,000 employees are gonna 00:51:01.539 --> 00:51:04.159 put in that place just directly 9 ,000 and then 00:51:04.159 --> 00:51:08.699 some and finally I wanted to talk about Have 00:51:08.699 --> 00:51:11.699 you been to Darien Lake? Not in a while, but 00:51:11.699 --> 00:51:14.079 yeah, either remember the mind eraser. Nope. 00:51:14.340 --> 00:51:17.039 All right, the mind eraser one of the many They're 00:51:17.039 --> 00:51:19.380 just the one that spins you like a no. This is 00:51:19.380 --> 00:51:21.300 the one where your where your feet are dangling 00:51:21.300 --> 00:51:23.360 You're suspended that kind of okay, you're you 00:51:23.360 --> 00:51:25.559 know, and you're going oh, yeah, they are getting 00:51:25.559 --> 00:51:30.099 a gigantic makeover for safety purposes So they're 00:51:30.099 --> 00:51:33.420 gonna redo that one ride or new not just a different 00:51:33.420 --> 00:51:36.500 ride No, that's the only one that is getting 00:51:36.500 --> 00:51:40.670 safety upgrade. So I say this With peace and 00:51:40.670 --> 00:51:42.130 love because I you know, I don't want people 00:51:42.130 --> 00:51:44.050 to be afraid to go on some of these roller coasters 00:51:44.050 --> 00:51:46.809 I'm a big roller coaster guy. It's getting an 00:51:46.809 --> 00:51:48.909 upgrade. However, you're supposed to be a little 00:51:48.909 --> 00:51:50.750 afraid. Isn't that the draw? Yes, you have to 00:51:50.750 --> 00:51:53.110 be a little afraid, but don't worry. It's safe 00:51:53.110 --> 00:51:58.210 anyway, so That's pretty much it for news See 00:51:58.210 --> 00:51:59.809 you tomorrow. We'll see you tomorrow on Good 00:51:59.809 --> 00:52:09.340 News York. Peace out I thought.