Episode 123

123 - Christmas Special

An extra special/long episode for doing dishes as you collapse into the holiday season. Thanks for listening this year! Jem and Justin.

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DISCUSSED:

✍️ Comment or Suggest a Topic - New voice message option

Year Review - Justin

Biggest things or impacts

  • Profit First
  • Printed product expansion
  • Now have 4ct - X1
  • CNC tooling
  • Understated impact of new child

Year Review - Jem

  • Looking forward
  • Covid down time and reading profit first
  • Sense of ownership

Justin Mantra/Theme 2025

  • Flow
  • Following 2024 lesson, do the obvious thing
  • Simplify software stack
  • Double revenue
  • Outsource and delegate
  • Fiverr, Upwork
  • Virtual assistant?
  • AI Agents!?!
  • Robots, automation?
  • CS offloading - disconnect
  • Meditating

Jem Mantra/Theme 2025

  • OPEX creep
  • DIY Config Launch
  • Increase product % mix
  • Get back on the tools (not too much)
  • Default diary

Other

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HOSTS

Jem Freeman

Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia

Like Butter | Instagram | More Links


Justin Brouillette

Portland, Oregon, USA

PDX CNC | Instagram | More Links

About the Podcast

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Justin Brouillette (Portland CNC) and Jem Freeman (Like Butter) discuss CNC machines, their product design and manufacturing businesses, and every kind of tool that they fancy.

About your hosts

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Jem Freeman

Co-founder and director of Like Butter, a CNC focussed timber design and manufacturing business in their purpose-built solar-powered workshop. Castlemaine, VIC, Australia.
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Justin Brouillette

Founder of Portland CNC & Nack