Bill Clinton
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wanted to write a story on, he heard about it, came to Chicago, stood in our booth and watched people's reactions and then interviewed him as they came out. And he was just interested in, you know, new products. And next thing you know, the wall street journal posted an article about this, finally a fast hand dryer.
wanted to write a story on, he heard about it, came to Chicago, stood in our booth and watched people's reactions and then interviewed him as they came out. And he was just interested in, you know, new products. And next thing you know, the wall street journal posted an article about this, finally a fast hand dryer.
wanted to write a story on, he heard about it, came to Chicago, stood in our booth and watched people's reactions and then interviewed him as they came out. And he was just interested in, you know, new products. And next thing you know, the wall street journal posted an article about this, finally a fast hand dryer.
And the next day, my dad gets a call from good morning America and the today show saying, Hey, we want to put you on with your accelerator. And he said, no, to both of them, because he was a very pragmatic businessman of someone think, how do you say no to that? He goes, this is the only prototype that's ever been made. And what if it fails on national TV? I'm sunk before I even get started.
And the next day, my dad gets a call from good morning America and the today show saying, Hey, we want to put you on with your accelerator. And he said, no, to both of them, because he was a very pragmatic businessman of someone think, how do you say no to that? He goes, this is the only prototype that's ever been made. And what if it fails on national TV? I'm sunk before I even get started.
And the next day, my dad gets a call from good morning America and the today show saying, Hey, we want to put you on with your accelerator. And he said, no, to both of them, because he was a very pragmatic businessman of someone think, how do you say no to that? He goes, this is the only prototype that's ever been made. And what if it fails on national TV? I'm sunk before I even get started.
And so he said no, saying, no, I got to make sure I can make it right first before I start I thought it was an interesting part of the story of we'll never know what would have happened if he went on that show. But it ended up really blowing up and pun intended, I guess, like globally by being a very quality product. We have two patents on it. So it really is American IP. We invented it here.
And so he said no, saying, no, I got to make sure I can make it right first before I start I thought it was an interesting part of the story of we'll never know what would have happened if he went on that show. But it ended up really blowing up and pun intended, I guess, like globally by being a very quality product. We have two patents on it. So it really is American IP. We invented it here.
And so he said no, saying, no, I got to make sure I can make it right first before I start I thought it was an interesting part of the story of we'll never know what would have happened if he went on that show. But it ended up really blowing up and pun intended, I guess, like globally by being a very quality product. We have two patents on it. So it really is American IP. We invented it here.
It was better than everything else. Three times faster, 80% less energy used. and at less than a 10% increase on price. And these are all strategic parts of his vision of how the product was gonna succeed. And it really has been more successful than we all thought it would ever be.
It was better than everything else. Three times faster, 80% less energy used. and at less than a 10% increase on price. And these are all strategic parts of his vision of how the product was gonna succeed. And it really has been more successful than we all thought it would ever be.
It was better than everything else. Three times faster, 80% less energy used. and at less than a 10% increase on price. And these are all strategic parts of his vision of how the product was gonna succeed. And it really has been more successful than we all thought it would ever be.
to the trump administration the first trump administration how did your business change and get affected and and what did trump term one deliver for you yeah so when it comes to being american made as soon as we uh i say we now but i'm involved in the company and my father got involved when he owned it he would look at his supply chain and we wanted to make it as domestic as possible and we
to the trump administration the first trump administration how did your business change and get affected and and what did trump term one deliver for you yeah so when it comes to being american made as soon as we uh i say we now but i'm involved in the company and my father got involved when he owned it he would look at his supply chain and we wanted to make it as domestic as possible and we
to the trump administration the first trump administration how did your business change and get affected and and what did trump term one deliver for you yeah so when it comes to being american made as soon as we uh i say we now but i'm involved in the company and my father got involved when he owned it he would look at his supply chain and we wanted to make it as domestic as possible and we
Found new vendors that were as close to us in Massachusetts, New England, and certainly wanting to be American-made. And the biggest hurdle was motors. So at the time, there weren't American motor manufacturers that could compete with China on the size, the quality, and the performance at a competitive price. But we never gave up looking. So our product was sourced from U.S.
Found new vendors that were as close to us in Massachusetts, New England, and certainly wanting to be American-made. And the biggest hurdle was motors. So at the time, there weren't American motor manufacturers that could compete with China on the size, the quality, and the performance at a competitive price. But we never gave up looking. So our product was sourced from U.S.
Found new vendors that were as close to us in Massachusetts, New England, and certainly wanting to be American-made. And the biggest hurdle was motors. So at the time, there weren't American motor manufacturers that could compete with China on the size, the quality, and the performance at a competitive price. But we never gave up looking. So our product was sourced from U.S.
vendors, except for the motor, which is a key component to the whole thing. And we kept looking. We found a partner. We were analyzing, saying, hey, can you make us a replica of this Chinese motor? But we want to enhance it. And it has to be around this price.
vendors, except for the motor, which is a key component to the whole thing. And we kept looking. We found a partner. We were analyzing, saying, hey, can you make us a replica of this Chinese motor? But we want to enhance it. And it has to be around this price.