this first question is from a business owner who wants his products to be american made. where can we go within the u.s. to find the resources to help us with the manufacturing costs to make our business more cost effective? you have worked in the manufacturing sector quite a bit so where do you go to find these resources, is there one clearinghouse? well, there s the thomas register dot net which is a universal resource for people to find distribution and manufacturing. there s also madeinusa.org, which has become a really good resource for people to make. there is this desire to manufacture in the usa has really grown. so also if you see somebody on air, or in a magazine, who has made their products in the usa and it might be in a similar category, but not necessarily competitive, you could reach out to them, through social media. i have people reach out to me all the time to ask where i get my products manufactured. and if there s an agent that i could recommend. there are sou
could recommend. there are sourcing agents that people should definitely work with if you don t know how to manufacture. there s a lot of ins and outs about the business. there s a resurgence in popularity about getting things made in the usa. so it now, i wouldn t have said this two years ago, but now it s worth going to sba.gov/content/manufacturing because now they actually do have helpful resources. i wouldn t have said that a couple of years ago. but because of the resurgence. the other thing is realize that not only when you re talking about made in the usa think about states and counties who are competing to bring businesses to their areas. who want to be able to say not only made in the usa, but made here because of job creation. shop that around for the types of product that you make in your industry. because maybe you get some tax benefits? tax benefits. relocation benefits. all kinds of things, because they want you to not just made in the usa but maybe make it in thei