The New American Post-Industrial Microenterprise
In a small garage in Cedar Park, Texas outside of Austin, there is the start of a new company that reflects an emerging trend in small business. Russell Andersen is using the post-
industrial refuse of America’s computer-aided manufacturing revolution to create a new type of microenterprise–one that is built around aging high-tech tools and very niche markets enabled by Internet-based social networks and GAAP accounting. He is using a fully-depreciated, 20-plus-year-old CNC (computer-numeric-controlled) milling machine he sourced from Craigslist for less than one-tenth of its cost new, and he’s running it with equally antiquated computer hardware and software. With that minimalist equipment, he builds very specific custom bike components that he sells around the world to a very unique customer. Read full story:
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