Learning, Teaching, Owning, with Federico Veneziano-EP 259

About this episode

Federico Veneziano shares his journey from a young metal worker in Italy to the owner of BoldX Industries.

At 12, he was cutting metal in northern Italy. By 21, he was teaching DMG’s own technicians how to use their machines. At 47, he owns the whole company he first walked into just to set up a machine. Federico Veneziano is the owner of BoldX Industries and an old friend of mine. His story requires two episodes. This is part one: the serendipity, the winding path through shops and countries and setbacks. Part two, we will get into what he’s building now. But first, this is how he got here. Listen on your favorite podcast app using pod.link. .   View the podcast at the bottom of this post or on our YouTube Channel. Follow us on Social and never miss an update! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/swarfcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/swarfcast/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/todays-machining-world Twitter: https://twitter.com/tmwswarfblog ************* Link to Graff-Pinkert’s Acquisitions and Sales promotion! Interview Highlights Teaching the Experts Federico grew up about 60 miles northwest of Milan in a small town called Omegna. He started working in a machine shop at 12 years old. By his early twenties, he had developed deep expertise on Siemens…

People in this episode

Host: Today's Machining World

Guest: Federico Veneziano

Topics covered

• entrepreneurship
• manufacturing
• CNC machines
• career journey
• teaching
• ownership

Keywords

• metal cutting
• CNC
• machine shop
• teaching
• entrepreneurship
• career path
• manufacturing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BoldX Industries, DMG

Products: Siemens controls, 840D

Places: northern Italy, Omegna

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