Phillip Shatkin

What I do

I run a precision manufacturing and sourcing business out of Smithfield, Rhode Island. Fifteen years of it, most spent working with factories in China.

Before this one worked I failed at five businesses. I came through addiction and depression on the way. The operator half and the falling apart half are the same story, and I think more people should say so out loud.

Receipts

• 15 yearssourcing and manufacturing, most of it in China
• 7 figuresthe business that finally worked
• 4 builta Chinese restaurant, a cigar lounge, a TV show, an app
• 1 patentin process, for data centers
• 5 failedbusinesses before any of it stuck

What I'm making