Mike Sims is the Co-Founder and CEO of Empirium, a unified marketplace platform connecting verified buyers and suppliers across aerospace, defense and manufacturing.

This convo covers:

Why China dominates 45% of global manufacturing & how we became dangerously dependent.
Building a trusted defense/aerospace marketplace.
Amplifying the voices of end-users.

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