[shanecleveland]

What exists to help entrepreneurs find/pair up with manufacturers locally/domestically? Opportunity there?

I work for a US manufacturer (non-tech related), and we frequently get inquiries from folks about making their products. We are primarily focused on producing our own products, but it is nice to fill gaps in production and explore new partnerships. But we don't actively pursue this, and I have no idea how they find us. WOM and random online databases, is my guess.

[aslewofmice]

thomasnet.com was decent for finding leads, but we weren't able to find a suitable manufacturer to get past prototype

[shanecleveland]

Interesting. I see that our company is listed in there. That's not voluntary on our part, which may result in a lot of unsuccessful leads.