---
title: "PODCAST: If It Wasn’t For A Car Magazine…"
date: 2024-03-28 09:27:45
description: "Paul Van Metre is a true manufacturing maverick. Learn more about the serendipitous moments that fueled his passion for manufacturing."
keywords: "Paul Van Metre"
categories: [Podcast Interviews]
tags: [Customer Story, Greg McHale, Manufacturing Mavericks, Paul Van Metre, Podcast, Proshop ERP]
---

## Episode #7 of Manufacturing Mavericks

[](https://datanomix.io/mavericks/if-it-wasnt-for-a-car-magazine)

[Paul Van Metre](https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulvanmetre/) is the co-founder of [ProShop ERP](https://proshoperp.com/) and a true manufacturing maverick. He talks with Greg McHale about some of the serendipitous moments that fueled his passion for manufacturing.

Some examples include his Mom saving a car magazine, a random lab partner assignment on his first day of school, and a customer’s dream of building a basketball court for his kids.

Paul’s love of manufacturing and the people who work in it drives him to help make “the hardest business in the world” a little easier. #ThankaMachinist!

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