<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Labora]]></title><description><![CDATA[Labora]]></description><link>https://www.laboraevv.com/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 10:56:05 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.laboraevv.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[For Small Businesses, the Future Belongs to the Focused — Embrace the Niche]]></title><description><![CDATA[My old boss used to tell me to focus on what we did best. What he meant was that we needed to go after customers who would buy the product we produced because we were the best at making it. At the time, I was working for a plastics compounding company. The plastics industry is dominated by huge players that move enormous volumes, global plastic production today exceeds 400 million metric tons per year, roughly 900 billion pounds.¹ So how could a small compounder be successful in that...]]></description><link>https://www.laboraevv.com/post/for-small-businesses-the-future-belongs-to-the-focused-embrace-the-niche</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d824cd4e4fe2e3f72b2fc1</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 22:17:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/69637e_cc500167484942269ad3342cd48f41f6~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_735,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Alfonso Vidal</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump’s Tariffs, the Strategic Future of U.S. Manufacturing, and the Role of Small Manufacturers]]></title><description><![CDATA[It is now 2026, and the business environment remains sluggish at best. Are Trump-era tariffs to blame? Perhaps partially, but that’s only part of the story. By now, it is increasingly clear that tariffs are not a temporary measure. They have become a structural feature of U.S. economic policy. And with that permanence has come something markets value deeply: predictability. That predictability is beginning to influence behavior. U.S. manufacturing construction spending has surged in recent...]]></description><link>https://www.laboraevv.com/post/trump-s-tariffs-the-strategic-future-of-u-s-manufacturing-and-the-role-of-small-manufacturers</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d5757d10427b2b314a4209</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 21:24:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/69637e_b855aa2d2f744cae8cfd14449560c3bd~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_300,h_168,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Alfonso Vidal</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>