--- title: Blog | Tony Demakis description: Alliance Laser Sales Blog --- ![img-1920x1080_Workstation](https://alliancesls.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Assets/Images/16-9_Black%20and%20Whites/img-1920x1080_Workstation.webp?width=1920&height=1080&name=img-1920x1080_Workstation.webp) ##### BLOG # The Toolbox [![](https://alliancesls.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/ExperienceMatters.jpg)](https://alliancesls.com/blog/experience-matters) ## [Experience Matters](https://alliancesls.com/blog/experience-matters) [Blog Posts](https://alliancesls.com/blog/tag/blog-posts) May 29, 2020 My father recently told me a story about a tractor that he has been trying to start for five years. ... [Read more](https://alliancesls.com/blog/experience-matters) [![](https://alliancesls.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/GetOverItArticle.jpg)](https://alliancesls.com/blog/get-over-it) ## [Get Over it | Overcoming your Barriers](https://alliancesls.com/blog/get-over-it) [Blog Posts](https://alliancesls.com/blog/tag/blog-posts) May 15, 2020 When I was a boy my father and I went on a rock-climbing adventure in South Dakota. I was probably n... [Read more](https://alliancesls.com/blog/get-over-it) [![](https://alliancesls.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/People.jpg)](https://alliancesls.com/blog/people-greatest-asset) ## [People are the Greatest Asset](https://alliancesls.com/blog/people-greatest-asset) [Blog Posts](https://alliancesls.com/blog/tag/blog-posts) Apr 30, 2020 On our website and in our marketing materials you will find laundry lists of all of the equipment th... [Read more](https://alliancesls.com/blog/people-greatest-asset) [![](https://alliancesls.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Blog_AliveEssential.jpg)](https://alliancesls.com/blog/american-manufacturing-alive-and-essential) ## [American Manufacturing: Alive and Essential](https://alliancesls.com/blog/american-manufacturing-alive-and-essential) [Blog Posts](https://alliancesls.com/blog/tag/blog-posts) Apr 16, 2020 Many people have said that manufacturing is not coming back and that it is a dead end in this countr... [Read more](https://alliancesls.com/blog/american-manufacturing-alive-and-essential) [![](https://alliancesls.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Blog_SwissArmyKnife_Header.jpg)](https://alliancesls.com/blog/all-in-one-survival-tool) ## [All In One Survival Tool](https://alliancesls.com/blog/all-in-one-survival-tool) [Blog Posts](https://alliancesls.com/blog/tag/blog-posts) Apr 2, 2020 As a boy growing up I had the pleasure of being in Cub Scouts, Webelos, and then Boy Scouts. You lea... [Read more](https://alliancesls.com/blog/all-in-one-survival-tool) [![](https://alliancesls.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Blog_Header_podcst-Recovered.jpg)](https://alliancesls.com/blog/opportunity-for-change) ## [Opportunity for Change](https://alliancesls.com/blog/opportunity-for-change) [Blog Posts](https://alliancesls.com/blog/tag/blog-posts) Mar 19, 2020 It seems right now in this age of COVID-19 that every single day is creating new guidelines for life... [Read more](https://alliancesls.com/blog/opportunity-for-change) [![](https://alliancesls.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/reputation_header.jpg)](https://alliancesls.com/blog/building-your-reputation) ## [Building Your Reputation](https://alliancesls.com/blog/building-your-reputation) [Blog Posts](https://alliancesls.com/blog/tag/blog-posts) Mar 5, 2020 Your reputation is one of those things that follow you like your shadow. Anywhere you go it’s right ... [Read more](https://alliancesls.com/blog/building-your-reputation) [![](https://alliancesls.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Communication.jpg)](https://alliancesls.com/blog/bp-communcation) ## [Communication Is Key](https://alliancesls.com/blog/bp-communcation) [Blog Posts](https://alliancesls.com/blog/tag/blog-posts) Feb 21, 2020 Funny thing about words and communication is that they mean different things to different people at ... [Read more](https://alliancesls.com/blog/bp-communcation) [![](https://alliancesls.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Networking-1.jpg)](https://alliancesls.com/blog/when-networking-is-not-working) ## [When Networking is Not Working](https://alliancesls.com/blog/when-networking-is-not-working) [Blog Posts](https://alliancesls.com/blog/tag/blog-posts) Jan 23, 2020 When it comes to networking I believe that there are two very different approaches to the conversati... [Read more](https://alliancesls.com/blog/when-networking-is-not-working) [![](https://alliancesls.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Blog_Header_40YearsOfGrit2.jpg)](https://alliancesls.com/blog/who-we-are-after-40-years) ## [Who we are after 40 Years](https://alliancesls.com/blog/who-we-are-after-40-years) [Blog Posts](https://alliancesls.com/blog/tag/blog-posts) Oct 10, 2019 In September of 1979, our company began as two friends working out of their garage. Fueled by determ... [Read more](https://alliancesls.com/blog/who-we-are-after-40-years)