So, Hunter, tell me about your vision.
My business, my vision from a business standpoint, man, is, you know, we're trying to become,
it's kind of a funny quote, but we're trying to become the Amazon of the industry.
So right now we've added licensing courses to our website so you can get on and apply
and take the courses to get your licensing throughout the state of Texas to work security,
whether it's unarmed, armed, bodyguard protection.
We have also offered, or are offering LTC courses, so License to Carry courses for the
public, Firearm Safety Training courses, and then also we have an online store.
So you can get on the store and, you know, purchase firearms, equipment, accessories,
apparel, everything you need for the job.
And then all that was live over the last 30 days.
We're getting all the kinks and everything worked out, and then our plan and our vision
is to essentially duplicate that in every state that has the online options available.
So that way, eventually, you can go to our website and get your license in any state
in the country, purchase the equipment and materials you need, all from that one location.
That is awesome.
Are you thinking about, and this is just a question, is it like a franchise model you're
trying to establish or?
Possibly.
So originally, it's more of e-commerce, just, you know, hey, we have the licensing available
in these states and that does entail obtaining the business license in those states, obviously,
before we're able to do that.
We have a few markets in the country that we already kind of operate in off of some
large events.
Like we work with Formula One in not only Austin, but Miami, Mexico City, Vegas, Canada.
So Vegas and Florida, Nevada and Florida would essentially be the first two states we'd go
after in regards to the franchising side of it.
But that's not the end goal, really.
That's not an end all, be all if we don't franchise.
The e-commerce side, I think alone, is kind of what the main goal is and then we'll just
kind of take it from there.
Yeah, thank you for sharing that.
So where did this vision come from, Hunter?
Honestly, it came from a little bit of COVID and mainly just another kind of somewhat shutdown
of our business.
So COVID, obviously, we were like most businesses, we were shut down six to seven months with
no income coming in and we kind of had to repivot, refocus on kind of what we were doing.
That's when we started the construction site security side of our business.
That was the only thing really going on in Texas at the moment was still construction
in some phases.
So we were very fortunate that we locked on with a client kind of out of nowhere that
put us immediately into five neighborhoods.
Over time, those five turned into 10, 10 turned into 15, 15 turned into more builders and
they kind of spawned where we were over the last few years.
Two years ago though, when a lot of people say the recession was kind of going to home
buying kind of stopped.
And we experienced that towards the end of the year in 2022.
And basically all of our, the bulk of our business at that time was construction and
events.
And when construction kind of just stopped over a phone call and kind of put on pause
for another six to seven months, we got a phone call in September.
We said, Hey, we'll call you guys back in the spring.
We kind of had to repivot again and kind of refocus on what we could do.
And the licensing portion kind of came up and the opportunity there.
So myself, a handful of our managers, we became licensed instructors, started going down that
path of getting that option available on our website.
We then said, Hey, why don't we also open an online store and where you can get all
these things and purchase everything you need for these courses.
And that's kind of how it spawned and kind of went from there.
And we've been working on that pretty heavily.
I'd say since, I mean, man, since May of last year, so a little over a year, that's all
been going into a major effect.
And just now, and like I said, I believe it was earlier this week, we just finally got
the licensing courses 100% up and running how we want them to for Texas anyway.
And now we can start really marketing and blasting the one stop shop aspect of it.
Thank you for sharing that.
Yeah, absolutely.
Yeah, it does.
So Hunter, what would you say is the why of what you do?
My why is 100% my kids, man.
I have two sons, I have an eight year old and a seven month old, soon to be eight month
old.
And they're my why, man.
I was raised around my mom and stepdad who opened up their own businesses.
So I saw that kind of life and I wanted that and that kind of lifestyle.
And it took me a while to get there and then after my first son was born, we already started
the business.
We started a valet company first in 2012 and that's still going strong.
They're killing it.
But my business partner oversees the valet, I oversee the security.
Well, when my son was born, that was the same year we opened the security company in 2016.
And yeah, he's my why, man.
I push really hard to make sure that I can make myself available as a dad, first and
foremost, and then secondly, to provide a life that I would want him to have.
And me being able to take him to school or have lunch with him, I feel like I'm winning.
And as long as I continue to do that and continue to be available and make time for my kids,
that's the why I work so hard is to be able to do all that.
Thank you for being here today.
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