Distributor Interview with Patrick Birmingham of Stunster

Kim: When did you start your business?

Patrick: I started Stunster.com in September 2007.

Kim: Why did you get started with Safety Technology business?

Patrick: It really all started out of curiosity.  I had just started building websites as a hobby, then one day someone told me about a free open source ecommerce software platform called osCommerce.  I downloaded and installed it and started playing with it.  Then I decided I needed to sell something.  I had no idea what to sell, but one day I was in the bookstore thumbing through some magazines and saw Mike’s (Safety Technology) ad.  I immediately thought to myself, “security products are great items to sell.”  That’s how it all started.

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Distributor Interview with Bryan Buckner of Guardian Self Defense

Laura: When did you start your business? Bryan: We started Guardian Self Defense in May 2006, so just over 4 years ago.

Laura: Why did you get started with Safety Technology? Bryan: Well I’ve always had an entrepreneur spirit. After Grad school, my MBA, I started to search for businesses with a relatively low start up cost, something that would supplement my family’s income. Found Safety Technology’s ad in one of the small business magazines, researched the company and convinced my wife. The rest is history. Read More

Distributor Interview with Darrell Hacker

Tiffany: When did you start your business?

Darrell: 2006

Tiffany: Why did you get started in this business?

Darrell: Well, we actually had an incident that happened in our house, it was broken into.  We ended up going to a seminar and purchased some websites and we weren’t really sure what products to put into the websites.  One thing just led to another and with that incident happening and the websites we decided to load security products on the websites and here we are four years later! Read More

Interview with Susan Eaton

Tiffany: When did you start your business?

Susan: We started in October 2006 Read More

Interview with David Brackman

Tiffany: When did you start your business?

David: I started my business in April 1st, 2 years ago today, so that would be 2008.

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Interview with Mark Linton

Tiffany: When did you first start your business?

Mark Linton: Uh, we started Carolina Safety Products back in  August of 1998, actually it was on a whim just trying to carry personal safety items like the safety vest, hardhats and stuff like that, and it just turned into something else. That’s how we got started. Read More

Interview with Jack Krohn

Tiffany: When did you first start your business?

Jack Krohn: I am going to be starting my fifth year next March, so I’m almost at full 4 years. Read More

Interview with Steve Thibeault

Tiffany: When did you first start your business?

Steve Thibeault: It was uh, April of 2000. Read More