What Makes T.REX ARMS a Successful Business with Lucas Botkin

The EntreLeadership Podcast

Lampo Licensing, LLC.

Entrepreneurship, Business, Management

4.7 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2021

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

What does it take to start a successful business from the ground up? The answer: a few hundred bucks, a mild obsession and the American spirit. At least that’s what worked for Lucas Botkin, the 27-year-old who started T.REX ARMS , a rapidly growing company—with a massive fan following—that specializes in manufacturing gun holsters and other firearms equipment. The young CEO shares his start-up experience, how his company has adapted to their rapid growth, and the content marketing formula that won T.REX ARMS hundreds of thousands of followers. entreleadership.com/podcast T.REX ARMS’ website T.REX ARMS’ Instagram T.REX ARMS’ YouTube channel Gary Vaynerchuk’s website The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber Jesse Itzler’s website The 8th Habit by Stephen Covey Lucas Botkin’s Instagram Leadership Growth Assessment EntreLeadership Toolkit - Top tools to help your business can grow and thrive Schedule a call with Tim, the Producer Want expert help with your business question? Call 844-944-1070 and leave a message or send an email to [email protected]. You could be featured on a future podcast episode!

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0:00.0	You know, I've talked to thousands of business owners and most of them want a scale, but
0:08.7	it gets complicated because the bigger you get and the more layers of things you've got
0:12.5	going on, the more you have to manage.
0:14.7	You've got hiring, firing, sales, marketing, product, operations, where do you even start?
0:20.8	From the Ramsey Network, this is the Entry Leadership Podcast, where we help business leaders
0:25.3	grow themselves, their teams, and their profits.
0:28.0	I'm your host, Daniel Tardy, and my guest today is Lucas Bocken.
0:31.6	Today, eight years in, he's the CEO of a thriving company, T-Rex Arms.
0:37.0	They manufacture holsters.
0:38.8	And he made the decision early on that he wanted to scale.
0:41.9	He knew it was going to be challenging.
0:43.2	He knew it was going to be hard, but he made the conscious decision to say, I believe
0:47.1	in this so much that I'm willing to face all of those challenges.
0:50.9	And just in the last year, his team's gone from 30 employees to over 70.
0:57.9	72, as of today.
0:58.9	I'm pretty sure.
0:59.9	Yeah, we're 71.
1:00.9	One of the two.
1:01.9	I'm not actually sure.
1:02.9	And you're now, you're 28 now.
1:04.9	27.
1:05.9	Yep.
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