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Episode 316: Tom Kubiniec – SecureIt Tactical Founder, Military Weapon Storage

Tom Kubiniec, the President & CEO of SecureIt Tactical, joins the show to share his journey from heavy metal guitarist to creating the global leader in military weapon storage & armory design. Hear how to become the authority in your space, focus on simplicity & innovation, work with the military, the hardest song Tom’s ever played on guitar, and what kept him going on a 2,000-foot ice climb. This episode covers everything from Jimi Hendrix to the military. Here’s a small sample of what you will hear in this episode:

• How do you become a heavy metal guitarist
• What’s Tom’s process for creating products
• How does CradleGrid work
• The Tipping Point
• Goodall Guitars
• Kelly’s Heroes
• How did Tom start working with the military & law enforcement
• Stevie Ray Vaughan

Connect with Tom at SecureItTactical.com and on LinkedIn.

Enjoy the shoooooow! Check out the show notes below for much more detail. You can also find the full transcript here.

Show Notes

• Intro & Heavy Metal Guitarist
  • [0:27] Email me at max@maxpodcasting.com to save time with your high-quality podcast and use it as a business-building tool
  • [0:41] Connect with Tom at SecureItTactical.com and on LinkedIn
  • [2:12] How do you become a heavy metal guitarist
  • [3:21] Guitar Player Magazine
  • [3:40] MI (Musicians Institute)
  • [3:48] Tendinitis or Tendonitis
  • [3:58] Ozzy Osbourne
  • [4:32] Telemarketing
  • [4:45] Panorama City, CA
  • [5:50] “24 Caprices for Solo Violin Op. 1” by Niccolò Paganini
  • [7:39] Arthritis
  • [7:50] Carnivore Diet
  • [8:11] ChatGPT

• The SecureIt Tactical Story
  • [8:53] How did Tom start working with the military & law enforcement with SecureIt Tactical
  • [9:05] Greenline Data
  • [9:15] HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
  • [10:05] HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
  • [10:40] FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
  • [12:10] Fort Bragg aka Fort Liberty
  • [14:45] The Home Depot
  • [15:40] Profit
  • [16:08] Sue B. Zimmerman – Wild Business Growth podcast #50: The Instagram Expert, Creative Crafter
  • [17:55] How does CradleGrid work
  • [20:32] Tetris, LEGO
  • [22:40] What’s Tom’s process for creating products
  • [23:28] Okinawa
  • [24:12] Lowe’s
  • [26:28] Inc. Magazine
  • [27:48] The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
  • [29:08] Steve Jobs, Apple, iPhone, iPad
  • [29:40] The Wild Business Growth podcast is on YouTube! Subscribe @MaxBranstetter to watch full video interviews with Wild entrepreneurs like Tom
  • [29:42] Sign up for the Podcasting to the Max newsletter at MaxPodcasting.com/Newsletter and receive How to Edit Your Podcast in Audacity. It’s where podcasting meets entrepreneurship – and terrible puns
  • [29:43] Such an honor speaking at Podcast Movement ’23 in Denver! Sign up to grab the slides from my session at MaxPodcasting.com/PM23

• Rapid-Fire Q&A
  • [29:50] “Layla Juber arraignment – DADGAD tuning” by Tom Kubiniec
  • [30:32] Goodall Guitars
  • [30:57] Kelly’s Heroes, Clint Eastwood
  • [31:25] Jimi Hendrix, Uli Jon Roth (UJR) from Scorpions
  • [32:00] Stevie Ray Vaughan
  • [32:38] North Face of Mt. Athabasca
  • [34:55] Vertical Limit, Cliffhanger, Sylvester Stallone
  • [35:23] Chris O’Donnell, Bill Paxton, Scott Glenn
  • [35:38] What did Tom tell himself on the side of the ice cliff
  • [37:35] Connect with Tom at SecureItTactical.com and on LinkedIn
  • [38:16] What are Tom’s Final Thoughts
  • [38:29] Follow the Wild Business Growth podcast and tell a friend about the podcast. And show love (or roast me) by leaving 5 stars on Apple Podcasts and/or Spotify
  • [38:38] The Wild Business Growth podcast is on YouTube! Subscribe @MaxBranstetter to watch full video interviews with Wild entrepreneurs like Tom
  • [38:42] Check out the Wild Business Growth podcast on Goodpods, where you can see what your favorite people are listening to
  • [38:43] Connect with me on LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter (aka X), and Threads @MaxBranstetter and TikTok @WildBusinessGrowth
  • [38:44] Save time with your high-quality podcast. Email me at max@maxpodcasting.com to bring your podcast to life and use it as a business-building tool
  • [38:48] Sign up for the Podcasting to the Max newsletter at MaxPodcasting.com/Newsletter and receive How to Edit Your Podcast in Audacity. It’s where podcasting meets entrepreneurship – and terrible puns
  • Theme music: Freestyle Percussion Magik – “Jungle Tribe” – provided by Jamendo

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