Introducing "Track Zach" with Former Navy SEAL Zach Marshall
Today, we’re kicking off a new long-term segment called Track Zach! My buddy Zach Marshall just founded a company called Conterra, a labor marketplace for the private security industry, and he is about 3 months into the journey.
I plan to have a conversation with him every 3 months or so to get a real-time, honest, and interesting look at startup life.
Zach, now in his second career after the Navy SEALs, is setting his considerable will against a new challenge -- starting a venture-backed company to fix today’s outdated, broken system for hiring private security around the world.
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Topics Covered:
What drives someone to become a Navy SEAL
What is private security?
Conterra: the private security marketplace
How Conterra is going to revolutionize a $50 billion dollar industry labor marketplace for the private security industry
The current state of Conterra and where it’s going
Favorite Quotes:
“In the military you have to learn things extremely fast and not just to pass a test, now you are responsible for these things. For example a skydiver in charge of a civilian drop in a stadium is coordinating all sorts of things and he has 10,000, maybe 5,000 jumps. Meanwhile I had to do the same thing in the service and I had around 65 jumps.”
“In the military you’re just given this massive amount of responsibility so you have to actually pay attention to every detail. Attention to detail is one of those phrases said thousands and thousands of times in the spec ops community and it really is true.”
"The opportunity cost of waiting until you're older, until you've built the perfect resume, or you finally have enough capital is simply too high."