Turning a Hobby into a Bright Business

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Turning a Hobby into a Bright Business

[Jason] Jason Christiansen. I'm the president, CEO of Rigid Industries.

We manufacture, for projection, LED lighting, anything from a combine to a tank to an ATV to a boat, very diverse product line.

It started as a hobby.

I was putting after market product on some off-road vehicles.

I had a large pickup truck.

One of my friends introduced me to a person that had some prototype LED light bars.

My neighbor saw it, "Hey, can you do one for me?"

I had just retired from baseball.

I had time on my hands.

I started in my garage, didn't have any idea that it was going to become what it is today.

Not being an expert by any means in lighting, electronics.

I don't even know how to solder anything to a board.

I just knew, based on my background, what I like.

It's crazy to think what I like would actually work.

It really did.

I had a vision on where this was going, a new technology that I felt we grow.

We didn't need a lot of money out of the company to get it up and running.

Part of a fast-growing company, you can't do everything yourself.

You have to put smart people in the right places.

Bringing my partners on has really helped accelerate that process.

From that moment on, it absolutely exploded.

We haven't looked back since.

There wasn't a lot of downside to what we were doing.

Everything was very positive, positive, positive.

We really stayed pretty focused on what we needed to do in that niche market to make sure we continued to move forward.

It was hard at times.

Sometimes you find opportunities that may take you off your path.

You really got to be disciplined to make sure that you continue to stay with what you're good at.

You might start hearing from maybe Ag people, farmers asking for a specific light for a specific project.

We sit down as a team.

We go over it.

It's almost like a focus group where we talk about different products.

What's the potential for it?

We give it a rating.

If the rating is high enough, it will go to the design phase.

We'll do an SLA or a prototype and see.

What does it look like?

How does it feel?

What's the weight going to be?

How much light output are we going to get out of it?

Are we getting 10,000 units out of this in the first year?

Are we getting 150,000 units out of this?

What is our margin on it?

Is it what the customer wants?

Is it what we wanted?

Is it a Rigid product?

Those are all things we take into account as well.

When you have big companies knocking at your door asking you to design something, a company like a Toyota or a John Deere comes knocking on your door, it's hard to say "No" to companies like that.

If we don't have the infrastructure set and we're not ready for that, it was going to make us fail.

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[Jason] Jason Christiansen. I'm the president, CEO of Rigid Industries.발음듣기

We manufacture, for projection, LED lighting, anything from a combine to a tank to an ATV to a boat, very diverse product line.발음듣기

It started as a hobby.발음듣기

I was putting after market product on some off-road vehicles.발음듣기

I had a large pickup truck.발음듣기

One of my friends introduced me to a person that had some prototype LED light bars.발음듣기

My neighbor saw it, "Hey, can you do one for me?"발음듣기

I had just retired from baseball.발음듣기

I had time on my hands.발음듣기

I started in my garage, didn't have any idea that it was going to become what it is today.발음듣기

Not being an expert by any means in lighting, electronics.발음듣기

I don't even know how to solder anything to a board.발음듣기

I just knew, based on my background, what I like.발음듣기

It's crazy to think what I like would actually work.발음듣기

It really did.발음듣기

I had a vision on where this was going, a new technology that I felt we grow.발음듣기

We didn't need a lot of money out of the company to get it up and running.발음듣기

Part of a fast-growing company, you can't do everything yourself.발음듣기

You have to put smart people in the right places.발음듣기

Bringing my partners on has really helped accelerate that process.발음듣기

From that moment on, it absolutely exploded.발음듣기

We haven't looked back since.발음듣기

There wasn't a lot of downside to what we were doing.발음듣기

Everything was very positive, positive, positive.발음듣기

We really stayed pretty focused on what we needed to do in that niche market to make sure we continued to move forward.발음듣기

It was hard at times.발음듣기

Sometimes you find opportunities that may take you off your path.발음듣기

You really got to be disciplined to make sure that you continue to stay with what you're good at.발음듣기

You might start hearing from maybe Ag people, farmers asking for a specific light for a specific project.발음듣기

We sit down as a team.발음듣기

We go over it.발음듣기

It's almost like a focus group where we talk about different products.발음듣기

What's the potential for it?발음듣기

We give it a rating.발음듣기

If the rating is high enough, it will go to the design phase.발음듣기

We'll do an SLA or a prototype and see.발음듣기

What does it look like?발음듣기

How does it feel?발음듣기

What's the weight going to be?발음듣기

How much light output are we going to get out of it?발음듣기

Are we getting 10,000 units out of this in the first year?발음듣기

Are we getting 150,000 units out of this?발음듣기

What is our margin on it?발음듣기

Is it what the customer wants?발음듣기

Is it what we wanted?발음듣기

Is it a Rigid product?발음듣기

Those are all things we take into account as well.발음듣기

When you have big companies knocking at your door asking you to design something, a company like a Toyota or a John Deere comes knocking on your door, it's hard to say "No" to companies like that.발음듣기

If we don't have the infrastructure set and we're not ready for that, it was going to make us fail.발음듣기

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