From High School Dropout to Steel Empire
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Texas is different in the fact that we just do it. Texas is known for the freedom inside of it and just the work ethic. You know, when you're born country or redneck, whatever you want to call us, you think differently.
You got to get up and you got to go make it happen. Justin Bradley is a faith-driven entrepreneur and the founder of Jag Metals, LLC. Drawing from his journey in construction and business ownership, he builds companies rooted in service, family values, and community impact while creating opportunities that extend far beyond the work itself.
What really helped us in marketing is it made us understand that our clients don't market the way we do. So we had to market for them. I knew I had to take that JAG brand, the J-A-G, JAG Metals, and brand it into their head because that's my future homeowner.
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For Inside Success, I am Ray Gutierrez. Joining me today is Justin Bradley. Justin, I've got so many show notes here. Justin, why are you here? What brings your awesomeness to our studio today?
What motivated Justin Bradley to start JAG Metals?
Well, my social media girl, Benna, and myself, we've been, you know, you're always promoting the brand, right? Yes, sir. Everything's about the brand. And we thought it was time to get the story out and kind of see where this went. You are here as the co-founder of? Jack Metals LLC.
Jack Metals LLC. What is Jack Metals, sir?
So obviously, we're a Texas-based company. We're out of Weatherford, Texas. We're based out of Parker County. And that's where we started. Anyway, that was the original one 10 years ago. Right on. So in Texas, you come in, you buy your I-beams, your purlin, things that you don't know what I'm talking about.
How did dropping out of high school shape Justin's journey?
But it's all the structural components that makes a metal building. I'm sure some folks will know what you're talking about. I'm sure there's a lot that's going to understand that. And then we manufacture all your sheets and trim. four to ten days you've got a metal building now that just like that yeah i mean and then you know that's going to be from storage facilities all the way to uh what we call barnuminiums uh you know yeah house inside yeah you know and pretty much a lifetime it's not like a house you're not repainting you're not sticking a new roof on it i mean this thing's ready to go it's built out of steel yeah yeah right so that's that's where it started uh obviously we've grown created a secondary company sister company that called fab forward llc uh that was when jayden came in so blake bailey obviously my original partner brought jayden in a few years later jayden and i had worked together way in the past uh super smart engineer and way smarter than i am uh
And we started doing bolt-ups. We actually have bolt-ups here in Florida. Right on. So we've got bolt-ups shipped to about 25, pushing 30 states now. Right on.
So where are you from?
So I'm from Parker County. I started in Brock, Texas, which is right outside of Weatherford. But my parents didn't keep me there long. It's a huge thriving community now. I mean, it's where you want to live. But, you know, when I was there, there was about 12 kids went to school in each class.
What marketing strategies contributed to JAG Metals' growth?
Wow. Wow. Wow. Talk about that massive change of where you come from till today. Literally sitting in Miami in the studio talking about you're about to reveal and talk about your story for our episode.
We are. We are. We're going to talk about that.
As a matter of fact, you and I are doing an interview together.
So where do you begin? I guess you start in Brock, Texas. So obviously I was born, I was born in Fort Worth, but you know, when I was a young child, I was in Brock, Texas. I have two older brothers. Right on. They went to Brock. My mother didn't allow me. We had a brief stint. We moved down to Houston for about three months with my dad's business trucking and that didn't work out.
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