Jacob and Tom spent a lot of time together in the military, serving in the same infantry unit and then together in the Asymmetric Warfare Group. They both even ended up going to business schools in Boston (Tom at MIT Sloan and Jacob at HBS).
While at AWG, they met their now business partner, Pete Facchini, a legend from the 75th Ranger Regiment. Pete was building bulletproof bookshelves for use in schools as a way to limit the threat of active shooters. Pete wanted to focus on the product and told them, "Hey, you guys are interested in business....you worry about that." And so they did.
This episode was originally scheduled to be released later but was bumped up based on the recent events in Uvalde.