Tyler Stallings, an entrepreneur and former Marine, said creating his durable product was a significant financial risk, involving over-engineering with rare earth minerals and titanium, ensuring top quality with his name on the line. Stallings was a guest on a recent episode of the Best of Midland Podcast.
“It was a huge and significant stress and financial risk for me to get to the point of, 'I have a protected idea, I have inventory, I have a website I can sell, I can send it out the door,’” said Stallings on a recent edition of the Best of Midland Podcast. “It was a very significant amount of money for me, and a lot of it, too, is that you're dealing with a rare earth mineral. As a Marine, I over-engineered this to the point where I wanted this to be the most durable lifetime product that anyone could put on their boat because my name's on it.”
“We put infused titanium on the inside to hold the strongest parts of the magnet, which is taking a ton of force, CNC machine parts, and we just didn't spare any expense in making sure that we produced the best products imaginable,” Stallings said. “When we went on to make the harnesses themselves, we ensured that we had the best company to produce what we wanted to produce."
Stallings, a former Marine, is the creator of the StealthRig, a product designed to enhance bow hunting gear. Drawing from his experience as a Machine Gunner with the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, Stallings developed the StealthRig after a challenging hunting experience during his military service.
Best of Midland Podcast is hosted by Ryan Shewchuk and Terra Avery. It is an extension of the broader Best of Midland program, which aims to support small, local businesses by showcasing them and the people behind them. Their website lists top businesses and upcoming live events happening in the area.
The podcast is available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.