Built By Heroes Built by Heroes

Built by Heroes, goes behind the helmet to understand the people and brands behind firefighter, law enforcement, and veteran owned businesses.

On today's episode we are joined by Dustin Pugh and learn how he started his business. Dustin Pugh founded Faction Tool Company in 2017 when he turned his garage hobby into a small business. He saw a need for a good quality, hard-use blade he could carry and that would as an all-purpose tool. He researched, asked questions and, after countless trials and errors (about a year’s worth), he perfected the craft of making hard-use blades/tools.

Dustin has served his community proudly since 2008, and currently is a full-time S.W.A.T operator in Montgomery County, Texas, where he is an Assaulter/Breacher. He also holds Deputy USMS credentials and is on the Gulf Coast Violent Offender Task Force. This unit tracks and locates the most violent wanted individuals all over the U.S.  

Built by Heroes, goes behind the helmet to understand the people and brands behind firefighter, law enforcement, and veteran owned businesses. 

On today's episode we are joined by Tara Cornett and learn how she started her business. Tara is a Navy veteran and have also worked for the Marines Corps and the Army - and my brother is a firefighter. I developed FLAME, a line of decontamination products for firefighters to remove carcinogens after a fire call.



While FLAME was developed to meet the needs of firefighters, who work with more toxins than any other profession, there are a lot of professions and hobbies that work with toxins and FLAME products are great for those people as well, as it was developed to remove a wide variety of toxins.   When it comes to biz: Find something you're passionate about and just do it. Start now. If you don't know what you're passionate about, start something and you'll find your passion.