1 hr 14 min

Ex-googler goes from cable guy to catching camera thieves - Trevor Sehrer, Lenstag Bootstrapped

    • Technology

Trevor Sehrer founded Lenstag in 2013 to fight camera theft and he’s been recovering camera equipment ever since. His childhood was tough to put it lightly. He dropped out of high school and college and eventually ended up as a site reliability engineer at Google. He moved from his hometown Corvallis, Oregon to Silicon Valley. Trevor embodies the spirit of this show as he’s extremely humble, relentless and entrepreneurial. His ability to keep showing up despite adversity pushing back against him is why he’s successful.
The takeaway from this episode is, keep showing up. Keep trying and you’ll get there. That’s the only thing that matters.
Business Contact Info
www.lenstag.com
First recovery: https://petapixel.com/2014/03/31/exclusive-lenstag-recovers-first-item-stolen-lens-returned-happy-owner/

Trevor Sehrer founded Lenstag in 2013 to fight camera theft and he’s been recovering camera equipment ever since. His childhood was tough to put it lightly. He dropped out of high school and college and eventually ended up as a site reliability engineer at Google. He moved from his hometown Corvallis, Oregon to Silicon Valley. Trevor embodies the spirit of this show as he’s extremely humble, relentless and entrepreneurial. His ability to keep showing up despite adversity pushing back against him is why he’s successful.
The takeaway from this episode is, keep showing up. Keep trying and you’ll get there. That’s the only thing that matters.
Business Contact Info
www.lenstag.com
First recovery: https://petapixel.com/2014/03/31/exclusive-lenstag-recovers-first-item-stolen-lens-returned-happy-owner/

1 hr 14 min

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