The 5 Biggest Mistakes People Make When Starting a Security Company
Discover the mistakes that cause new security company owners to waste money, underprice their services, struggle to win contracts, and build a business that cannot scale.
Stephen Taylor
Built a security company from $0 to 7 figures and 113 employees.
Starting a Security Company Is Not Just Getting an LLC and Hiring Guards
A lot of people enter this business thinking:
- “Once I get licensed, I can start getting contracts.”
- “I'll figure out pricing once customers start calling.”
- “If I hire good guards, the rest will work itself out.”
- “I just need my first client and then I'll figure out the systems.”
Those assumptions can become expensive mistakes.
In this free webinar, Stephen breaks down what actually needs to be in place if you want to build a legitimate, contract-ready security company instead of learning everything through trial and error.
What You’ll Discover
Five mistakes, broken down in one sitting — and what to do instead.
The Foundation Mistake
What new owners overlook before trying to pursue business.
The Pricing Mistake
Why guessing at your hourly rate can put you in trouble even when you win the contract.
The Contract Mistake
What you need to understand before trying to win and service security contracts.
The Operations Mistake
Why hiring officers without the right systems creates problems fast.
The Growth Mistake
Why building everything around yourself makes the company harder to scale.
Learn From Someone Who Actually Built It
Stephen Taylor built Kairos Security from $0 to seven figures in approximately five years, grew the company to 113 employees, and won major contracts including the City of Houston and TxDOT.
Built in about five years
At peak scale
City of Houston, TxDOT
In this webinar, Stephen shares the mistakes he sees aspiring owners make—and the lessons he wishes more people understood before starting.
Past business results are examples of experience and are not guarantees of future results.
This Webinar Is For You If…
You work in security and have thought about starting your own company.
You already started a security company but feel like you're figuring everything out as you go.
You know the security industry but don't fully understand the business side.
You want contracts, employees, systems, and a business that can grow beyond you.
Don’t Learn These Lessons the Expensive Way.
Learn the 5 biggest mistakes people make when starting a security company—and what to do instead.
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