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Oct 9, 2026 26 min

Ep 36: Jack Child, G-FORCE

from THIS is a Thing Hosted by Dana Mauriello

Jack Child spent decades as a pilot, first in the Air Force and then at Delta. He then launched G-FORCE, a parking lot striping franchise (now with many other service verticals) with a focus on supporting veteran owners. In this conversation, Jack shares how he went from looking to pivot away from commercial aviation after 9/11 to building a franchise network, why he wasn’t ready to franchise the first time (and did it anyway), and why he decided to open G-FORCE to non-veterans in order to better serve the veterans already in the system. THIS is a Thing is a podcast about how founders of unusual businesses made their wild ideas happen. G-FORCE Parking Lot Striping: https://www.gogforce.com Dana’s Newsletter: nationofdoers.substack.com Music licensed through Soundstripe. Code: NRXXJ2LY1IO8F8JK

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