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Zach Mutnik

Zach Mutnik

Owner and CEO of Mutt's Electric, a veteran-owned electrical contracting company in Punta Gorda, Florida; Navy veteran who acquired the $1.7M business in 2025.

Jul 15, 2026

Blue Collar StartUp

Blue Collar StartUp

Buying a $1.7M Electrical Business With No Experience | Blue Collar StartUp #134

Jul 15 · 44m

Mike Nelson
Mike NelsonHOST
17:46
In the year and a half that you and your wife have been operating the business, what do you think your biggest challenges that you've seen have been? I would say
Zack Mutnik
Zack MutnikGUEST
17:55
employees.
Zack Mutnik
Zack MutnikGUEST
17:58
Being in the Navy, I was kind of mid-management.
Zack Mutnik
Zack MutnikGUEST
18:00
I had some guys under me.
Zack Mutnik
Zack MutnikGUEST
18:02
Directly under me, I probably had like five guys, maybe a total of 20 in my division.
Zack Mutnik
Zack MutnikGUEST
18:05
But it was different.
Zack Mutnik
Zack MutnikGUEST
18:08
It's hard to describe.

22 MINS LATER

Derek Foster
Derek FosterHOST
40:34
How about kids that are looking at electrical work or getting into it in their early years? What advice do you have?

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