Service Academy Business Mastermind

Gary Slyman (USNA '81) is a leadership coach and Mentor at the Global Good Fund.  The Global Good Fund is a leadership development enterprise built by and for social entrepreneurs. Their Veterans Leadership Program is a year-long program supporting the leadership development of entrepreneurs who are military veterans. They invest in these innovators by pairing them with executives who serve as Men...

On this episode of the SABM podcast we discuss how a side hustle can help you: Improve your skillset Build new relationships And make more money! Side Hustlers are near and dear to my heart, mostly because I am one. I built both StrengthsMugs.com and the Service Academy Business Mastermind in my spare time. Both projects have been very rewarding, and not just financially; they have provided me wit...

Justus Getty (USNA '04) is an attorney with Duane Morris LLP , an AmLaw100 firm with more than 800 attorneys in offices across the globe. His work is primarily focused on the acquisition, enforcement, and licensing of patents and trademarks. His practice is also focused on startups, entrepreneurs, and early stage companies. He is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center, where he t...

Adam Hardage (USAFA '97) is the CEO of Remote Health Solutions , a world leader in the advancement of telehealth solutions, leveraging "virtual exam room" (VER) technology to connect patients anywhere in the world with a Physician or Specialist in real time, providing complete remote diagnostics with high definition video. His mission is to bring expert medical care to those in need anywhere on th...

Preston Pysh (USMA '03) is the Co-Founder of the Investor's Podcast , a popular podcast on value investing that gets 50,000 downloads per day.  The Investor's Podcast was ranked as the #1 podcast by Entrepreneur Magazine in 2017 and as the #1 investing podcast by CNBC in 2016.  Preston is also the Founder of The Pylon Holding Company.  Pylon's mission is to conservatively grow equity through the a...

Jeff Payne (USNA '04) is a Founding Partner at Greyfeather Capital and the Founder of Squared Away – The Pocket Square Movement .  At Squared Away, Jeff has completely re-imagined the traditional pocket square with an innovative design which makes it super easy to wear a pocket square in your suit pocket. Today, we'll discuss the launch of Squared Away and his crowdfunding campaign that you can su...

Bill Militello (USNA '92) is the CEO of Militello Capital and Mil Advisor.   Militello Capital  is a team of veteran entrepreneurs who invest capital in joint ventures with a select group of highly successful private equity and real estate operators.   Mil Advisor  is an exclusive community for accredited investors to discover, research, and discuss private investments with knowledgeable investmen...

On this episode of the Service Academy Business Mastermind podcast, we discuss our recent live event!  The event was hosted by our 10X Accelerator coach Bill Watkins, USMA '77 . In this episode, Bill and I discuss: $100k+ insights from the attendees of the event Why live events are an important part of Bill's 10X Accelerator program Life-changing partnerships between Academy grads that resulted fr...

Buddy Rushing (USNA '04) is the CEO of White Feather Investments , a real estate investing company.  Over the past ten years Buddy and his team have flipped houses, wholesaled, invested in trust deeds, structured seller financed transactions using Roth IRA funds, purchased an apartment complex, executed multiple 1031 exchanges, and much more.  In the past ten months, the White Feather Investor's g...

"In the first year I went from speaking for an Amazon gift card to a year later earning $5000 per keynote speech." -Dave Swanson, USMA '02 Dave Swanson (USMA '02) is a keynote speaker, mentor, and the author of The Dot on the Left .  As a motivational speaker, he was a platoon leader that engaged in over 100 firefights while deployed to Sadr City, Iraq. Dave is a consummate leader that speaks and...

Emmanuel Eleyae (USMA '04) is an e-commerce entrepreneur.  After serving as an Army officer, Emmanuel managed a distribution warehouse for Amazon and then set out on his own to build an e-commerce business (satinlinedcaps.com) to 7-Figures.  Emmanuel has advised multiple successful 6, 7, and 8 figure e-commerce companies that were acquired or built from scratch.  He also leads SABM's  E-Commerce S...

"I really love investing.  If you're intellectually curious it's a great profession to be in because you learn about different types of companies and industries." -Joe Sroka, USMA '88 Joe Sroka (USMA '88) is the Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Nova Point Capital , a Registered Investment Advisory firm based in Atlanta. Joe's team manages investment portfolios for high net worth individu...

"West Point really helped me get good solid habits to execute and get things done.  Getting out into the entrepreneurial world and trying out my entrepreneurial wings helped me to become more creative and go after things.  I felt like I could make a difference in people's lives around money." -Gary Klaben, USMA '79 Gary Klaben (USMA '79) is the President of Coyle Financial Council , an innovative...

"Tenavox is a commercial real estate site built to empower, educate, and connect businesses with the best information, tools, and resources for their lease." -Marissa Limsiaco, USMA '05 Marissa Limsiaco (USMA '05) is the co-founder of Tenavox , an innovative company that helps commercial tenants make the best lease decision possible.  Tenavox is the commercial real estate industry's only platform...

"It started very intimately with a couple of Marines I deployed with and we thought there was value in the lessons we had learned in a place as unforgiving as Fallujah." -Jason Brezler, USNA '00 Jason Brezler (USNA '00) is the Founder of Leadership Under Fire , a leadership training company that develops leaders and prepares organizations for the moral, physical and mental rigors critical to optim...

"If you want to teach people a new way of thinking, don't bother trying to teach them. Instead, give them a tool, the use of which will lead to new ways of thinking." -Verne Harnish In this episode of the Service Academy Business Mastermind podcast, Bill Watkins (USMA '77 and 10X Accelerator Coach) and I discuss how to create a "One-Page" Strategic Plan. In this episode, you'll learn: A 6-step app...

"One of the most exciting things that's happened with Battle Monument Partners is getting calls from existing investors saying 'hey, can I put in more capital?' It's a real testament to the satisfaction and trust people have gained by being in the fund."  -Mike Brumagin, USMA '89 Mike Brumagin, USMA '89, is General Partner at Battle Monument Partners , a real estate investment fund with a focus on...

"When I was in the Army, I started building websites and a lot of them failed.  But I learned as I was failing.  I finally did a few collaborative projects that took off and it was proof to me that I could make money online." -Tom Morkes, USMA '08 Tom Morkes, U.S. Military Academy '08, is a serial entrepreneur who helps SaaS companies, e-commerce brands and book authors implement and grow high-vol...

"We bring in the right candidates, equip them with right hard skills, and deliver them to companies that can develop them into successful Account Executives." -Justin Ossola, USNA '06 Nick Breedlove graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in '01 and Justin Ossola graduated in '06 and together they founded Tech Qualled , an innovative sales training and recruiting company for military veterans. Tech...

Today, I'm excited to launch our brand new SABM Accelerator Program!  Our Accelerator Program is a world-class coaching program for Service Academy graduates who are building businesses. The Accelerator will consist of individual mastermind groups, each led by a proven coach.  I'm assembling the "dream team" of business coaches to lead these groups.  The coaches are all Academy grads who are crush...

"I've always had an obsession with jumping.  So what spurred the idea for this was my interest in entrepreneurship and my love of fitness and specifically jumping."  - Dave Hunt, USNA '04 Dave Hunt graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 2004 and is the founder of Crossrope, a company that sells an innovative jump rope system that helps people stay fit.  The Wall Street Journal recently published...

"I wasn't the biggest academic at school. But I truly valued the people around me. I became friends with as many people as I could because I knew every one of my classmates would become successful."  -Chris McKinley, USMA '14 Chris McKinley graduated from West Point in 2014 and is the founder of Toes To Barbell, an apparel company serving the fitness community.  He's also the founder of Catch Your...

"What I slowly realized over time through West Point, my military service and corporate America was that I needed to be on the tip of the spear. And I think entrepreneurial ventures are the tip of the spear." -Bill Watkins, USMA '77 Bill Watkins graduated from West Point in '77 and is the co-founder of The Lion's Pride, a coaching program that helps entrepreneurs grow their businesses without losi...

"When you have a great partner, it's unbelievable.  It's worth its weight in gold.  You're much stronger with somebody else." -Terry MacGregor, USNA '00 In this episode, you'll learn: How Terry's team uses data analytics to predict energy markets Tips for choosing the right business partner Tips for improving team communication Terry graduated from USNA in 2000 and is the founder of Byte Lion and...

"We're seeing that there is this huge gap where big agencies don't want to help the business owner on the ground who is local. So we crafted a solution that helps them. So far it's been amazing."  -Trevor Shirk, USMA '08 Trevor Shirk graduated from West Point in 2008 and is the founder of Targeted Laser SEO (TLS), an online marketing company based in Denver, CO.  TLS provides SEO and cutting edge...