The Veteran (Semi) Professional

Send us Fan Mail Jake's story is a great one. He started piecing together the idea for making great watches while serving in MARSOC and then kept working on it after leaving the Marines and working in a few other places. We talk about running a business with your significant other (his wife) and what he does to help others veterans thinking about entrepreneurship.  Sangin Instruments

Send us Fan Mail I got to meet Steve at an event in Houston and can attest that he is a genuinely good dude.   His story is crazy and there's a TON to learn here.   A former enlisted grunt, we get into his own rocky path out of the army and how he went from being on the brink of taking his life to living in a monastery for months to 20+ business partnerships and deals with millions.   Steve i...

Send us Fan Mail Topics Discussed: Mark goes on a short rant about LinkedIn transition "gurus" as well as bad advice that's out there for veterans  Ukraine v. Russia update  Russia launches hypersonic missile  Chemical facility in Ukraine and Russian propaganda  People made more off their homes than their jobs last year  RIP Madeline Albright  The crazy world of Chinese nickel and i...

Send us Fan Mail Steve is an interesting case for this show because he himself is not a veteran. After starting and exciting a few companies, Steve turned into an investor.  Through that process, he teamed up with a Navy veteran who showed him the power of veterans as entrepreneurs.  That led him down the path to start investing in startups and search funds, with a particular focus on investing in...

Send us Fan Mail Patrick's story has a lot in it: - Working at some mega-firms like Goldman Sachs and Google and how he said "no" to them - Being OK with quitting - Starting a company with world-class experts to increase human performance

Send us Fan Mail Topics Discussed: Ukraine and Russia update How does this end? Sanctions Trouble for cargo flights Remote work Car prices through the roof 

Send us Fan Mail Steve has some great experience to learn from: Retired Air Force Government contracting and working in the defense industry  Venture Capital and Angel Investing Innovation within DoD

Send us Fan Mail Topics Discussed: Russia Invades Pros and cons of sanctions Canada unfreezes bank accounts of truck protestors Big Data is...well....big Truth Social is a disaster 

Send us Fan Mail Zack is seriously the man.  He and I started our friendship while I was at the Civil Affairs Qualification Course.  We then worked together in Syria and again when I was in Saudi Arabia.  Currently, Zack works for Spirit of America . Who exactly are they?  They support warfighters and diplomats who need to get something down, but either they don't have the right kind of money...

Send us Fan Mail Topics Discussed: Army makes their own app to connect Guards/Reserves with active roles Changes in VA disability for hearing, sleep apnea, and mental health Russia/Ukraine update What the CPI doesn't catch with inflation Legislators and stocks Coinbase and the Super Bowl Off-site is the new in-office 

Send us Fan Mail Jason runs Brokerz Edge , which trains people how to get started with being a freight broker.  Here's Jason's thoughts on why you might want to think about this option: "I have now moved countless tons of freight and made ridiculous amounts of money doing it. I always tell people that transportation is the only industry that I know of where high school graduates can...

Send us Fan Mail Topics Covered Is Moscow the next Hollywood?   German firms don't want war China and Russia : friendly, not friends Airlines mega-merger Will Meta end in Europe ? Massive pay at Amazon

Send us Fan Mail Marty has a wide-range of activities, which makes him a great guest to learn from: Current CEO of two different companies Founding partner of security consulting firm Sought-after keynote speaker Author of Be Nimble: How the Creative Navy SEAL Mindset Wins on the Battlefield and in Business Author of The Time Warrior Saga and SEAL Strike series We talk about his early bumps in the...

Send us Fan Mail If you listen to this show, I hope you've learned about the options available through Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition.  You may think you need to be a Harvard MBA with millions in the bank to make this happen, but today's guest is here to tell you why that is not the case.  After a few army buddies told John Hubbard that he should consider business acquisition, he t...

Send us Fan Mail Topics Discussed: National Guard Troops can form unions Russia shaking things up in the EU "New Supreme Court who dis?!" Interest rates  Venture Capital in US and China  Taxes in the UK

Send us Fan Mail Larry Broughton is simply...awesome.   After leaving the Army where he served as Special Forces NCO, Larry has had a tremendous career.   Founded broughtonHOTELS , a leader in the boutique hotel industry with close to 20 hospitality projects.   Incredibly popular leadership speaker, he has been invited to talk to organizations like Wal-Mart, Wounded Warrior Project, Lexus, and the...

Send us Fan Mail Topics Discussed: - Ukraine and the Big Mish - Computer-assisted target acquisition for SAW gunners - Microsoft buys ActiVision to pursue the "Netflix of Gaming" - 5G and airline concerns (plus some real technical talk from Kyle) - Voting right bills - Why investors are dumping Bitcoin

Send us Fan Mail Dr. Ruth Gotian is a heavy-hitter.  Here's some of her accomplishments: Chief Learning Officer and Assistant Professor of Education in Anesthesiology and former Assistant Dean of Mentoring and Executive Director of the Mentoring Academy at Weill Cornell Medicine Frequent contributor to Forbes, where she writes about optimizing for success Soon to publish The Success Factor: D...

Send us Fan Mail Vic is the man.  Seriously- he's just a cool guy.  He played football at the Air Force Academy, invests in real estate, and spent most of the last 18 months living out of an RV.   You all are going to love this episode.  Zero Gravity (zerogravityrei.com) Vic Thompson (@victhompson_rei) • Instagram photos and videos

Send us Fan Mail Olaseni is a jack of all trades.  He served in the Army as a lawyer, worked in the finance industry, interned at Google, got an MBA, started a healthcare startup, and is currently at Meta.   We talk about starting a company while getting an MBA and why veterans should take advantage of the timing to do this. 

Send us Fan Mail You all asked for more on working in tech so here you go! Erik is a former Marine who got his MBA at the University of Texas.  After that, he entered a career in tech, going from Amazon to being a co-founder, to working at a startup.  Listen in to lear what a product manager actually does. Visit the Job Board

Send us Fan Mail Topics Discussed: - Saudi Arabia would like more missiles , please - Putin is just flexin' on Ukraine - Virgin Atlantic makes moves - Joe Manchin continues to hold out on BBB - Top 10 tech changes of 2021 - Apple coming with AR glasses Visit our job board. 

Send us Fan Mail We all know the "normal" academy grad path after the military.  Go get an MBA and then work in corporate America.  It's a tried and true path.  But Jon did something different.  Instead, he went into teaching.   We walk about the challenges of the classroom, his podcast Teaching Unmasked, and why he tells his wrestlers to try and punch him in the face. 

Send us Fan Mail We have two teasers in this show about projects for our audience- you don't want to miss.  Topics Discussed: - Oklahoma Governor says "No" to vaccines for OK National Guard - Putin lays down the "red line" - Economy, inflation, and interest rates - Digital real estate in the metaverse - Jack Dorsey steps down from Twitter

Send us Fan Mail I'm super pumped to bring the first non-US veteran onto the show, David Horesh.   David is a former Israeli commando who now uses his problem-solving experience from the military to help companies with their problems. We walk about the similarities of being a veteran, regardless of country, and hear some stories of life in the Israeli Defense Forces.