Today our guest is Lauren Cruz, who discusses her transition from the military to starting her own coaching business to serve U.S. Service Members and Veterans and help them transition into the civilian workforce.

Lauren is a Veteran graduate of the United States Naval Academy During her career in the U.S. Navy, she worked for the White House Communications Agency in Washington, D.C., where she led teams on weekly domestic and international missions as they built a secure communications environment for the President of the United States (POTUS) his support staff and the U.S. Secret Service.

Lauren has been taking advantage of the free business coaching through the Community Navigator Pilot Program here at Iona, which offers free small business education and services for military-connected entrepreneurs. The program is supported by the Small Business Administration in partnership with Syracuse University's Institue for Veteran and Military Families. To learn more, visit https://www.iona.edu/academics/schools-institutes/hynes-institute-entrepreneurship-innovation/sba-community-navigator

For more information about Lauren and her coaching practice:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-cruz-cams-74819ab4/

GaelVentures is the Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation's community incubator at Iona University. The Hynes Institute is an interdisciplinary hub for the development of creativity and leadership skills critical for success in a global economy. Learn how to take your ideas from concept to execution. Take a course on the entrepreneurial mindset, attend a guest lecture, and collaborate with peers and mentors in our coworking space.

This podcast is made available through the generosity of Jim and Anne Marie Hynes