In this episode of Tactical Wealth, we sit down with former Marine F/A-18 Hornet pilot and portfolio manager Tony Bancroft.

After flying more than 100 carrier landings, completing multiple combat deployments, and serving as a Marine Corps fighter pilot, Tony made the leap from military aviation to Wall Street. Today, he manages one of the top-performing aerospace and defense ETFs, combining firsthand military experience with long-term value investing.

Tony shares what it's really like to land a fighter jet on an aircraft carrier at night, why veterans often feel behind their civilian peers after leaving the service, and how the discipline and systems thinking developed in the military became his greatest advantage in finance.

In this episode, we dive into:
✈️ From the Cockpit to Wall Street: How Tony transitioned from Marine Corps aviation to managing a leading aerospace and defense ETF.
🛩️ The Pressure of Carrier Landings: What it's like to land a 33,000-pound fighter jet on a moving aircraft carrier in complete darkness.
📈 Building a Career in Finance: Why business school, mentorship, and value investing helped accelerate his second career.
🎖️ Military Skills That Translate: How discipline, checklists, and breaking down complex problems create success in business and investing.
💼 Why Veterans Have an Edge: The leadership, operational experience, and perspective that many employers and investors overlook.
💰 Investing Within Your Circle of Competence: Why understanding an industry matters more than chasing the next hot stock.
🚀 Transitioning with Purpose: Why your military experience can become your biggest competitive advantage after service.

Whether you're serving, transitioning out of the military, building a career in finance, or simply looking to become a better leader and investor, Tony shares practical lessons that apply far beyond the cockpit.

👉 Ready to stay tactical and stay driven? Hit SUBSCRIBE and join us for more conversations on leadership, wealth, and building a life of purpose.

EPISODE RESOURCES

Connect with Tony Bancroft:
🌐 Website: gabelli.com
👤 LinkedIn: Tony Bancroft
📈 Gabelli Commercial Aerospace & Defense ETF (GCAD)

Connect with Kaj Larsen:
🌐 Website: kajlarsen.com
📸 Instagram: @KajLarsen
👤 LinkedIn: Kaj Larsen

In this episode of Tactical Wealth, we sit down with Army veteran, entrepreneur, and Alpha Coffee co-founder Carl Churchill.

Before building a multi-million dollar coffee company, Carl spent more than 22 years serving as an Army intelligence officer, leading teams across infantry, armored, and special operations environments. After transitioning from military service, he experienced the highs and lows of entrepreneurship, including startup successes, devastating setbacks during the Great Recession, and the hard lessons that ultimately led to building Alpha Coffee.

Carl shares how military leadership shaped his approach to business, why purpose matters more than profit alone, and how resilience helped him navigate failure, uncertainty, and growth.

In this episode, we dive into:
☕ Building Alpha Coffee: How Carl and his wife started a coffee company from their basement and grew it into a thriving multi-million dollar business.
🎖️ Lessons from Military Leadership: The principles of teamwork, discipline, and servant leadership that continue to guide his business today.
📉 Surviving Failure & Economic Crisis: What Carl learned after multiple startups collapsed during market downturns and why setbacks often become opportunities.
🚀 Entrepreneurship After Service: Why veterans are uniquely equipped to build businesses and lead teams through uncertainty.
💡 Finding Purpose Beyond the Uniform: Carl's transition from military service to the corporate world and eventually entrepreneurship.
🤝 Taking Care of Your People: How military leadership principles helped shape Alpha Coffee's culture and employee-first approach.
⚡ Adapt, Adjust, Overcome: Why entrepreneurs must be willing to pivot, iterate, and keep moving forward when plans change.
💰 Financial Lessons Learned the Hard Way: The mistakes Carl made early in life and the money habits he wishes more veterans adopted sooner.

Whether you're transitioning from military service, building a business, leading a team, or looking for inspiration to overcome adversity, Carl's story is packed with practical lessons on leadership, resilience, and purpose-driven entrepreneurship.

👉 Ready to stay tactical and stay driven? Hit SUBSCRIBE and join us for more conversations on leadership, wealth, and building a life of purpose.

EPISODE RESOURCES

Connect with Carl Churchill:
🌐 Website: alpha.coffee
👤 LinkedIn: Carl Churchill

Connect with Kaj Larsen:
🌐 Website: kajlarsen.com
📸 Instagram: @KajLarsen
👤 LinkedIn: Kaj Larsen

In this episode of Tactical Wealth, we sit down with entrepreneur, investor, veteran, and media entrepreneur Anthony Pompliano.

Before becoming one of the most recognizable voices in finance, technology, and investing, Anthony served as an infantry sergeant in the U.S. Army and deployed to Iraq. After leaving the military, he entered the world of startups, entrepreneurship, and investing, eventually building and backing companies that would go on to achieve billion-dollar valuations. But this conversation goes far beyond investing.

Anthony shares the lessons he learned from military service, the mistakes that shaped his investing philosophy, and why he believes discipline, resilience, and a willingness to do hard things are often the biggest differentiators between success and failure.

In this episode, we dive into:

🎖️ From Infantry Sergeant to Investor: How military service shaped Anthony's approach to business, leadership, and risk-taking.
📈 Learning the Hard Way: The investing mistakes that taught him some of his most valuable lessons.
🚀 Building Companies & Backing Startups: What he learned from investing in more than 200 companies and working alongside world-class entrepreneurs.
₿ Bitcoin & Conviction: Why Anthony became an early believer in Bitcoin and how he approaches long-term investing.
🤖 The AI Revolution: How artificial intelligence is changing business, investing, and wealth creation faster than most people realize.

⚡ The Power of Doing Hard Things: Why choosing the difficult path often creates the greatest opportunities for growth.
🧠 Discipline, Patience & Compound Growth: The mindset principles that have guided Anthony throughout his career.
🇺🇸 Lessons from the Military: How service continues to influence the way he makes decisions, builds businesses, and navigates uncertainty.

Whether you're building a business, growing your wealth, navigating a career transition, or simply looking to develop a stronger mindset, Anthony's story offers practical lessons on leadership, investing, and long-term success.

👉 Ready to stay tactical and stay driven? Hit SUBSCRIBE and join us for another conversation on leadership, wealth, and building a life of purpose.

EPISODE RESOURCES

Connect with Anthony Pompliano:
📸 Instagram: @pompglobal
𝕏 X: @APompliano
🌐 Website: pomp.com

Connect with Kaj Larsen:
🌐 Website: kajlarsen.com
📸 Instagram: @KajLarsen
👤 LinkedIn: Kaj Larsen

In this inspiring episode of Tactical Wealth, we sit down with retired Command Sergeant Major Tonya Oxendine, a trailblazing military leader, master paratrooper, veteran advocate, and one of the first Black female Command Sergeant Majors in the 82nd Airborne Division.

Tonya's journey began on a dirt road in St. Augustine, Florida, where she grew up in a single-parent household and learned resilience long before she ever put on a uniform. What followed was a remarkable 30-year Army career that saw her rise through the enlisted ranks, serve as a drill sergeant, lead soldiers around the world, and ultimately reach the highest levels of enlisted leadership.

But this conversation goes beyond military achievement. Tonya opens up about overcoming adversity, navigating leadership when few people looked like her, confronting mental health challenges after service, and finding renewed purpose through her work helping veterans at Wounded Warrior Project.

In this episode, we dive into:

🪂 From Dirt Roads to Airborne Operations: How Tonya transformed humble beginnings into a historic military career.
🎖️ Reaching the Top of the Army: The leadership principles that carried her to Command Sergeant Major and the highest enlisted ranks.
⚔️ Leadership Is a People's Business: Why serving others, not chasing rank, is the true foundation of great leadership.
🧠 Mental Health & Finding Purpose Again: Tonya's candid story of struggle, recovery, and rediscovering meaning after military service.
💪 Wealth Through Health: Why physical fitness, mental resilience, and purpose are the cornerstones of lasting success.
🇺🇸 Veteran Transition Lessons: Practical advice for service members preparing for life after the uniform comes off.
📈 Financial Wisdom Learned the Hard Way: From expensive mistakes to building generational wealth with the help of a trusted financial advisor.

Whether you're serving today, transitioning into civilian life, leading a team, or simply looking for inspiration to overcome adversity, Tonya's story is a powerful reminder that your circumstances do not determine your future.
👉 Ready to stay tactical and stay driven? Hit SUBSCRIBE and join us for another conversation on leadership, purpose, and building wealth that lasts.

EPISODE RESOURCES

Connect with Wounded Warrior Project:
🌐 Website: https://www.woundedwarriorproject.org

Connect with Kaj Larsen:
🌐 Website: https://www.kajlarsen.com
📸 Instagram: @KajLarsen
👤 LinkedIn: Kaj Larsen

In this impactful episode of Tactical Wealth, we sit down with Maurice Philogene, a retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel, former federal agent (OSI), civilian police officer, and powerhouse real estate investor who has managed over $200M in real estate through Quattro Capital.

After 22 years of military service and a parallel 25-year career in corporate IT consulting, Maurice mastered the ultimate life hack: leveraging the 9-to-5 rather than letting it leverage him. Instead of "burning the boats," he utilized multiple steady paychecks to systematically buy cash-flowing assets. Today, as a lifestyle designer and host of the Try Life Onpodcast, Maurice is on a mission to teach veterans and professionals how to break free from the status quo, reclaim their time, and build true financial freedom. In this episode, we peel back the layers of his multifaceted career to reveal a highly strategic approach to wealth that prioritizes life experiences over vanity metrics.

In this episode, we dive into: 

🧠 The 14-Month Year: How dedicated time blocks can unlock nearly two extra months of productivity every single year. 

⚔️ The Counter-Intuitive Blueprint: Why you don’t need to quit your day job to build a multi-million dollar business. 

📱 Try Life On: Inside Maurice's philosophy of lifestyle design and conscious creation to maximize your most precious asset: time. 

🇷🇸 Global Aperture: How military deployments to places like Somalia and Cyprus eliminated fear and unlocked international real estate opportunities. 

📉 The $300k Vanity Lesson: The critical mistakes Maurice made buying a DC penthouse for ego instead of cash flow, and the tactical wealth lessons learned. 

🎯 Taking Care of People: How Air Force leadership principles translate directly into scaling a massive real estate portfolio.
Whether you're a veteran planning your transition, an aspiring real estate investor, or a corporate professional looking to reclaim your autonomy, this episode offers a practical roadmap for transforming discipline into geographic and financial power.

👉 Ready to stay tactical and stay driven? Hit SUBSCRIBE and let’s get into the fight.

EPISODE RESOURCES 

Connect with Maurice Philogene: 

🌐 Website: https://www.trylifeon.com 
📸 Instagram: @mauricephilogene 
👤 LinkedIn: Maurice Philogene

Connect with Kaj Larsen:
🌐 Website: https://www.kajlarsen.com 
📸 Instagram: @KajLarsen 
👤 LinkedIn: Kaj Larsen

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Tactical Wealth is a Gebbia Media production, brought to you by Siebert.Valor, a military-focused initiative from Siebert Financial. The Tactical Wealth podcast is for informational and entertainment purposes only. The views expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Siebert Financial. This podcast does not constitute investment advice, an offer to sell, or a solicitation to buy any securities. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Listeners should consult a qualified financial professional before making any investment decisions.
For more information and disclosures, please visit siebert.com/disclosures.

In this powerful episode of Tactical Wealth, we sit down with Daniel Corbett, a former Navy SEAL Team Six operator whose journey from the elite "Red Squadron" to a Serbian prison and eventually the tech world is nothing short of cinematic.

After a decade of active duty, including high-tempo deployments to Ramadi and the top-tier environment of Team Six, Daniel transitioned from a "sentient" operator to a serial entrepreneur. Author of the gripping book American Mercenary, Dan’s story is a masterclass in adaptability. He hasn't just survived the battlefield and international legal battles; he has evolved, teaching himself to code and launching a creative social gaming app. In this episode, we peel back the layers of the "operator" persona to reveal a cerebral, creative, and highly strategic founder who refuses to be painted into a corner.

In this episode, we dive into:

🧠 Learning How to Learn: Why the most valuable skill Dan took from the SEAL Teams wasn't shooting or diving, but the ability to rapidly acquire and apply new data.
⚔️ Beyond the Identity: The "Glass Ceiling" of the SEAL brand and why evolving your identity is crucial for success in the private sector.
📱 From Combat to Code: Inside the build of Epic Story Time, Dan’s new social gaming app designed to replace mind-numing scrolls with creative play.
🇷🇸 The Serbian Survival: How 18 months in a Serbian prison became a period of intense personal growth and entrepreneurial research.
📉 The ROI of the Range: The hard lessons of scaling a service business like Sentient Shooting Group and managing the "hidden" costs of a startup.
🎯 Dropping the Ego: Why being "the new guy" again is the secret to a successful transition and how to find the right partners for the grind.

Whether you're a veteran in transition, a tech founder, or someone looking to sharpen your cognitive fitness, this episode offers a roadmap for turning high-stakes experience into financial and creative power.

👉 Ready to stay tactical and stay driven? Hit SUBSCRIBE and let’s get into the fight.

EPISODE RESOURCES

Connect with Daniel Corbett:
📸 Instagram: @American_Mercenary
📖 Book: American Mercenary 

Connect with Kaj Larsen:
🌐 Website: https://www.kajlarsen.com
📸 Instagram: @KajLarsen
👤 LinkedIn: Kaj Larsen

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Tactical Wealth is a Gebbia Media production, brought to you by Siebert.Valor, a military-focused initiative from Siebert Financial. The Tactical Wealth podcast is for informational and entertainment purposes only. The views expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Siebert Financial. This podcast does not constitute investment advice, an offer to sell, or a solicitation to buy any securities. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Listeners should consult a qualified financial professional before making any investment decisions.
For more information and disclosures, please visit siebert.com/disclosures.

In this episode of Tactical Wealth, we sit down with Patrick Flood, a former Green Beret with over 20 years of Army service, Georgetown ROTC graduate, Duke MBA, and the founder of Owners in Honor, a nonprofit helping veterans buy, grow, and exit small businesses.

Patrick's path is anything but linear. From armor officer to working actor, from signal detachment commander to Special Forces, from finance executive to nonprofit founder, every chapter of his life has been a masterclass in adaptability, mentorship, and mission-driven leadership. In this episode, Patrick makes the case that the greatest wealth opportunity of our generation isn't a startup. It's the millions of profitable small businesses whose owners are ready to retire and have nobody to hand the keys to.

In this episode, we dive into:

⚔️ The Unconventional Path: How Patrick went from ROTC to Hollywood to Special Forces and why that winding road made him a better leader and entrepreneur.

🏢 The Silver Tsunami: Why the mass retirement of baby boomer business owners represents the single greatest small business acquisition opportunity in American history.

🎯 Buy Don't Build: Why purchasing an existing profitable business is a smarter, lower-risk path to ownership than starting from scratch.

🤝 The Human Terrain Advantage: How veterans are uniquely skilled at reading rooms, building rapport, and winning deals that MBA grads in Patagonia vests can't close.

📈 SBA Lending and the Acquisition Playbook: How Owners in Honor connects veterans with the right lenders, advisors, and education to successfully acquire and scale businesses.

🏘️ Coming Home: Why veteran business ownership isn't just a personal financial win. It's a community revitalization strategy that strengthens the fabric of small-town America.

💼 Exit and Succession Planning: The painful personal story of how Patrick's father sold a $3.8 million business for $600,000 and why veterans must understand the exit before they ever sign the papers.

Whether you're a veteran in transition, a current business owner thinking about your exit, or someone looking for a smarter path to entrepreneurship, this episode is a tactical blueprint for building wealth through ownership.

👉 Ready to stay tactical and stay driven? Hit SUBSCRIBE and let's get into the fight.

EPISODE CHAPTERS:

00:00 - Introduction: Patrick Flood and the mission of Owners in Honor 
01:22 - From Army brat to Green Beret: Patrick's unconventional origin story 
04:03 - Working in Hollywood and finding purpose after loss 
06:26 - September 11th and the shift to Special Forces 
09:18 - What makes SF different: Latitude, curiosity, and making do 
10:53 - The transition: Learning from his brother's path out 
11:48 - Going to Duke while commanding a battalion 
13:45 - Entrepreneurship inside the military: Leading Army Recruiting Command 
17:01 - The Honor Foundation and 50 cups of coffee 
18:18 - Landing at Andersen as chief of staff 
20:56 - Know your core: Don't be a Swiss Army knife, be a K-Bar 
21:36 - Finding the nonprofit path: Mentorship and the Owners in Honor origin story 
24:38 - Defining Owners in Honor: Risk mitigation and advisory services 
27:18 - The silver tsunami: America's greatest small business opportunity 
31:29 - The Virginia veteran: A real acquisition case study 
33:36 - SBA lending, the right lenders, and following the rules 
38:55 - Exit and succession planning: Patrick's father's painful lesson 
40:32 - Partnering with the Exit Planning Institute 
41:24 - Rapid Fire: Best investments, worst mistakes, and favorite books 
44:10 - How to connect with Patrick and Owners in Honor

EPISODE RESOURCES

Connect with Patrick Flood: 
🌐 Website: ownersinhr.com 
👤 LinkedIn: Patrick Michael Flood

Connect with Kaj Larsen: 

🌐 Website: https://www.kajlarsen.com 
📸 Instagram: @KajLarsen 
👤 LinkedIn: Kaj Larsen

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Tactical Wealth is a Gebbia Media production, brought to you by Siebert.Valor, a military-focused initiative from Siebert Financial. The Tactical Wealth podcast is for informational and entertainment purposes only. The views expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Siebert Financial. This podcast does not constitute investment advice, an offer to sell, or a solicitation to buy any securities. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Listeners should consult a qualified financial professional before making any investment decisions.
For more information and disclosures, please visit siebert.com/disclosures.

In this powerful episode of Tactical Wealth, we sit down with Rob O’Neill, a former Navy SEAL Team Six operator and the man who stood at the center of the most high-profile military operation since World War II.

After 16.5 years of service, over 400 combat missions, and being a key figure in the mission to find bin Laden, the Captain Phillips rescue, and Lone Survivor, Rob transitioned from the battlefield to the boardroom. He has since become a prolific entrepreneur, best-selling author, and the founder of the Operators Collective and Special Operators Transition Foundation. In this episode, we peel back the layers of the public-facing persona to reveal the disciplined, often humorous, and highly strategic mindset that makes a successful founder.

In this episode, we dive into: 

⚔️ The Operator’s Edge: How the communication, stress management, and problem-solving skills honed in the SEAL Teams serve as the ultimate business foundation. 

🧠 The Mental Architecture: Why "wherever you are, be there" and "mastering the easy stuff" are the keys to surviving both combat and entrepreneurial chaos. 

🚀 Building the Constellation: How Rob turned his combat experiences into a multi-vertical brand, from books and merch to speaking agencies and cannabis. 

🤝 The Partner Trap: Navigating the difference between the "pack of sled dogs" culture of the Teams and the realities of private-sector leadership. 

📈 Financial Discipline: Why the biggest mistake most veterans make is failing to utilize the Thrift Savings Plan and long-term investment strategies early. 

🎯 Take The Shot: The mindset of a founder who treats business like a mission, learns from failure, and isn't afraid to "pivot" when the plan hits a snag.

Whether you're a veteran in transition, a founder building a legacy, or an operator looking to sharpen your internal game, this episode is a masterclass in playing offense in life and business.

👉 Ready to stay tactical and stay driven? Hit SUBSCRIBE and let’s get into the fight.

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Tactical Wealth is a Gebbia Media production, brought to you by Siebert.Valor, a military-focused initiative from Siebert Financial. The Tactical Wealth podcast is for informational and entertainment purposes only. The views expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Siebert Financial. This podcast does not constitute investment advice, an offer to sell, or a solicitation to buy any securities. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Listeners should consult a qualified financial professional before making any investment decisions.
For more information and disclosures, please visit siebert.com/disclosures.

In this powerful episode of Tactical Wealth, we sit down with Commander Mark Divine, a retired Navy SEAL, New York Times bestselling author, and the visionary founder behind SEALFIT and Unbeatable Mind.

After a decade on active duty and another in the reserves, Mark transitioned from the "Cyborg" of SEAL Team 3 to a serial entrepreneur, building multiple million-dollar brands. From buying NavySeals.com for $35 in the early days of the internet to out-bidding global defense giants for $10M contracts, his journey is a masterclass in mental toughness, vertical development, and strategic pivot.

In this episode, we dive into: 

⚔️ The Wall Street Warrior: Why he left a high-path CPA career at 25 to join the SEALs.

🧠 The "Cyborg" Blueprint: How Zen meditation and box breathing became his "mental body armor" in BUD/S. 

🔬 The 5 Mountains: Why elite performance requires physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, and intuitional development. 

🚀 Founders’ Combat: The "Founders Split" at Coronado Brewing and how to choose the right partners. 

🤝 Market Warfare: Surviving the 2008 crash and pivoting when 90% of your revenue evaporates. 

🎯 Unbeatable Mind: How to "win in the mind" before you ever step onto the battlefield of business.

Whether you're a veteran in transition, a high-stakes founder, or an operator looking to sharpen your internal game, this episode provides the tactical tools to master your mission.

👉 Ready to forge an unbeatable mind? Hit SUBSCRIBE and let’s get tactical.

EPISODE CHAPTERS: 

00:00 - The revolutionary idea of the "Entrepreneurial SEAL" 
01:10 - Welcome to San Diego: Meeting "The Cyborg" 
03:55 - The snowmobile accident: Shattering the Scapula 
07:11 - Why I joined the SEALs at 25: Leaving the Big Eight 
12:29 - Discovering Zen in 1980s Manhattan 
16:18 - Learning to "drop off": The power of the Zen state 
18:55 - Visualizing the Warrior: Finding the right "story" to live 
23:53 - The Big Three: Breath control, Visualization, and Mental Management 
28:33 - Leading a Boat Crew: The "Shield Wall" of positivity 31:48 - First Business: Coronado Brewing Company & "Founders Divorce" 
34:11 - Buying NavySeals.com: Beating Amazon to the punch 
36:52 - Taking on Blackwater: Winning the $10M mentoring contract 
40:09 - The Flywheel Effect: Synergy between SEALFIT and Unbeatable Mind 
42:19 - Rapid Fire: Bitcoin in 2013 and financial mistakes 
46:58 - The Morning Routine: Winning before 10:00 AM 
51:04 - Where to find Mark & The Unbeatable Leader challenge

EPISODE RESOURCES 

Connect with Mark Divine:
🌐 Website: https://unbeatablemind.com
👤 LinkedIn: Mark Divine
📸 Instagram: @markdivineofficial
🎯 Challenge: https://unbeatableleader.com

Connect with Kaj Larsen:
🌐 Website: https://www.kajlarsen.com 
📸 Instagram: @KajLarsen 
👤 LinkedIn: Kaj Larsen

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Tactical Wealth is a Gebbia Media production, brought to you by Siebert.Valor, a military-focused initiative from Siebert Financial. The Tactical Wealth podcast is for informational and entertainment purposes only. The views expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Siebert Financial. This podcast does not constitute investment advice, an offer to sell, or a solicitation to buy any securities. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Listeners should consult a qualified financial professional before making any investment decisions.
For more information and disclosures, please visit siebert.com/disclosures.

In this powerful episode of Tactical Wealth, we sit down with Nuri Golan, a builder, operator, and advisor whose career spans special operations, deep tech, and venture building.

After serving as an officer in Israel’s elite Navy SEAL unit, Shayetet 13, Nuri transitioned into entrepreneurship, founding and exiting multiple companies. Today, he helps the next generation of founders scale through Vetted. From mapping beaches with cutting-edge tech in high-stakes operations to building and selling companies, his journey is a masterclass in discipline, adaptability, and execution.

In this episode, we dive into:

⚔️ Elite Foundations: His path to serving in an elite Israeli special operations unit.
🧠 The Pivot: How a military R&D role translated into a product mindset in startups.
🔬 Scientific Scaling: Why the best founders treat their companies like experiments.
🚀 Hard-Won Lessons: Insights from building, exiting, and failing across multiple startups.
🤝 The Failure Filter: The two biggest reasons early-stage companies fail and how to avoid them.
🎯 Vetted: How they are training operators to become high-level entrepreneurs.

Whether you're a founder, operator, investor, or someone looking to sharpen your decision-making, this episode is packed with real-world insights you can apply immediately.

👉 Ready to build with precision and purpose? Hit SUBSCRIBE and let’s get tactical.

EPISODE CHAPTERS:

00:00 - Hard conversations and tactical advice

04:17 - Why I left the US to join the IDF

08:06 - The dynamic in the IDF

10:47 - The "Israeli Model" vs. “US Model” 

13:58 - How Special Ops is actually Product Management

18:40 - Treating your startup like a scientific experiment

21:16 - Transitioning: The "Standards Gap" in the civilian world

25:59 - The "No Quit" Trap: When grit becomes a liability

30:13 - Why my third startup failed (and what I learned)

39:01 - Tactical Advice: The two biggest company killers

41:50 - Customer Discovery: Stop "leading the witness"

49:31 - How Venture Capital math actually works

54:37 - Best Investment: Betting on yourself vs. the corporation

55:01 - The "Opportunity Cost" of a bad career move

56:04 - Why the "Culture of Debriefing" is your best business asset

57:11 - Book Recommendation: Deep Work by Cal Newport

58:43 - Morning Routines & the reality of being a "Dad-Preneur"

01:00:40 - Where to find Nuri & Version Bravo

EPISODE RESOURCES

Connect with Nuri Golan & Vetted:

• 🌐 Website: https://www.thevetted.vc
• 👤 LinkedIn: Nuri Golan
• 📸 Instagram: @thevettedvc

Connect with Kaj Larsen:

• 🌐 Website: https://www.kajlarsen.com
• 📸 Instagram: @KajLarsen
• 👤 LinkedIn: Kaj Larsen

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  Tactical Wealth is a Gebbia Media production, brought to you by Siebert.Valor, a military-focused initiative from Siebert Financial. The Tactical Wealth podcast is for informational and entertainment purposes only. The views expressed by guests are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Siebert Financial. This podcast does not constitute investment advice, an offer to sell, or a solicitation to buy any securities. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Listeners should consult a qualified financial professional before making any investment decisions.
  For more information and disclosures, please visit siebert.com/disclosures.