The Transition: Veteran Entrepreneurs

Roy is the founder and CEO of Definitiv, a cloud-based payroll and HR platform.

Starting his young career as a tank driver, he dreamed of being on operations, but unfortunately due to an injury, he subsequently transferred to pay corp. Devastated at the time, this lead him down the path to creating a payroll company and selling it. Then working in the same company, and hating it. Eventually deciding to buy his business back, transferring it in a tech-based company that has since been through several rounds of funding. 

Roy provides some amazing guidance and advice around selling a business, buying a business, scaling a business, and raising funds. 

In this episode, we speak with Natalie Colbert, Founder of CanPLAY, a collection of early learning and child care centers around Canberra. 

With the collapse of ABC learning child care centers, Natalie identified a gap in the market, and using her military background as an Airforce Officer and knowledge of the local area was able to succeed in an incredibly difficult market, eventually owning four child care centers. 

Natalie talks about what it takes to grow a business while you are still in Defence, how to scale and take advantage of the market, and the effects of COVID-19 which has devastated the industry. 

Veteran, stunt man, Movie star, entrepreneur, and all-round nice guy. In episode two of the Transition Matt and Pete, speak to Sean Barry about his journey in the military, his mental health struggles, and how finding his purpose with his passion for entrepreneurship has him kicking goals, becoming a stuntman, appearing in Hollywood movies and really loving life again. 

Sean is the founder of Extra Specialists Group, an agency that utilises veterans in the entertainment industry and also a co-owner of my Little Flower Shop with his wife Tammy. 

Welcome to the first episode of The Transition, brought to you by the Veterans Community Business Chamber (VCBC). Co-founders of the VCBC Matt and Pete will unravel their journey from meeting at The Royal Military College Duntroon almost 15 years ago to building multiple 7 figure businesses (Secure Windows and Trust the Process) and then launching the VCBC.  As well as discussing their journey they will also provide some insights into the following;

1. How listening to the radio prompted a business idea worth millions
2. How to transition for the military like a boss
3. How they took Secure Windows from 300k to 3 million revenue in 12 months
4. Our biggest mistakes and lessons learned