The Veteran (Semi) Professional

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I had never heard of a Venture Studio before this episode and am pumped to share it with you all. 

The basic idea is that a group of investors come up with areas that they know about and then fund ideas and founding teams in those areas. 

Matt worked with a group called Fractal.  Once Matt got accepted, he got a salary while he learned their methods and then got matched with a CTO to start a tech company.  Fractal then helps raise capital to get going. 

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Chandra's Bio:

"I am a Certified Human Potential Coach (CHPC) and an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) accredited through the International Coaching Federation. I hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Mathematics and a Master’s Degree in Aeronautical Science, specializing in Management. I flew the T-37, T-38, F-15C, F-117A, and T-6A military aircraft as well as Piper PA-28 Cherokee, Cessna 172, and Beechcraft Sierra C-24-R civilian aircraft. During my time in the United States Air Force I flew combat missions, helped train others in multiple disciplines, served as Director of Staff for an organization with 3,000 employees, and was Director of Operations for the organization responsible for RED FLAG exercises. I did this initially as a mother of two young boys and later also as a stepmother to three beautiful girls"

https://chandrabeckman.com/

Resources Mentioned

https://lukeburgis.com/wanting/
https://frequenciesthatmend.com/
https://mendtechnology.com/

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Stuart has quite the resume: 

CEO, Arc'teryx (current)
CEO Away
CFO, J Crew
CFO and COO lululemon

Before that, we was a cavalry officer in the Army and credits much of his success to that foundational experience. 

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MONSTER news.  McKinsey launched a DoD Skillbridge program.  Before you rush off to apply- it is currently closed.  But don't let that hold you down.  That means you get time to prep and apply. 

Lewis Martin is a former pilot who joined the show to talk about the program and why veterans should consider consulting. 

Lewis Martin | LinkedIn

Veterans@McKinsey | Careers | McKinsey & Company

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We had a lot of fun with this one.  Brock is a Navy veteran who runs a great podcast also. We talk about veteran issues and life in the military. 

Scuttlebutt Podcast | Brock | Substack

Brock Briggs (@BrockHBriggs) / Twitter

Personally... (brockbriggs.com)

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Official Bio:

Brad is an entrepreneur and seasoned business development executive with a passion for building companies and pushing the envelope of technological innovation. He has successfully helped incubate several companies out of the Scout office including Scout’s most successful investment to date, Unite US, as well as PortfolioWatch (exited) and Assurely. Brad also has deep experience developing concepts including co-authoring three patents in search, geo-tagging, and personalization.

Brad was a distinguished honor graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and served as an Airborne Ranger in the United States Army for five years before retiring as Captain. He also graduated from MIT Sloan School of Management where he studied New Product and Venture Development. While attending MIT, Brad was fortunate enough to work with Endeca Technologies and PureTech Ventures to help launch a joint MIT-Harvard incubator. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife Angie and their son, Elvis, their daughter, Scout, and Team Harrison’s trusty bernedoodle, Ziggy.

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Tammy Barlette is a former fighter pilot and founder of Athena's Voice, where she finds speaking opportunities for other high-performing women like herself. 


Here is Tammy's official bio:

Tammy Barlette is a mindset and performance expert who specializes in the art of perseverance. As a retired Lieutenant Colonel and fighter pilot, who has faced many challenges herself, she takes lessons learned from the high performance cockpit and relates them to the challenges of life. As an entrepreneur, wife and mother of three, she shares powerful heartfelt stories of strength and grit.

Tammy served in the US Air Force for over 20 years, flying multiple aircraft, to include the T-37 Tweet, T-38 Talon, A-10 Warthog, MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper, accumulating more than 3000 total flying hours and over 1500 hours of combat support time assisting and protecting troops on the ground in both Iraq and Afghanistan. She is also a graduate of the prestigious US Air Force Weapons School and has a Master of Arts in Christian Ministry. Upon retiring she became a professional speaker and founded Athena’s Voice, a speaker referral business featuring female military pilots from around the United States.

Are you interested in running or buying a small business?  Start HERE. 

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Mark's Bio:

Mark Herschberg is the author of The Career Toolkit: Essential Skills for Success That No One Taught You and creator of the Brain Bump app. From tracking criminals and terrorists on the dark web to creating marketplaces and new authentication systems, Mark has spent his career launching and developing new ventures at startups and Fortune 500s and in academia, with over a dozen patents to his name. He helped to start the Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program, dubbed MIT’s “career success accelerator,” where he teaches annually. At MIT, he received a B.S. in physics, a B.S. in electrical engineering & computer science, and a M.Eng. in electrical engineering & computer science, focusing on cryptography. At Harvard Business School, Mark helped create a platform used to teach finance at prominent business schools. He also works with many non-profits, currently serving on the board of Plant A Million Corals. He was one of the top-ranked ballroom dancers in the country and now lives in New York City, where he is known for his social gatherings, including his annual Halloween party, as well as his diverse cufflink collection.

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I first found out about Tom from this article. 

Tom's Bio:

Tom is an entrepreneur with more than 25 years of analytic and risk management experience as a co-founder and CEO of ClearForce, a cyber and employee risk management company based in Vienna, VA. Prior to ClearForce, Tom was the CEO of ALI Solutions (aka, Austin Logistics). During his tenure at ALI, Tom served as the CFO and headed the Marketing, Product and Business Development functions at ALI, where he established global distribution channels and co-invented several patented systems including priority queuing algorithms. 

Prior to ALI Solutions, Tom was a Vice President at JP Morgan Chase’s card risk management division where he developed and managed the credit risk policy for the card and unsecured credit portfolios. Tom also served as the Vice President of Analytics for Noble Systems Corporation. 

Tom co-founded and served as a board member of Advanced Call Center Technologies, a contact center service business started in 1997 and sold in 2003. As an entrepreneur, Tom has raised over $35M in seed and venture capital. He has consulted for many of the top U.S. banks, published numerous articles and presented topics at industry events and conferences related to risk management, insider threats and the application of analytic technology and policy. In 2018, he won the AFCEA Small Business Innovation Shark Tank competition. Tom has an MBA in Finance from New York University and a BS in Commerce from the University of Virginia.

Resources:

Transition Readiness - Marine Corps Community (usmc-mccs.org)

DoD Transition Assistance Program (dodtap.mil)

ClearForce Webinar | DSI Group | DEFENSE STRATEGIES INSTITUTE

VA Solid Start - Veterans Benefits Administration

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Chris Perkins has A LOT to share.

He was an artillery officer in the Marines who left the Corps and wanted to get into finance.  After convincing someone at Lehman Brothers that conducting artillery missions made him a good fit for stock trading, he got started int he world of finance. 

His career was moving along the normal path of Wall Street until he started learning about this "internet money" and blockchain technology.  He now invests in crypto projects with CoinFund and helped to start Veterans in Digital Assets to build access into the crypto world for the veteran community. 



Veterans in Digital Assets (VIDA) | a podcast by Veterans in Digital Assets (VIDA) (podbean.com)

Veterans in Digital Assets Discord

Veterans in Digital Assets (@VIDABWF) / Twitter

Christopher Perkins | LinkedIn

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