Veteran On the Move

#84: Tom is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. His career, pre-entrepreneurship, took him around the world running nuclear power plants on aircraft carriers.Tom is an accomplished Inbound Marketer, public speaker, entrepreneur and author. He has an interesting and inspiring story of reinvention. At the peak of the recession, Tom transformed his business, Goodbye Crutches, from a regional player to a national leader using an Inbound strategy. Seeing how this strategy dramatically transformed Goodbye Crutches, Tom set out to share his experience with other eCommerce businesses, launching Inbound for eCommerce, an inbound marketing agency.

83: Sam Meek began his civilian career on Wall Street in 2007 after serving five years in the Marine Corps. Honorably discharged as a Sergeant of Marines, he worked with a hedge fund investment platform, where he supported the executive team as Vice President of Business Development. He developed several successful marketing strategies for the firm while playing a key role in operations and technology. In 2012, he founded Sandboxx with MajGen Ray "Etool" Smith and Bob Russell. As CEO of Sandboxx, Sam oversees Sandboxx development, capital raising, growth strategy and team vision. He is an avid outdoor and sports enthusiast and lives in Washington, DC with his Fiancé Kristin and their black lab, Olive, Chief Mascot of Sandboxx

www.sandboxx.us

Send a message to a deployed service member from your phone and we will convert them to physical mail. During boot camp, training, and deployments, our service members often have little or no access to their cell phones or the web, leaving physical mail as their only means to stay in touch. Letters bridge the gap created when military members drop "off the grid". Users can send digital photos and text through the app.

A communication platform built around our military's social structures. Users can define their unit hierarchy and send messages to their entire platoon, wing, ship, etc., knowing their communications are private and secure, visible only to authenticated members. Military members can designate a "kin" in a mirrored, but separate network for spouses and significant others. Veterans can enter past units and corresponding dates, and reconnect with friends they served with.

 

www.sandboxx.us

82: Wes is The Sales Whisperer®, a ruthlessly pragmatic entrepreneur, sales trainer, copywriter, and speaker who believes marketing is just selling in print. He is the author of "It Takes More Than a Big Smile, a Good Idea & a Twitter Account To Build a Business That Lasts” and "The Definitive Guide To Infusionsoft.” You can pick his brain as long as you’re providing a fine cigar and a smooth scotch, or by listening to The Sales Podcast, which he has deftly hosted since 2013.

 

Wes Recommends Active Campaign:

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81: When she is not running the show at Daddy's Deployed, LLC, Bridget is busy being "Mommy," while supporting her Marine. Since launching the business in 2012, Bridget's life has been full throttle. She was honored as a military spouse CEO in 2013, shortly before being awarded an Amber Grant for beginning women business owners. In 2014, Bridget was recognized as an entrepreneur by Inc. Magazine and was selected a Marine Corps Military Spouse of the Year semi-finalist. She holds a Master's of Education in Instructional Systems Technology from the University of North Carolina and a Bachelor's in Secondary English Education from Purdue University. Bridget is also a member of the Board of Directors for the nonprofit organization The General’s Kids. She enjoys cooking and baking, and watching Disney princess movies with her gal. To de-stress, she runs and does yoga (if she can spare a minute or two!).

80:  Adam is a 2003 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and served in the Army as an Infantry Officer for 6 years with service in Iraq. Following his time in the service, he attended graduate school in Italy and Australia where he received his Masters in Business Administration. Since his military service, Adam has worked as a consultant in Switzerland and for two venture backed startup's in New York and San Francisco prior to Co-founding Barrel Backers with his brother and best friends.

79: Jonathan is CEO and co-founder of Mira and brings an extensive leadership and sales background vital for early stage company growth. 

He began his career in the Marine Corps where he rose to the rank of Major. As an infantry officer with 4 deployments, he is a veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan with multiple personal combat awards for valor. After the Marines, Jonathan began a business development career in technology sales at Lutron Electronics before being selected to head a new vertical market sales team. Jonathan holds a B.S. degree in Marketing from the University of South Carolina.

78: Businessman and Life Coach Aaron T. Walker has inspired many through his leadership, mentorship, and consistent pursuit of excellence. He enjoys helping others and believes experience is a great teacher. 35 years of entrepreneurship and marriage have given Aaron a wealth of experience. Aaron sold his first business to a Fortune 500 company at 27 years old and continues to reach new heights and broaden his perspective of the terrain by examining his experiences and growing from them.

77: Doug Nordman is the author of "The Military Guide To Financial Independence and Retirement" and the founder of The-Military-Guide.com. He reached financial independence and retired from the U.S. Navy's submarine force in 2002 at the age of 41. He shows servicemembers, veterans, and their families how to save and invest for their own financial independence and retire on their terms. He's also an accredited investor with Hawaii Angels and Blue Startups, and has seen several hundred pitches from entrepreneurs. Military experience is a fantastic foundation for starting your business.

76:  Marine Veteran Randy Cadieux is the Founder of V-Speed, LLC, a leadership, risk management, organizational resilience, and team performance consulting and training company, and is the developer of V-Speed's Team Leadership and Resource Management training program. Randy is also the Program Manager and an Instructor for the University of Alabama at Birmingham's Master of Engineering in Advanced Safety Engineering and Management program. Randy is a 20-year veteran of the United States Marine Corps, where he served in multiple roles. His primary occupational specialty was as a KC-130 Hercules pilot and he had numerous other leadership roles in the areas of aviation, operations, and safety. Randy has experience with a range of safety, operations, and human performance training and application methodologies, including Marine Corps aviation operations planning, Operational Risk Management, and Crew Resource Management. Randy holds a Master of Engineering in Advanced Safety Engineering and Management from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and is a member of the American Society of Safety Engineers and the International System Safety Society. Randy is the author of Team Leadership in High-Hazard Environments: Performance, Safety, and Risk Management Strategies for Operational Teams published by Gower Publishing.

75:  As a funding strategist, John Livesay helps CEOs craft a compelling pitch that engages investors in a way that inspires them to join a startup’s team. He is the host of The Successful Pitch podcast where he interviews investors and startups who have been funded.

After a successful 20 year career in media sales with Conde Nast where he worked across all 22 brands in their corporate division [GQ, Vanity Fair, Wired, W and Vogue] and created integrated programs for clients such as Lexus, Hyundai and Guess, John won salesperson of the year in 2012 across the entire company.