Will Highland has created a company designed to give back to non profits working to support veterans. Although not a veteran himself, Will has a deep appreciation for those who served and is giving 30% of his proceeds to Mission22 and Veterans Community Project. Will shares his thoughts on giving back, supporting veterans and some advice for entrepreneurs looking to structure their business to give back in some way too.

For some veterans like Marshall Terrin who served in the Marine Corps, entrepreneurship is just a way of life. Having recently taken over the 16,000+ member Facebook group called the Vetpreneur Tribe and its related mastermind group the Warrior Council, Marshall has big plans for how he and others can help assist and guide other veterans on their entrepreneur journey.

J.R. Smith co founded the Veterans Ranch in 2017 with his wife as a way to provide equine therapy to the large population of veterans in his region of Florida. Growing up with a father and grandfather who served J.R. was well aware of the sacrifices and struggles veterans face and has played a huge part in the Veterans Ranch mission to make an impact on the veteran suicide numbers. In this episode we discuss what equine therapy looks like and how veterans are seeing breakthroughs with just being around horses!

Navy veteran Thom Shea honed his mindset and internal dialogue over a long and storied career in the teams. Thom shares some of this thoughts on the impact of having a strong and powerful woman by a mans side. Thom's wife Stacey is what he calls a "Spartan Wife" and throughout his book "Unbreakable" its clear how much of an impact she had on his mindset in the midst of adversity in the field. You don't want to miss this gem of an episode on mindset, leadership, relationships and more!

Lori Jackson may have not served but as a DOD cyber compliance professional and as someone who has worked with the Corps of Engineers she is well aware of the variety of cyber threats facing everyone and every company. Lori explains what is going on in the cyber world in terms of current threats to be on the lookout for.

For Army veteran Mark Dudek owning and running a business is as fun and rewarding as it is challenging. After years working in other trades Mark stumbled upon a unique hardscape process that has allowed him to create his dream job and also create some amazing hardscapes that are pretty much pieces of art!

Air Force veteran, Cat Corchado has spent her childhood as a military brat. It's no wonder that she too decided to follow in the tradition of service to our country. Throughout this lifetime around the military and her role as a podcaster discussing women veterans issues Cat knows a few things about the experiences of women in uniform. We discuss how for women veterans their identity as a veteran is challenged and they are not typically recognized as a veteran even within their own families. These issues, and more make transition more difficult in some ways for women veterans vs male veterans.

Army veteran Joe Meisch had one of those random ideas to create something to solve a problem. Who would have through that this random idea would have come at the same time as a potential to have his comedy show pilot episode be considered for mainstream TV. Joe felt this need to focus on his invention and do something to honor his battle buddies who are no longer here. What started as a temple massager to help relieve headaches has turned into an awesome, USA made tool to help with various issues from headaches, tension and ptsd relief.

We are all used to operating in high functioning teams, but in the civilian world that isn't always the case. For Navy veteran, Tim Dickey a system founded in 2001 provides a system for all teams to operate more efficiently and with better communication. Agile and Scrum are two terms most are not familiar with but these genius systems make managing work and teams much more efficient. Tim breaks down these systems, how they work and other topic of managing effectively.

For Navy veteran Siannon Lee your health should be looked at in a holistic way. From a high protein, animal based diet to unleashing the power of 100% THC free, CBD products and supplements Siannon shares your perspective on living your life in a more holistic way.