PODCAST · business
100 Entrepreneurs Lessons Learned
by 100 Entrepreneurs Foundation
100 Entrepreneurs Foundation interviews entrepreneurs, veterans, caregivers and supporters to provide business information, ideas, inspiration and insights.Visit http://100entproject.org/ to find out more!
Episodes
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Ben Morley, Air Force Veteran Turned Business Consultant and Entrepreneur, on Transitions
Ben Morley spent 27 years in the Air Force and Air Force Reserve, then transitioned out of the military in a "Brutiful" way - a brutal beginning becoming beautiful. He talks about learning a new language through his transition, coping with the infinite aspects of civilian live vs. the more finite...
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Jordan Foley, Navy, Founder of Chow
Jordan Foley is a Naval Academy graduate and is still in the Navy. He is also attending Georgetown Law School and has started a nonprofit called Chow, a culinary training program for veterans and spouses in the MD/VA/DC area. Their mission is to provide culinary training online, along with hands…
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James Horris, Wounded Veteran, Hops Farmer, Brewery Owner and Financial Advisor
James (Jamie) Horris joined 100 Entrepreneurs to talk about his experience as a wounded veteran and an entrepreneur. He anticipated a career in the Army, but after his injury went to college and to graduate school for an MBA. He has started several businesses, including a hops farm and a Brewery…
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James Horris, Wounded Veteran, Hops Farmer, Brewery Owner and Financial Advisor
James (Jamie) Horris joined 100 Entrepreneurs to talk about his experience as a wounded veteran and an entrepreneur. He anticipated a career in the Army, but after his injury went to college and to graduate school for an MBA. He has started several businesses, including a hops farm and a Brewery…
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Laurie Gonyea, Founder of Silver Spun Goods, 3 26 2020
Laurie Gonyea first created a yarn company, producing cotton and silver spun yarn for the knitting community, but learned that the number of people who could benefit from silver and cotton spun socks was far greater than the number of people who can knit their own. She created Silver Spun Goods…
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Nicole Krug, Social Light, Online Brand Management, 3 25 2020
Nicole Krug started a social media agency a decade ago and has grown the staff and skill sets of her company to provide all types of online brand management for her clients, mostly small businesses. She spoke with Amanda Weathersby, from 100 Entrepreneurs Foundation, about how her business and…
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Donna Cole, Award-Winning Journalist, Photographer, Radio Show Host
Donna Cole, Navy Veteran, has been interested in journalism and photography throughout her life, selling her first photograph to a national news service in her teens. Researching the who, what, where, when and how of news events and communicating the stories comes naturally to her. She's written...
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HT Tran, Founder of DNW Ventures on Restaurant Franchising
HT Tran, Army Veteran, was wounded in Iraq, and at Walter Reed connected with 100 Entrepreneurs and Bob Nilsson. He went on to co-found and build Anvil Builders and was the ENR Award of Excellence Winner in 2015. Eventually, HT sold his shares in Anvil Builders, then a $60 million firm, and…
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Lori Steenhoek, Founder of Capital Pixel, 3D Design, and Love Lori Michelle, Jewelry
Lori Steenhoek, founder of Capital Pixel, a 3D Design firm, and Love Lori Michelle, a jewelry design firm, spoke with Amanda Weathersby, from 100 Entrepreneurs Foundation, about her businesses. She studied architecture and became a 3D designer serving architectural and construction firms as well…
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Michael Malone, Veteran, Founder and CEO of We2Link
Michael Malone is a wounded veteran and the founder and CEO of We2Link, an application in development to help people with traumatic brain injuries (TBI) more easily manage their everyday and participate more fully socially. TBI affects not just veterans, but civilians worldwide, due to accidents,...
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Franchise Consultant Faizun Kamal - All About Franchises!
Faizun Kamal, a franchise consultant, shares with 100 Entrepreneurs details about franchises, becoming a franchisee, and why veterans make great franchisees. Did you know that 1 out of 7 franchisees are veterans and that franchises are looking to recruit veteran franchisees because they are...
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Pamela Hess Talks 100 Entrepreneurs about Arcadia's Veteran Farming Programs
Pamela Hess, the Executive Director of Arcadia Center for Sustainable Food and Agriculture, joined 100 Entrepreneurs to talk about the Arcadia farms, which were farmed by George Washington, after he retired from the military. She also talked about their Veteran Farming Programs, including a...
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Jim O'Farrell, Veteran and Co-Founder of AMSG, a Government Contractor
Jim O'Farrell, a veteran, graduated from the Naval Academy and went on to work with several large government contracting companies and consulting firms. Eventually, he co-founded Advanced Management Strategies Group (AMSG). He talks with 100 Entrepreneurs Foundation about his background, how he...
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Dennis Foutz, veteran, Travel Guru, and Franchisee
Dennis Foutz, a veteran, business owner, Travel Guru, and franchisee spoke with 100 Entrepreneurs about his experience transitioning out of the military, after 20 plus years, and finding his next steps. He started by looking at what he didn't want to do, then began to narrow his focus on what he...
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Justen Garrity, Founder of Veteran Compost
Justen Garrity, veteran and founder of Veteran Compost talks about starting his business. He had no experience with farming or compost, but decided to help reduce waste by turning 2/3rds of waste produced into a sellable product - organic compost. He has built the company to picking up…
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John Gallina and Dale Beatty, Founders of Purple Heart Homes
John Gallina and Dale Beatty were both wounded in Iraq and when they came home, had the full support of their communities. They realized that this was not the case for Vietnam veterans. In the military, they learned to never leave anyone behind, and this included all veterans. Together, they...
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Les Owen, Veteran and Documentary Filmmaker
Les Owen, Army veteran, produced the documentary film, "Victory Remembered, Legacy of the Black Devils," about the First Special Service Force and the first joint US and Canadian fighting force, created to fight in Europe during WWII. This secret unit was named the Black Devils by the Nazis. The...
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Bob Nilsson, Founder of 100 Entrepreneurs Foundation
Bob Nilsson is a Marine Corps veteran who was in Vietnam. His next career was at Turner Construction. He was president of Turner International when he retired. After 9/11, he began visiting wounded veterans at Walter Reed hospital occasionally and ultimately commuted to spend time with them four…
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Sarah Steel Interview About her 2 Construction-Related Companies: Urban Referrals and Steel Management Group
Sarah Steel owns two businesses, one is Urban Referrals, an online contruction referral business for residential clients, and the other, Steel Management Group, is a construction project management company that works with commercial clients. Sarah is hiring veterans! Check out how she started…
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Interview with Tammy Phipps and Josh Himan from Driver Rehabilitation Center of Excellence LLC (DRCE)
Tammy Phipps, an Occupational Therapist in the US Army, developed a driver training and vehicle modification program at Walter Reed and was interested in expanding the program to all drivers after she retired from military service. She met Josh Himan, a wounded Marine and business major, at…
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Edward Simms, Veteran, NFL Player, and Entrepreneur
Edward Simms decided as a very small child that he was going be the first in his family to attend college, and he was. He decided he was going to play football in the NFL, and he did. He decided to join the military, and he joined. Now he's determined to succeed as an entrepreneur, and it seems...
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Dog Tag Bakery's Meghan Ogilvie and Kyle Burns
Dog Tag Bakery is a successful company, a restaurant and bakery business offering delicious and prize winning fare on Grace Street in Georgetown, near downtown Washington DC. Dog Tag Bakery is also an excellent five-month business education program designed for wounded 9/11 veterans, spouses and...
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All Marine Radio Founders, Michael McNamara and Paul and Danielle Gage
Marine Corps veterans Michael McNamara and Paul Gage, along with Paul's wife, Danielle Gage, founded All Marine Radio and launched the internet station on June 1, 2016. Their mission is to reach veterans with frank talk about relevant issues and their culture, and in the process, provide...
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Army Veteran, Joe DeRing, on Empower Adventures
Joe DeRing, an Army Veteran, started Empower Adventures based upon his experience in the military and the Army's Confidence Course. Since 2009, Joe has built the business from one location in Connecticut to additional locations in Virginia and Florida. Empower Adventures includes zipline parks…
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Cindy Flanders Talks About Funding A Small Business
Cindy Flanders, formerly a Sr. Vice President at Bank of America in charge of small and mid-sized business markets and a CFO of a publicly traded company, talks with 100 Entrepreneurs' Amanda Weathersby about how small businesses and startups can secure funding for their businesses.
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John Lee Dumas, Founded A Top Downloaded Podcast, Entrepreneurs On Fire
John Lee Dumas, Army veteran, founded Entrepreneurs On Fire, one of the most successful podcast companies today, in 2012. It has already grown to over 1,000 podcasts and over a million downloads per month from all over the world. He has expanded his business with Podcasters Paradise, webinars and…
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Kevin Blanchard Talks About Franchises and Startups
Kevin Blanchard, wounded veteran, worked for the International Franchise Association as the Program Manager for VetFran, designed to help franchise companies recruit veterans and family members as franchisees. Kevin talks about franchise options, the process of becoming a franchisee, programs...
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HT Tran, Veteran, Created and Built Anvil Builders in San Francisco
HT Tran, a veteran, created and built Anvil Builders, a building and engineering construction company located in San Francisco, California. He and two partners have 50 employees. Their mission is to recruit and hire veterans to provide construction and infrastructure services for large public works.
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Ryan Seelbach On How He Went from the NFL to Creating a Nightclub
Ryan Seelbach worked for the NFL before creating his first business. Driving through New York City to DC, with nothing but a business plan, some clothes and a car, he panicked. Would he find investors? Would the business work? Could he do it? He and his business partner found the funding and…
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Joel Damin, Veteran, On His Restaurant and Commercial Real Estate
Joel Damin, veteran and entrepreneur, talks about his restaurant in Fayetteville, NC, and his move to purchase commercial real estate. Amanda Weathersby, from Mindful Profits, interviews Joel to learn how he got started, how he got funded, and how he manages his businesses to keep them profitable.
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100 Entrepreneurs Foundation interviews entrepreneurs, veterans, caregivers and supporters to provide business information, ideas, inspiration and insights.Visit http://100entproject.org/ to find out more!
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