The Veteran (Semi) Professional
Honesty and advice to help veterans crush it at grad school, in entrepreneurship, and in professional careers. Humor and language often not as professional.
Podcasting since 2020 • 244 episodes
The Veteran (Semi) Professional
Latest Episodes
Ep. 240: How to Start a Business With Your Spouse and Modernize the Home Services Industry with Gabe and Lindsey Chrismon of Oply
Gabe and Lindsey are both Army veterans with impressive backgrounds, he an infantry officer and she was one of the first women in the 160th. After leaving the Army, Gabe started a fire/water/mold remediation business, scaled it to ...
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Ep. 239: SBA Loans and Why Banks Like Working with Veterans with Lisa Forrest from Live Oak Bank
Lisa is one of the few 2x guests on the show. She is the head of Search Fund lending at Live Oak Bank, one of the top SBA lenders in the country, and a premier expert on loans for buying small businesses. She also loves to wo...
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Ep. 238: High-Paying Careers for Veterans in Software Sales with Navy Veteran Matthew Dykes
Matthew talks about transitioning from the Navy to the VA and then ending up in software sales.
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Ep. 237: How To Leverage Your Network and Veteran Status to Buy Small Businesses with Rob Kirila
Rob retired from the Army as a Special Forces officer and then spent time working with a veteran transition nonprofit. He was often the one raising money and that put me in contact with a lot of high-net-worth individuals. Af...
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Ep. 236: Early Career Pivots After HBS and Being OK With Leadership with Jack Ambridge
Jack is an Air Force veteran who went to HBS. He was told "everyone thinks of veterans as "leaders" but don't let that define you" Turns out, Jack liked leading people. He liked being labeled a "leader." So ...
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