Mission Next: Recent Episodes
American Dream U
The Official Mission Next Podcast from American Dream U. Helping veterans transition out of the military successfully through stories shared by others who have. www.MissionNextBook.com www.AmericanDreamU.org
Christopher Kolenda, founder of Kolenda Strategic Leaders Academy, shares his powerful story about resilience, taking ownership of his life, and how he became a successful leader.
This interview discusses how veterans can share their value to their dream organizations, why veterans are often perfect fits for the franchise model, and how to set yourself up for success in life.
In this episode of The Mission Next Podcast, Phil Randazzo interviews Tim Kennedy, a Green Beret and total badass who currently has his own show on the Discovery Channel. Phil and Tim discuss tactics and strategies to overcoming obstacles, doing what you love, and making an impact. Enjoy this episode of the Mission Next Podcast!
Jennifer McGregor details how she took her passion, experience, and +30 years of military service and used them to develop her own company, Combat Veteran Voicewriters, LLC.
Tom Eakins explains how the values he developed during his time in the US Army and his belief in a value-based system lead him into, and then out of, corporate America and then into entrepreneurship.
Army Ranger and founder of consultation firm Strong Oak Rob Baynes discuses the importance of self education and confidence in the transition process.
John & Sharon discus their successful venture into the financial service industry as a veteran business. John also spent 24 years (active and reserve) in the United States Navy where he served in the Naval Security Group and as a Naval Intelligence Officer, retiring with the rank of Lt. Commander. He is still active in the Veteran community as a member of the Chicago-based Bunker Labs, a non-profit organization focused on helping veterans, new and old, start and grow their own business.
Hotelier, coach, and entrepreneur Larry Broughton, coming to you from the ADU Academy, discusses his transition from Green Beret to hotel industry juggernaut, his tips to success, and the lessons he has learned along the his journey.
William Amos, founder of Veterans List LLC, talks about transitioning to college following three deployments with the Marines and about being your own boss.
Navy Veteran Paul Jenkins discuses getting fired by the Chicago police department and his diverse business ventures into beer and architecture.
Reservist Leah Olszewski details her product development and business strategies for her women’s tactical apparel company FEMTAC and her continued growth as a professional and an individual.
Wes Schaeffer shares his viewpoints on the value of self education and college, details his time as a student-athlete at the Air Force Academy, discuses the unique structure of his company, The Sales Whisperer, and offers his take on what it means to be a successful parent.
Navy veteran and founder and CEO of Self Solutions Jim Pfautz discuses behavioral analytics and the undervalued keys to success.
Richard Gengler, Founder and CEO of Chicago based Prevail Health and retired Navy pilot, gets real with the technical aspects of entrepreneurship and the plusses and minuses of overseeing your own business.
Bunker Labs Founder and CEO Todd Connor takes us through his rollercoaster journey form being the mascot at Northwestern to the Navy and his ever-continuing transition.
Nikkea Devida discuses her time at the Air Force Academy, her incredible transition story, being a woman veteran, and her journey to starting her own business.
Army veterans Kristina and Robert Bragdon open up about starting and running their own family run business, Next Dimension Bakery.
Former Tanker and current podcaster Ron Fugle discusses his path from joining the Army to finally starting his successful website and program, Fire and Adjust. Enjoy! www.AmericanDreamU.org
Jason Barros details his time in the Marine Corps and his gradual transition into Silicon Valley with Udacity. Enjoy! www.AmericanDreamU.org
As an entrepreneur, Chris focuses on identifying great founders with amazing ideas and creating successful businesses through unique strategies.
After leaving the business world because the Fortune 100 companies Chris was working at were stifling his creativity, Chris founded Full Ahead Ventures (FAV). As President, Chris leads the team at FAV to focus on unique products and services that create real value in their respective market/industry. Chris and the FAV team have worked with internal and external opportunities and companies to develop their idea, build an initial MVP, raise capital for growth and advise through successful exits. Enjoy! www.AmericandDreamU.org
Lex R. Brown II is a freelance writer, blogger, and podcaster residing in Memphis, TN. He is a veteran of the United States Air Force and of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Enjoy! www.AmericandDreamU.org
Tom Wolfe is an author, columnist, career coach, veteran, and an expert in the field of military-to-civilian career transition. During his career he assisted thousands of service members in their searches for employment, placing more than 3000 in their new jobs. Prior to civilian life, he graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy and served as a surface warfare officer. He teaches transition courses, gives seminars on career and job change, writes about the career transition process, and continues to counsel current and former military personnel. He is a regular contributor to Military.com, Stripes.com, Military Transition News, Civilian Job News, TAOnline.com, and Veterans of Modern Warfare. Tom serves on the board of advisors at VETS360 and Zone214. Enjoy! www.Americandreamu.org
Today's show is with Josh Steinman, former American Dream U speaker and recently appointed National Security Council, The White House by President Donald Trump. Enjoy! www. AmericanDreamU.org.
PJ Newton is the Founder of Strategic Athlete and a former Marine Officer who has dedicated himself to helping military and tactical athletes obtain the strength, conditioning, and fitness to survive the battle and live a high quality functional life well into retirement. He has also served as the Director of Training for CrossFit Endurance and is currently still traveling the country teaching the CrossFit Endurance Specialty Seminar. Enjoy! www.AmericanDreamU.org
Today's show is with Brandon Montella, a veteran turned boxer, MMA fighter and experienced Health and Fitness Educator.. Enjoy! www. AmericanDreamU.org.
Today's show is with Fred Wellman, CEO and Founder of ScoutComms, a unique certified Benefit Corporation (B Corp) communications, advocacy and philanthropic strategy firm supporting veterans, military families and organizations committed to their well being Enjoy! www. AmericanDreamU.org.
Today's show is with Josh Karrasch, Founder and CEO of The Gun Dude, a local and web based business. It’s a place to sell, transfer, sell, or buy firearms - as well as training programs and other events. Enjoy! www. AmericanDreamU.org.
Michele Reynolds is a mom of four, a wife, an author, a speak and a business leader. Michele owns her own traditional Virtual Assistant business, Success Troops LLC and is a leader in a network marketing company.. She continually inspires people to rise above their challenges and beliefs so that they can move into the winning circle of life. She is passionate about helping others work-from-home or start their own business. Enjoy! www.AmericanDreamU.org
Today's show is with Mike Prevou, he specializes in knowledge and learning solutions. He is a certified Master Knowledge Management Professional and co-author of three KM books and dozens of articles. Mike draws on a unique experience in the public (DOD), private, and non-profit sectors to bring you the most relevant and cutting-edge developments in the human side of knowledge management. While on active duty with the U.S. Army, Dr. Prevou co-founded the Army’s lead agency for KM and remains involved in KM program consultation and education. His experience includes working with over 30 organizations to assess organizational knowledge and learning gaps, the design, develop and implementation a wide variety of Knowledge Management (KM) strategies and approaches, coaching multi-disciplinary cross-boundary teams to higher performance and teaching KM graduate classes and workshops. Enjoy! www. AmericanDreamU.org.
Today's show is with Scott Mackes Innovative private sector business leader, Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach, and former Naval Officer. He launched an online store selling StrengthsFinder coffee mugs (www.strengthsmugs.com)...created the Service Academy Business Mastermind (www.sabmgroup.com)Enjoy! www.AmericanDreamu.org
Today's show is with Tim Lawson, Digital Communications Specialist, Speaker, Podcaster, and Professional Veteran. As a Marine Security Guard, he had the opportunity to talk to interesting people all over the world. Now he brings that passion for conversation to his podcasts, where his goal is to introduce his listeners to fascinating, driven, inspiring people. He also kicked Cancers ass. Enjoy! www. AmericanDreamU.org.
Today's show is with Thomas Typinski, a tech entrepreneur focusing on using entrepreneurial and multi-cultural experience to maximize potential of world's most influential personalities in eSports, gaming and online entertainment. Enjoy! www.AmericanDreamU.org www.thedominantapproach.com
Today's show is with Justen Garrity, President of Veteran Compost, a Veteran-Owned business focused on commercial composting of organic waste in the Baltimore Metro area. Enjoy! https://www.veterancompost.com https://www.AmericanDreamU.org.
Today's show is with retired Army Ranger, Joel Carpenter, and retired Navy SEAL, Eric Muller. Muller and Carpenter are the authors of the bestselling book 'SET UP FOR SUCCESS: A Veteran's Guide to Re-acclimation'. This book is a series of their personal accounts and post-discharge strategies - an instructional manual for today’s transitioning veteran service members.
https://www.setupforsuccess.info Amazon Link: https://goo.gl/Jf21N1
Enjoy! www. AmericanDreamU.org.
Today's show is with Leah Olszewski, a former Officer in the US Army and Co Founder at FEMTAC, which is an organization focused on helping Small Disadvantaged, Woman-Owned (WOSB), and Service Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), business concerns. Enjoy! www. AmericanDreamU.org.
Today's show is with Ryan Ottosen, entrepreneur, Marine Corps veteran and Owner of Ottosen & Co, a property management and real estate sales company. Enjoy! www. AmericanDreamU.org.
Today's show is with Tyler Campbell, a serial entrepreneur who created Tytanium Ideas Inc after getting out of the Air Force. Since an early age, Tyler has been an entrepreneur and now coaches entrepreneurs on how to build their businesses. Enjoy! www. AmericanDreamU.org.
Today's show is with Paul Tijerina, Founder of Superhuman Transformation and Paul Tijerina LLC. He is a superhuman life and fitness coach who helps transform people’s lives through food, exercise, and stress-management. Enjoy! www. AmericanDreamU.org.
Today's show is with Jennifer Kilkenny, a military spouse who will give transitioning military members, and spouses, tools on how to find success. Enjoy! www.AmericanDreamU.org
Today's episode is with Mel West, who has been an advocate for developing and implementing performance improvement strategies with executive coaching, facilitating mastermind peer boards. Enjoy! www.AmericanDreamU.org.
Today's show is with Matt Calcagno, President at Big Hearts Home Care, which help veterans and assists them with the VA Aid and Attendance process and providing the free home care they deserve. Enjoy! www.AmericanDreamU.org
Today's episode is with Lee Rosenberg, a small business owner and entrepreneur and sole Proprietor of Navigating Preparedness Associates, LLC, a Californian certified Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE). Enjoy! www.AmericanDreamU.org
Today's podcast is with Dino Pick, who had a highly accomplished, 29-year military career who then retired to a career in municipal government. Through his successes and experiences during his transition, Dino gives extremely insightful tools and tactical strategies that you can use TODAY to help land your dream job and have a successful transition. Enjoy! www.AmericanDreamU.org
Today's show is with Rob Baynes, Founder of Strong Oak, which is an organization that strengthens the strategy and operations of companies that embrace business growth. He explains the IMPORTANCE of self-education and how he structures his day to be the most productive and successful he can be. Enjoy! www. AmericanDreamU.org
Today's show is with Taylor Mclemore, Founder and Director of Patriot Boot Camp, which was founded as a volunteer effort organized under the startup accelerator Techstars to address the gaps in support of military members, Veterans, and their spouses that they encounter as technology entrepreneurs. And this whole effort began with a simple blog post. Learn how you can leverage some of these tools for your own journey. Enjoy! www. AmericanDreamU.org.
Today's show is with Ralph Galati, former POW who today runs the St. Joseph’s University (SJU) Office of Veterans Services, which encourages military veterans to launch their own businesses. He provides some awesome insights to leverage during your transition. Enjoy. www. AmericanDreamU.org.
Today's show is with Sharon Pivirotto, she is the owner of 401kbestpractices.com and shares how one book led her to the beginning of her successful career, and her daily routines and tools she uses that have led her to where she is. Enjoy! www. AmericanDreamU.org.
Today's show is with Charmane Sellers, the President and CEO of ALEON Properties Inc. Enjoy! www.AmericanDreamU.org
Today's show is with Chad Grills, the founder of The Mission, which is a publication devoted to accelerated learning and the science and technologies that help life thrive and ensure it is free to evolve. We believe that life and human consciousness are precious, and we publish stories to help preserve and expand them. Enjoy! www.AmericanDreamU.org
Today's show is with Brandon Bunch, the Founder of Hire Our Hero, whose mission is provide a localized database of trusted Veterans and first responders ready to help consumers with their projects. Enjoy! www.AmericanDreamU.org
Today's show is with Blayne Smith, the Executive Director of Team RWB, whose mission is to enrich the lives of America’s veterans by connecting them to their community through physical and social activity. Enjoy! www.AmericanDreamU.org
Today's show is with Bill Elmore, the founder of M2BA & M2BI. He’s also formerly worked with Veterans Development at the SBA. He has a lot of lessons to share. Enjoy. www. AmericanDreamU.org.
Beth Beeson is the owner and founder of the only military event planning company serving our heroes in uniform - Little Yellow Footprints. Please enjoy today's episode! www.AmericanDreamU.org
Today's show features Aaron Heizer, the founder of Heizer’s Custom Leather, and explains how he started this business he loves when he was an E5. Enjoy! www.AmericanDreamU.org
Today's show is with Tom Shankwitz, the founder of Make-A-Wish, the renowned nonprofit helping children with life-threatening illnesses all over the world. Enjoy! www.AmericanDreamU.org
Today's show is with Blake Schroedter, the founder of EasyGo Dispenser, a patent-pending product that makes it easy to mix anything on the go, from baby formula to protein powder. Enjoy! www.AmericanDreamU.org
Today's show is with Jaime Velez - a Cloud Solutions Architect, Innovator, Entrepreneur, Consultant, Family Man, and U.S. Army Veteran. We hope you enjoy! www.AmericanDreamU.org
Today's show is with Tom Aiello, the founder of MARCH Marketing, a firm that helps companies work with the military community. Enjoy! www.AmericanDreamU.org
Today's show is with Melissa Washington, a woman whose mission is to empower women veterans. Enjoy! www.AmericanDreamU.org
Today's show is with the founder of Combat Flip Flops, Matthew "Griff" Griffin. Enjoy!
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Today's show highlights the story of Mark Stoddard of Lava Cable. Enjoy!
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Today's podcast features the Co-Founder and CEO of RideScout, Mr. Joseph Kopser. Enjoy!
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Today's show features veteran and Silicon Valley entrepreneur and founding father, Steve Blank.
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Today's conversation is with veteran and the winner of Donald Trump's The Apprentice, Kelly Perdew.
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Today we have the pleasure of hearing from veteran and Founder of Ranger Up, Nick Palmisciano. Enjoy!
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Today's conversation is with veteran and Founder of Major Mom, Angela Cody-Rouget! She talks about her transition, founding a company, and much more. Enjoy!
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Today's show features our conversation with Anthony Melchiorri of Hotel Impossible. Anthony shares his story about his transition out of the military, and so much more. Enjoy!