VETtoCEO Podcast: Recent Episodes
Monty Heath
Red Leg Brewing Company
::53 Off to VMI – didn’t even know what it stood for
1:49 Artillery, which is super rad
2:24 It never seems apparent to the bad leader
3:16 In combat who is able to lead and who is not, comes out quick
4:57 How was the business funded? 18 credit cards in 20 minutes – 400k (no shit; and, spoiler alert it paid off)
6:04 Almost bankrupt, then funded yet again in a unique way
8:42 Keep an eye out for their beers in AAFES, across the US soon
9:10 Breaks ground on $8M project
10:06 Treating employees the right way during covid
12:34 Whose job am I doing right now?
13:04 The only mistake is the mistake you don’t learn from
14:06 Joins owners group to upgrade business skills
16:47 Writes a $27,000 check to Angels of America’s Fallen
18:43 Supports 300 customers on a weekly basis (self-distributing via trucks)
19:19 Marketing? 100% digital.
1:08 Veteran lineage
2:45 Grandfather shot at 17 in a foxhole
3:38 Fascination with flying
7:29 Entrepreneurship
7:59 Always try for that next level success
8:03 The business pinnacle – work life balance
8:56 From people’s lives to people’s livlihoods
9:30 Outside the box balance
9:50 NASCAR
11:18 Building relationships
11:55 Mentor worked with Reagan – great advice
12:25 Bill Buckley
12:48 Authentic relationships
13:12 Start in 2012; just grind
13:36 Cool things staged for pictures
13:51 Bad leadership
15:23 Competition versus cooperation
15:31 Mutually aligned goals
15:52 Get rid of those who create toxic environments
16:13 Firing people
16:33 Nine Line Foundation
19:25 Done a thousand things wrong
19:41 Work some parallel paths
20:32 After podcast chat - aquaponics with veterans
Host Monty Heath interviews Carrie Roeger, a multiple business owner. Sit back and listen to this Marine Corps entrepreneur discuss communication, leadership and facing our fears.
Show notes:
6:00 Construction company startup
6:59 Restaurant and bar business
7:22 Leatherneck club bar and galley felt like home
8:58 Some awesome sleigh bells type sounds begin
9:30 Are business skills transferable?
11:06 Learn to manage the pieces
13:01 Business can't function without people
13:41 Leadership
14:45 Social media reviews
16:00 Sleigh bells gone
18:18 Covid improves business
20:06 Social media
22:53 Good/bad leadership
23:00 Executive leadership coach
24:12 Servant leadership
25:25 Empathy and compassion in leadership
26:54 Power vs leadership
28:50 Tow big jumps in leadership
30:10 Get out of their way
30:45 Sleigh bells are back
30:54 I, me, my
32:56 Tactics or big picture?
36:15 Dissect your fear
37:19 Fear is a powerful tool
38:04 Apprehension due to missing knowledge
38:25 Utilize someone else's knowledge or wisdom
38:38 Fear should compel you to take action
38:48 Funding? SBA
38:52 SBDC shoutout
40:42 Business structures and protections
41:20 Warrrior journey coaching
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https://www.whitestoneresidential.com/
Host Monty Heath interviews Tom Deirlein an authentic, honest and super successful CEO. Sit back and you may learn a bunch. Sorry for the audio quality! It cuts out at times, and sucks at times; you wouldn't believe what I edited out. The content however, is good to go...
Notables:
1:00 He gets shot
2:48 Why he went to West Point
4:46 Ranger school #1
5:07 Leadership
6:39 Why Entrepreneurship
7:21 Johnson & Johnson
11:41 Advice for listeners
13:10 Acquiring "past performance"
15:23 MOH recipient calls him
19:51 A screw up
21:49 Win percentage
22:30 You're gonna fail
22:52 CEO, digital startup 70 days
24:29 Handling rejection
27:38 Handling objections
29:17 Root cause analysis
31:01 Grit
34:53 The TD Foundation
https://www.thundercattech.com/
Host Monty Heath interviews Neil Heird, a veteran who has been in the marketing world for years. We discuss marketing in business - before, during and after Covid19.
https://mindsparkdigital.com/
Angela Cody-Rouget is the founder and owner of Major Organizers™, a residential organizing company. She has been building the Major Organizers brand (formerly Major Mom) since November of 2006 and currently has a team of 22 employees in Arizona and Colorado. She was featured on the military episode of Shark Tank on February 5, 2016.
We discuss how she started her business, and the pivots and changes along the way to becoming a franchisor with numerous franchisee locations across multiple states.
We discuss business pre, during and post pandemic.
In this episode, we interview Mike Horn, Army veteran and successful business owner.
Mike discusses how he purchased his business - spoiler, the seller financed the deal. Mike used NONE of his own money! Yes, this is actually possible.
We discuss government contracting, past performance, supply chain, discipline, leadership negotiating and more.
Try not to fixate too much on Monty's mysterious transvestite voice; not sure what happened there. Setup? Rogue Procaster, through On24.
Four veteran business owners discuss managing business through crisis.
This VETToCEO podcast features Tim Maloney, a former Marine and now Founder and CEO of Quickline Capital. Tim tells it like it is in terms of what banks look for in a business loan application.
Army Veteran Ed Marsh was a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division. Today he runs his own B2B marketing consulting agency called Consilium Global Business Advisors. His expertise is in marketing, and more specifically, helping companies sell more by reaching new buyers globally. Ed is also a keynote speaker at many industry events and is an export advisor to American Express. Ed can be reached at em@cgbadv.com
Tracy Stringer served for four years in the Navy as an Operations Specialist and also served as an Anti-Submarine Warfare Officer on the USS Koelsch. Today, Tracy is the Senior Vice President of Business banking for Key Bank. Hear what Tracy has to say about what loan officers and underwriters look for in applicants who are trying to get a business loan, and some common mistakes entrepreneurs make that he’s seen out there.
How did Air Force Veteran Dr. Dallas become a successful entrepreneur?
Listen in and share in her journey.
Her business? TruePop Popcorn
Manufactured in Pennsylvania; distributed online and in 10 states
From being an Air Force Missile Combat Crew Commander to a business owner, hear how Angela Cody-Rouget started her franchise business called Major Organizers. Angela also appeared on Shark Tank, is a VetToCEO program graduate, and has served as a guest speaker several times.
In this podcast, we hear from former Army helicopter pilot Erica Courtney. Erica has started two businesses since she’s transitioned out of the military. Like most of us that have taken the path of entrepreneurship, she has learned a lot the hard way. We hope you enjoy hearing Erica’s story, and learning from it! Learn more about Erica and her business at her website www.2020vet.com
Paul Huszar is a 23 year Army veteran, a retired LTC and his career includes a Battalion Command, a few deployments and Dean of the Army Engineer School. Today, he leads his company based in Florida called VetCor, which is a restoration company focused on water damage mitigation and related services. He started the company in 2013 and has won a few start-up company awards along the way. In 2018, he started expanding through franchising and in fact is looking for military entrepreneurs to help him expand his business. You can check him out on his website at vetcorservices.com Paul has some great perspectives on how being a veteran gives us the skills we need to succeed, and communicates that in a very unique way and only as he can – so enjoy hearing what he has to say!
Today we’ll hear from Army Veteran and now attorney Conor Regan. Conor served on an Army Special Forces team including combat tours in Afghanistan. He got out, went to law school and now has his own practice in North Carolina called the Regan Law Firm. Conor has been a VetToCEO guest speaker several times and is always generous with his time when it comes to helping fellow veterans think through legal issues as they pertain to their businesses. You can learn more about Conor at thereganlawfirm.com