#64 Brian St. Ours, Veteran Owned Business Dot Com

A military brat, Brian St. Ours went to hospital corpsman school in the chilly part of the year on the lakes around Illinois. Very cold. But he survived and wound up working with both Navy and Marines. He took his medical background and got a degree in advertising. Sounds odd, but as a corpsman he put together a health awareness monthly aware area. And learning how to get people's attention really interested him, leading to the advertising degree. He got a job with a New York agency after college and then went on to a graduate program. He ended up in Florida where his girlfriend got a job. At a trade show, someone asked if a certain company was Veteran owned. When Brian asked why, he learned about the government support of Veterans. Then he put the thinking cap on, and Veteran Owned Business dot com was born. Now in their 12th year, started on Veteran's Day of course, and they are helping 34,000 plus members already. Veteran Founder Podcast with your host Josh Carter We record the Felony Inc Podcast inside NedSpace in the Bigfoot Podcast Studio in beautiful downtown Portland. Audio engineer, mixer and podcast editor is Allon Beausoleil Show logo was designed by Carolyn Main Website was designed by Cameron Grimes Production assistant is Chelsea Lancaster Theme music: Artist: Tipsy Track: Kadonka Album: Buzzz Courtesy of Ipecac Records 10% of gross revenue at Startup Radio Network goes to support women entrepreneurs in developing countries thru kiva.org/lender/markgrimes Listen to the Veteran Founder Podcast live on-air every Friday at 1:00pm pacific time on Startup Radio Network at startupradionetwork.com