#75 You Can Learn a Lot From a Bee - Steve Jimenez, Hives for Heroes

911 Was a big call for many Americans and so for Steve Jimenez. However, his parents wanted him to go to college and figured after he graduated he would not be interested in a military career. They were half right: Steve graduated from Texas A&M, but went right on into the military. He wanted the Marines, deployed in 2010 to 17 countries. His expectations were to be life-long in the Marines, but the reality was family responsibilities and he transitioned. His first job was as a leader in a Texas company manufacturing with about 400 people. Lean and six-sigma was his calling card in building single-phase transformers, then recruited by Haliburton to build a huge manufacturing facility at age 29. He did it by working with amazing people and listening. Now, Hives for Heroes teaches people the "bee addiction", each bee has a specific job, there is an age hierarchy and every job needs to be done or the hive collapses - much like the military. The addiction builds the family, gives purpose in someone's life and helps reduce the suicide rate. 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 every Friday at 1:00pm pacific time on Startup Radio Network at startupradionetwork.com