#82 As Rare as a Yeti Sighting, They Solve Cloud Problems - Tim Marcinowski, Yeticloud

A big contributor to Operation Code, of which both our hosts are involved, Tim Marcinowski served in the Navy for four years as an ITman. Two deployments and one surge were the big events in his career. Tim's experience was terrible and awesome both, and his introduction to the military was just that. His first day on ship, he found out one of the sailors had committed suicide, and that they were going to be deployed in a month, and that they were going to Mardi Gras that same day. Talk about a mixed bag of emotion. Overall, his experience was positive as he still has relationships from his military experience and he still gives back to the community. On ship, he was lucky. Joining right out of high school, the experiences were out of his understanding, and a couple of shipmates took him aside for the "man-to-man" talk on how to focus on the important things and shut out the noise. And that skill has transferred to the business world and served him well. Another skill Tim learned was focusing on the end game. In the service, it was getting to home port or completing the mission. In business, it has gotten Tim through the troughs that come with starting a business. One ah-ha Tim wants to pass along to others leaving the military is not to worry that things have passed you by while you were serving your country. And don't think that going home is the best idea, it's the comfortable idea. Go where the jobs and opportunities are. Tim's parents were entrepreneurs, running a video store where he loved serving people, selling candy and talking movies. That attitude is the foundation of Yeticloud, where simply solving the customer's IT problems in real time without having to deal with vendors is the company's hallmark. And Yeticloud is one of the companies benefitting from COVID, which has exposed fragile IT systems of many companies with the increase in digital traffic. They are one of few companies offering a fully-automated remediation solution, which the DOD has recently picked up on. Veteran Founder Podcast with your hosts Josh Carter and Cynthia Kao 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