#97 He's Definitely Harnessed His Power - Bryce Reich, Harness

Navy Man Bryce Reich of Harness wanted to join the military for the structure but also because of the family background. Originally wanting to be a rescue swimmer for the Coast Guard, he went through the process but was put on a year wait list. His brother in-law had just left the Navy and Bryce looked up to him, so the Navy seemed like the place to be. He began as a submariner but decided he didn’t care for that while in boot camp. He switched to sonar technician where he finished his career. It was the team building and camaraderie that inspired Bryce the most and got him past the high school years where he didn’t really try to be a good student or performer. But there came a point. Bryce was ready to get out when the bureaucracy finally got to him. Understaffed in the sonar division, he did not feel recognized for his accomplishments and turned to getting back to his education. His timing was disturbingly good; on the USS John McCain, he left only a few months before the collision which killed ten sailors. Bryce new some of the dead. The first person to go to college in his family, Bryce graduated in Business Management. He had a job when a friend with a tech company reached out and asked if Bryce could do some business development for a month. It went so well Bryce became a co-founder by being in on the ground floor. Harness is a white label solution for entrepreneur and innovation ecosystems to centralize collaboration, communication, knowledge sharing, resource sharing and hiring. It’s an Angelist and a LinkedIn for exclusive communities such as universities, governments or accelerators. Veteran Founder Podcast with your hosts Josh Carter and Cynthia Kao We record the Veteran Founder 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