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Database of Entrepreneurial Vets?

Veteran

Alexander Shulman Cambridge, MA

There are a LOT of websites with resources for veterans to start or fund a business, but is there some place where entrepreneurial vets can find each other based on their skills?
I don't mean just geographical-area-wise. With the ease of long-distance communication, there's no reason why local meetups should be the limiting factor in finding team members or co-founders.

17 March 2018 7 replies General

Answers

Advisor

Tracy Flanagan Berwyn, PA

Hello Alexander:

Thank you for your service. You might look into joining RallyPoint. It is similar to LinkedIn, Facebook. It is predominantly Veterans although there are civilian Veteran advocates/business people that are members as well.

Veteran

Alexander Shulman Cambridge, MA

Thank you all for taking the time to answer, and thank you for all the leads!

Advisor

Robert Rahni White Plains, NY

Alexander,

I suggest checking out Bunker Labs - I've known of this organization for several years now (founded in 2014) and have referred veterans I've assisted both in my current role at ACP as well as my previous leading all military veteran initiatives for 6+ years at a non-profit four-year institution of higher learning in NYC. Having recently attended a reception at WeWork Times Square where they announced launching their formal partnership with WeWork, I was amazed to learn they're now in over 17 major cities across the nation!

As taken from their website, they're "a national not-for-profit 501(C)(3) organization built by military veteran entrepreneurs to empower other military veterans as leaders in innovation."

https://bunkerlabs.org/

In addition to leveraging their various social media platforms (i.e FaceBook - https://www.facebook.com/thebunkerlabs/) to connect with like-minded vet entrepreneurs, they also seem to have a pretty nifty app for your smartphone where you could connect directly with others who share your skills/passion:
https://bunkerlabs.org/bunker-labs-community-app/

They do some phenomenal work - check em out!

Advisor

Vivek Vadakkuppattu Seattle, WA

I am blanking on the name of a veteran focused forum, but here are some generic startup/entrepreneur forums that could be a good start f6s, angellist, growthhackers. Here are some founder specific forums: foundrs

Advisor

Arnie Scott Stratham, NH

It's not specifically for Vets, but you might check out Jobcase.com This is a site where people share insights about their work.

Veteran

Phillip Batson Tacoma, WA

Good Morning Alexander,

Short answer, there has to be groups on the various social media platforms. Longer answer, if there isn’t any that you can easily find, try starting a group on LinkedIn, Facebook, or Reddit. Either one will require a little bit of homework to find/create the best group for yourself. If you can allow the time daily, creating your own group on one of the platforms can allow you to tailor the group to make it feed your needs which may be beneficial. But, if you find a pre-established group, you’ll be looking at more members quickly.

Phil Batson

Advisor

BOB matlos Ventura, CA

it generally is very hard, we all want to setle in at an early age. we have many comfort zones. thus craigslist / all the web sites that attract v.c. venture capital . for instance i;m going to offer up some land i have in so. calif as an incentive to create skills , tasks capital improvements . i'm in my late 70,s thus i;m hoping to assist some1 possibly a vet / non vet
lastly u have to really be unattached to travel 500 miles 1000 miles ., AMERICA IS VERY LARGE .
I USED TO OWN MEMORY CENTERS IN GA.

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