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Entrepreneurship is a Skill. It Can Be Learned - Episode 8

David Johnson speaks with Aaron Bare, a multi-talented entrepreneur who is co-founder of the HeroZona Foundation, which serves the Arizona veteran community and national veteran interests.

Aaron Bare calls himself a “micro-entrepreneur”, meaning he’s used a model to start a lot of different companies (3 non-profits, 12 companies sold) and then finds management teams to take them and accelerate them. Aaron’s experience helps veterans to really understand the process to move from having a great idea, to put it into practice in a business solution.

David Johnson speaks with Bare about a new program he’s launching - the Heropreneur Academy - an entrepreneurial incubator designed specifically for active military veterans and their spouses to teach and promote entrepreneurship.

Bare notes that the Foundation's free course will help veterans basically incubate their idea, test to see if it solves a problem for consumers, and see how it tests with customers.

Currently, Aaron Bare is Co-Founder & Vice-Chairman of HeroZona Foundation; Founder of Namaste Republic, the Arizona Accelerator, & Author of Reimagining Innovation. He also teaches courses on entrepreneurship and innovation and has a wide-ranging background in entrepreneurial business.

The David Johnson Show is a veteran talk show and growing voice of interest within our cultural – The Military and Veteran Cultural.

More so than ever the Military and Veteran community has created a culture in America. A sub-culture unique to our way of life, our experiences and the language we speak. Military forces have been deploying to fight the war on terrorism since 09/11/2001 and remain engaged in combat operations to this day.

We have seen the good, the bad and the ugly. This mindset of a Soldier, Airman, Sailor or Marine is never lost. Yes, the individual will exit the Military and start a new chapter in their life, however, the culture never dies. Watch the video of this podcast on veteran entrepreneurship.

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Starting a Business. The hardest part of launching a company from scratch is well, EVERYTHING — these guys RAH Coffee Company nailed it 👉 Branding — On Point 👉 Product — One of the best-tasting coffees I’ve ever tried 👉 Business Model — nailed it https://bit.ly/33nPMjC Real American Heroes (RAH) Coffee Company launched in December 2018 and has grown since and partnered with the largest coffee roaster in Arizona to offer seven delicious coffee blends, using only premium beans found all over the world. Learn more about Real American Heroes Coffee Co at: https://rahcoffeecompany.com/ “The David Johnson Show” is a national voice that talks about points of interest in the American military and veteran subculture. Each show episode showcases a different guest with a different story. Sign up to get notified of new episodes at https://thedavidjohnsonshow.com and subscribe to our YouTube channel.

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Veteran Talk Show. First of our kind and moving fast. We are The Veteran Talk Show. P.S. I have a bet I really don’t want to lose —> Please subscribe to our YouTube channel and help us build our subscriber base ... and go into the weekend like a champ https://bit.ly/3odLEMY “The David Johnson Show” is a national voice that talks about points of interest in the American military and veteran subculture. Each show episode showcases a different guest with a different story. Sign up to get notified of new episodes at https://thedavidjohnsonshow.com and subscribe to our YouTube channel. Follow us: Website: https://thedavidjohnsonshow.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedavidjohnsonshow/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidJohnsonSho LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-david-johnson-show/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedavidjohnsonshow/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/davidjohnsonshow/

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Creativity While Deployed Leads to Launching Real American Heroes Coffee Co. Gabe and David, the founders of Real American Heroes Coffee Co are the next guests on The David Johnson Show. Learn how these military entrepreneurs got the inspiration for setting up a coffee company featuring real American heroes, rather than fictional heroes. https://bit.ly/2ZtjrXx

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Athena Ives - A Marines Story of Resilience and Hope - Episode 6

Season 1, Episode 6 of The David Johnson Show - "USMC Veteran and military rape survivor, Athena Ives shares her story of resilience & hope and how she went from trauma to survival to victory in the latest episode of “The David Johnson Show”.

Athena recounts her story of being a child rape victim to serving in the U.S. Marines as a combat engineer and FST member with CLB-1, 1st MLG in Fallujah. In her 2018 book “Thank You for Raping Me” she speaks out against the physical and sexual assault she suffered in the military."

Watch the video version of this podcast and the article about this interview on A Marine's Story of Resilience- TDJS.

And check out our other full episodes of The David Johnson Show:

Episode 1: US Army Veteran Keith Caraway – The Cost of Being Hooah – https://youtu.be/HUIaJCw2Q98

Episode 2: US Navy SEAL Veteran Craig “Sawman” Sawyer – The Chapters in Your Life – https://youtu.be/8oDzws7AR2Y

Episode 3: Navy SEAL Retired Jon Fussell Talks Fear, Stepping It Up and Leadership https://youtu.be/DPKTfjTFc3E

Episode 4: S.C.A.R.S. The Science Behind Combat and Eliminating Fear – https://youtu.be/QuMgfBQxmbo

Episode 5: Veteran Employment: An Employers Perspective – Jay Sheehan https://youtu.be/vk13e4XRqTI

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Where the Real American Heroes Coffee Co Idea Started. Gabriel Uliburri and David Martin, the founders of Real American Heroes Coffee Co are the next guests on The David Johnson Show - Here, David shares his inspiration for setting up a coffee company featuring real American heroes, rather than fictional heroes. https://bit.ly/3gxiWkM “I really had the idea for the brand, mostly just because when my kid was little, I would always buy him Superman or Batman shirts, stuff like that. I would notice grown men wearing the same shirts. To me in my head, I'm thinking I understand things are trendy, or whatever, but I asked myself ‘why don't grown people wear real heroes instead of these fictional heroes’?

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Herozona Military and Veteran Entrepreneur Accelerator. Military veterans can learn about entrepreneurship via Arizona Accelerator, the business channel from Aaron Bare of Herozona. Here Aaron tells how military veterans can get involved in becoming an through his business channels. https://bit.ly/3hBjHKY

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The Faster You Fail The Faster you Reach Success. “In that process you're going to fail forward, but you're going to make a lot of mistakes. The faster you fail, the faster you actually reach success.” Multi-entrepreneur Aaron Bare shares his philosophy on being an entrepreneur and how veterans can learn from their mistakes. https://bit.ly/31kfXYT Learn more about the HeroZona Foundation here: https://www.herozona.org/ “The David Johnson Show” is a national voice that talks about points of interest in the American military and veteran subculture. Each show episode showcases a different guest with a different story. Sign up to get notified of new episodes at https://thedavidjohnsonshow.com and subscribe to our YouTube channel.

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The Stages of Entrepreneurship and a System for Success. Arizona Accelerator founder Aaron Bare looks back at how today’s Big Tech companies handled success early on and what entrepreneurs today can learn from them. https://bit.ly/3ghHG0y “You look at the mindsets of some of these entrepreneurs, they didn't know they were going to run billion-dollar businesses and things like that, but they're building in a garage and playbooks. Nowadays with Y Combinator and 500 Startups Techstars, and Arizona Accelerator, you have a process that's been proven and it's based on predicted failure.”

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Veterans are Twice as Likely to be Successful Entrepreneurs. "Statistically, veterans are twice as likely to be successful in entrepreneurship. The fact is, when I look at the veterans that we work with and have worked with in the past, they understand how organization works." Aaron Bare, co-founder of the @herozonaorg https://bit.ly/3g5KNsk "The David Johnson Show” is a national voice that talks about points of interest in the American military and veteran subculture. Each show episode showcases a different guest with a different story. Sign up to get notified of new episodes at https://thedavidjohnsonshow.com and subscribe to our YouTube channel.

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Aaron Bare Talks About How He Started on His Entrepreneurship Journey. In this clip of “The David Johnson Show”, David speaks with Aaron Bare, a multi-talented entrepreneur and co-founder of the Herozona Foundation. Aaron shares how he successfully transitioned his career from being a successful stockbroker on Wall Street to getting his entrepreneurial start in Cave Creek. “I grew up loving the movie, "Wall Street." I ended up being a stockbroker, and I made a lot of money there. My first entrepreneurial story is, I saw an opportunity in 2000, 2001.” Watch and hear how Bare got started on his entrepreneurial journey with a small company in Cave Creek AZ. https://bit.ly/3asfiHT “The David Johnson Show” is a national voice that talks about points of interest in the American military and veteran subculture. Each show episode showcases a different guest with a different story. Sign up to get notified of new episodes at https://thedavidjohnsonshow.com and subscribe to our YouTube channel.

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Heropreneur Academy Founder offers Free Entrepreneurship Program for Veterans. This week's guest on @thedavidjohnsonshow is a multi-talented entrepreneur who is co-founder of the @herozonaorg, Founder of Namaste Republic, the Arizona Accelerator, & the Author of Reimagining Innovation, Aaron Bare. On the show, Bare talks about a new program he’s launching, the Heropreneur Academy which is an entrepreneurial incubator designed specifically for active military veterans and their spouses to teach and promote entrepreneurship. Learn more: https://bit.ly/2XGQYN6

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Last Thought: The Cost of Being HOOAH! On the very first episode of @thedavidjohnsonshow 20-year Army Veteran, Keith Caraway talked openly and honestly about his time in the Army, the choices he made and he offered some advice as well as interesting stories. Keith wrote a follow-up piece to his episode in the first of our Veteran columns on our blog. Check it out: https://bit.ly/33z2Q7B

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Digital Marketing Tips Every Veteran Should Know About Building Your Personal Brand Online

Scottsdale community leader and digital marketing professional Matt O’Brien shares his insights to veterans on giving back and impacting one’s community on this episode of “The David Johnson Show.” O’Brien, CEO of MINT Social, an award-winning digital marketing and social media company, wants to help veterans build their brands online and use their Veteran Influence.

By using his digital marketing talents O’Brien aims to bring together this veteran and military community. To that end, he has created an entirely new opportunity for military veterans looking to launch a new business or find their passion in a new career using The Veteran Influence program for personal branding to your advantage...learn more and get access to the personal branding strategy template for veterans.

Watch Matt’s inspiring words about finding one’s passion for making an impact in the community. “The David Johnson Show” is a national voice that talks about points of interest in the American military and veteran subculture. Each show episode showcases a different guest with a different story. Sign up to get notified of new episodes on The Voice of Veterans website and subscribe to our YouTube channel.

MINT Social is a digital marketing agency that accelerates online marketing results to help businesses get found online. 

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The Bond of Veterans

The Bond – A unique bond forged in the irreplaceable experiences that shaped each and every one of us. We are not better than anybody, and we are not worse; we simply share a history that makes us the Veterans of the United States Military. 

A special understanding exists between us. A shared and often times unspoken language communicates our bond. We share a culture founded from those who marched before us and whose traditions we carried on – we are Veterans of the United States Military.

We marched on the backs of the generations that preceded us and studied their lessons. Now as the 09/11 Era Veteran and the GWOT era Veteran, we owe it to ourselves, our children and America to use our experience and bond to live the best life we can. To strive for excellence in all we do and continue to lead by example following the lessons from our shared history. 

It is a challenge to reinvent ourselves once the steadfast years of service to our country are a memory. We've joined the ranks of our fellow Americans and must move on and adjust. We must find our "what's next". Our bond must extend beyond our years of service to how we adapt to life's new missions. Our struggles and victories as Veterans must continue to inspire those among us who still adjust today. To those searching for the “what’s next” may you continue to seek with an open mind and open heart. Find support from our mutual understanding as Veterans that extend beyond our years of service. Life is made up of chapters, and your remaining chapters have yet to be written.

My name is David Johnson and these are OUR STORIES from The Veteran Talk Show.

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Veteran Employment Perspective from A Veteran Employer - Episode 5

Having a DD214 doesn’t mean an employer owes you a job… yes, you have a leg up because you have on average 300% more training than non-vets for hire but you still need to market yourself, your abilities, and your skillset.

There are many resources that center around Veteran employment but Jay is one of the best resources that you now have access to through this interview. In this episode of The David Johnson Show, The Veteran Talk Show, hear the point of view from the Employer’s perspective. The employer has to spend time, energy, and money to hire you and cut your paycheck every two weeks. Jay Sheehan, President of FreelaceVets https://freelancevets.com/ has been in the employment space for 20 years. At his peak, he was hiring 2,500 employees a year. Jay addresses the different types of employment from temp to hire, staffing and freelance in this new work-from-home, gig-economy.

Our commitment at The David Johnson show is to bring the veteran community stories, perspectives and the resources, so you can design the life that you deserve. Listen to Jay share his knowledge on why veterans make the best hires and how you can tap into this invaluable resource to get started or take your career to the next level.

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Never Stop Working the Problem: A Story on Leadership - Episode 3

The latest guest on The David Johnson Show is Lt. Commander Retired Navy SEAL Jon Fussell. Jon is a former Business Manager at Wellington Management Company, the largest independent investment management firm in the world, and founder of Patriot Leadership Development, a consultancy in which Jon teaches physical and mental approaches to leadership for corporate executives. In the full episode below, Jon speaks about the importance of coming together and working as a team; his business work in the corporate world; how his military training and leadership has impacted what he does today; and how veterans can adapt to new situations to understand how to move ahead. “You have to figure out how to work as a team,” says Jon in the episode. “Going through SEAL training, you can't survive that as an individual. You're not getting through there. I'm not going for miles, and miles, and miles, of running with a 400 lb. telephone pole on my shoulder. I certainly didn't do that as an individual. Miles of paddling and rowing, with a 400 lb. boat on your head. You're not doing that as an individual.” Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedavidjohnsonshow/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DavidJohnsonSho LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-david-johnson-show/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedavidjohnsonshow/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/davidjohnsonshow/ Website: https://thedavidjohnsonshow.com/ See the video podcast on YouTube: https://youtu.be/bG6DDy2ZY7Y

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