How Veterans Can Find And Leverage Mentors: High Speed Low Drag Podcast

Mentorship. How important is it? Does having a mentor really make a difference? And if you?ve identified that you want and more importantly NEED a mentor how do you go about finding one? These are just a few of the most common questions that have been asked by some of our High Speed Elite members. Of course, we immediately realized that since the topic was a more common concern than we … [Read more...]

Charlie Gilkey, Founder of Productive Flourishing and Author of The Small Business Lifecycle : High Speed Low Drag Podcast 7:

Charlie Gilkey is the Founder of Productive Flourishing and Author of The Small Business Life Cycle, a best selling book on small business planning. His speeches, classes and planning systems and body of work helps change makers start finishing the stuff that matters. Charlie lives with his wife Angela in Portland, Oregon. HSLD: Besides the little background that we’ve give about you … [Read more...]

Four Things Veterans Need To Do To Build A Business

The focus on today’s post will be on a few questions that the High Speed Low Drag group got on a recent live event. After presenting on the topic of transition success and how to succeed financially in the civilian world, we were bombarded with so many questions on the topic. The main thing that everyone pretty much wanted to know were the specific things that veterans needed to do in orde … [Read more...]

Gavin McCulley, Angel Investor and Founder of Twin River Holdings : High Speed Low Drag Podcast

Gavin McCulley is a former army logistics officer who served in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Gavin left the service in late 2008 to become an entrepreneur only to find himself in a tumultuous economy. In search of capital for his own business, he learned first hand the game of Angel investing. Over the last 6 years, founded his own Angel investing partnership which is one of the nation’ … [Read more...]

Interview With Dan Auito; Business, Marketing and Technology Master : High Speed Low Drag Podcast #6

Business, marketing and technology are where Dan’s skills, talents and ability is focused. He is responsible for starting up and running 6 businesses and have a couple more on the way. Entrepreneurship really is the core of everything that Dan does. HSLD: Besides the little background that we’ve give about you, could you tell us a little more about yourself? Dan: I am an entreprene … [Read more...]

11 Things That Confuse Veterans In The Civilian World

While each veteran’s experience may be highly different from each other’s, there is no doubt that there are some striking and even universal similarities too. One of the main things is that going back to the real world AKA the civilian world after serving can not only be daunting but can also be confusing as well. While there are so many things that can be considered confusing High Speed L … [Read more...]

Founder Story – Tom Morkes : High Speed Low Drag Podcast #4

After we did the first two interviews of High Speed Low Drag’s first two founders, we thought it was only fitting to round it up with its third. HSLD’s third founder is Tom Morkes. Below is his story from his time to the military up to his experiences as a civilian. Read up because we’re pretty sure you’re bound to pick up a couple of life lessons from what he has to say too! … [Read more...]

Founder Story – John Lee Dumas : High Speed Low Drag Podcast #2

Today’s interview features a very special guest. He is no other than one of the founders of High Speed Low Drag himself, John Lee Dumas. John is the founder and host of Entrepreneur on Fire which was awardedThe Best of ITunes 2013. John interviews today’s most successful and inspiring entrepreneurs seven days a week. He has been featured in Forbes and Time Magazine. He … [Read more...]

21 Wildly Successful Vets Living Amazing Lives On Their Own Terms

21 Wildly Successful Vets Living Amazing Lives On Their Own Terms      Grab 1st??? We Have Personal Connection To These Guys....... Jake Hariman (Marine Officer - I served with him) - Nuru International Dre Armeda (Navy Enlisted) & Tony Perez (Marine Corps Enlisted) - Website Security - Sucuri Paul Szoldra - (Navy Enlisted - Met him at NMX in Vegas) - The Duff … [Read more...]