The transition seeks to explore Veteran Entrepreneurs’ journey from the military to entrepreneurship, providing lessons learned, their failures, their successes, and anything else that can be plucked out along the way.
Not only will this provide insight for those currently serving, but it will also be incredibly valuable for anyone who is interested in entrepreneurship.
The Veteran Business Community Podcast
S02E01: VBC x Gateway by ICN
Guest: Camille Thompson
S02E02: From Electronic Warfare to Executive Furniture: Kevin Kidd’s Next Mission
Guest: Kevin Kidd
S02E03: Beyond the Battlefield: How Edward Plant Builds High-Impact Business Networks
Guest: Edward Plant
S02E04: Grant Mastery: Navigating the World of Grant Applications with Kate Whitehead
Guest: Kate Whitehead
S02E05: Women in Combat – Sliding Door Moments that Changed Our Lives
Guest: Rach Ranton
S02E06: Boutique Rum, Crowdfunding and Life in Northern New South Wales
Guest: Sally Carter
S02E07: Water from Thin Air with Shannon Lemanski
Guest: Shannon Lemanski
S02E08: SAS Patrols in Vietnam to Principal of Veterans in Motorsport with Robert Kilsby
Guest: Robert Kilsby
S02E09: From Combat Engineer to Global Coach: The Edward Zia Way
Guest: Edward Zia
S02E010: How Covert Government Operations Shaped a Business Leadership Model
Guest: David Deane-Spread
S02E11: Swinging Spanners in Combat to Multi-Award Winning Business Owners – The Glen and Rowena Ferrarotto Story (Part 1)
Guest: Glen and Rowena Ferrarotto
S02E012: Swinging Spanners in Combat to Multi-Award Winning Business Owners – The Glen and Rowena Ferrarotto Story (Part 2)
Guest: Glen and Rowena Ferrarotto
S02E13: WTF is STE with David Newdick
Guest: David Newdick
S02E14: Life of an Army Aviator: the Highs, the Lows and the Highs Again
Guest: Andrew Middleton
S02E15 | CRM: Why Every Business Must Have One
Guest: Matthew Moseley
S02E16 | From Infantry to ISO: A Rifleman’s Story with David New
Guest: David New
S02E17 | Steve Baxter - Beaten Zone TAK-HACK Brisbane 22-24 Aug 25 - What is it and should you be there?
Guest: Steve Baxter
S02E18 | Human quotient: the formula for expressing individual values through enterprise
Guest: Claire Harris & Ron Kovalcik
S02E19 | Military and first responder empowerment: how VESPIIA is making a change
Guest: Shannon Hennessy
S02E20 | The Defence Estate Insider - Darian Macey. What you need to know about a $6+ Billion per year industry
Guest: Darian Macey
S02E21 | Veterans at the Helm: Delivering Capability to Defence Supply Chains
Guest: Daniel Stevens
S02E22 | Defence Kidz matters - Passion & Purpose the Hayley Boswell Story
Guest: Hayley Boswell
S02E23 | Own Place, Own Pace: Side Hustles and the real cost of patrolling Australia’s Northern waters with Navy Boatswain, Stephen Kepper
Guest: Stephen Kepper
S02E24 | Andrew Schaverien – From Education Corps to Buyer’s Agent: A Career Helping the Helper
Guest: Andrew Schaverien
S02E25 | S02E25 | Geofencing - how to use intelligence techniques to create targeted ads. Insights from former US Navy spook - Chris Seminatore
Guest: Chris Seminatore
S02E26 | Sex and Money? Need More? Let’s Unpack Both with Your Money Mistress – Larissa Zimmerman
Guest: Larissa Zimmerman
S02E27 | Still serving - Kelliegh Jackson and her journey from veteran to veteran advocate
Guest: Kelliegh Jackson
S02E28 | Real estate insider - how to use a buyers agent to build your property portfolio - Kane Drury
Guest: Kane Dury
S02E29 | A Relationship with Uncertainty? How Understanding Your Emotional Fitness and Behaviour Profile Can Be Game Changing in Business – with Miranda Packer
Guest: Miranda Packer
S02E30 | From Infantry to Security – Sound Familiar? Mark Costello’s Journey to Building a Major Security Training Business
Guest: Mark Costello
S02E31 | Infantry to advocacy - how Zach Plath is supporting our community
Guest: Zach Plath
S02E32 | Harry Moffit - Gunslinger, philosopher, author, punk rocker. One man's contribution to the human revolution
Guest: Harry Moffit
S02E32 | Alok 'Doc' Patel - From Harvard Business School to Funding Asymmetrical military capabilities (with a stint in the Army and Navy along the way).
Guest: Alok Patel
A COLLECTION OF WORK
Veteran Enterprise/Transition Research
Explore a comprehensive collection of research and insights on veteran enterprise and military-to-civilian transition from leading organizations, academic institutions, and government bodies. Our curated repository brings together key studies, white papers, and reports that shed light on the challenges and opportunities faced by veteran entrepreneurs and transitioning service members.
Self-employment and the Armed Forces Community
By Professor Clare Lyonette, Dr Sally-Anne Barnes and Dr David Owen (IER); Natalie Fisher and Karen Newell (QinetiQ); Ren Kapur MBE and Martin Wing (X-Forces Enterprise)