1 0:00:14,231 --> 0:00:17,193 Mark Haney: And now from the Marquee Media Studio

2 0:00:17,373 --> 0:00:18,814 Mark Haney: inside Mark Tank.

3 0:00:19,194 --> 0:00:20,856 Mark Haney: It's the Mark Haney.

4 0:00:21,316 --> 0:00:21,696 Marcus Haney: Show.

5 0:00:30,071 --> 0:00:33,543 Mark Haney: Today is the Marine Corps birthday, so it's

6 0:00:33,643 --> 0:00:36,971 Mark Haney: only befitting that we bring on a Marine,

7 0:00:38,240 --> 0:00:39,365 Mark Haney: once Marine, always Marine.

8 0:00:39,520 --> 0:00:41,861 Mark Haney: We brought on Marcus Haney and we're going

9 0:00:41,941 --> 0:00:44,501 Mark Haney: to be talking about Allegiant Vets and the

10 0:00:44,620 --> 0:00:45,825 Mark Haney: work he is doing.

11 0:00:46,240 --> 0:00:48,264 Mark Haney: He is the CEO of Allegiant Giving and

12 0:00:48,304 --> 0:00:50,468 Mark Haney: Allegiant Vets and he's building this

13 0:00:50,549 --> 0:00:54,625 Mark Haney: incredible business, but they're doing

14 0:00:54,926 --> 0:00:56,501 Mark Haney: impactful work, so we're going to talk

15 0:00:56,541 --> 0:00:57,504 Mark Haney: about that today.

16 0:00:57,604 --> 0:01:00,270 Mark Haney: But I think today is going to be more fun

17 0:01:00,350 --> 0:01:03,384 Mark Haney: because I got a chance to sort of reminisce

18 0:01:03,684 --> 0:01:07,752 Mark Haney: a bit with Marcus, because some of you may

19 0:01:07,812 --> 0:01:11,106 Mark Haney: not know this, but Marcus actually helped

20 0:01:11,166 --> 0:01:14,762 Mark Haney: me launch the show back in the day, and so

21 0:01:14,822 --> 0:01:16,645 Mark Haney: I want to take a little trip down memory

22 0:01:16,685 --> 0:01:20,513 Mark Haney: lane with my son, marcus, who was really

23 0:01:21,160 --> 0:01:24,027 Mark Haney: the driving force behind launching this

24 0:01:24,307 --> 0:01:26,272 Mark Haney: thing, and so we'll get to talk a little

25 0:01:26,292 --> 0:01:27,905 Mark Haney: bit about that as well.

26 0:01:28,880 --> 0:01:30,444 Mark Haney: But just a reminder to anybody who's

27 0:01:30,485 --> 0:01:32,591 Mark Haney: listening this really is about winning.

28 0:01:32,800 --> 0:01:35,048 Mark Haney: This is around winning an entrepreneurship.

29 0:01:35,320 --> 0:01:36,604 Mark Haney: We're building the backyard advantage,

30 0:01:36,624 --> 0:01:38,128 Mark Haney: which is the most connected community in

31 0:01:38,148 --> 0:01:40,883 Mark Haney: the world for local entrepreneurs, and it's

32 0:01:41,004 --> 0:01:44,291 Mark Haney: centered around a culture of love, helping

33 0:01:44,632 --> 0:01:45,133 Mark Haney: one another.

34 0:01:45,440 --> 0:01:48,663 Mark Haney: Engineering wins, and through our show, you

35 0:01:48,703 --> 0:01:52,029 Mark Haney: get access to people that can inspire,

36 0:01:52,230 --> 0:01:55,303 Mark Haney: educate and connect you, and so if these

37 0:01:57,007 --> 0:02:00,317 Mark Haney: people are people that you want to support,

38 0:02:00,357 --> 0:02:02,442 Mark Haney: then you need to subscribe to our podcast,

39 0:02:02,462 --> 0:02:05,047 Mark Haney: subscribe to YouTube and really be a part

40 0:02:05,208 --> 0:02:06,129 Mark Haney: of this community.

41 0:02:06,550 --> 0:02:07,592 Mark Haney: Get involved.

42 0:02:08,480 --> 0:02:10,745 Mark Haney: We live here, and I think it's incumbent on

43 0:02:10,946 --> 0:02:12,710 Mark Haney: us, as people that believe in

44 0:02:12,770 --> 0:02:15,483 Mark Haney: entrepreneurship, to support this kind of

45 0:02:15,523 --> 0:02:18,431 Mark Haney: cause, support one another and get involved,

46 0:02:18,620 --> 0:02:20,987 Mark Haney: and so I'm inviting you to be a part of

47 0:02:21,027 --> 0:02:21,969 Mark Haney: this journey with me.

48 0:02:23,200 --> 0:02:25,764 Mark Haney: But now, with no further ado, let me

49 0:02:25,884 --> 0:02:29,709 Mark Haney: introduce to you my son, the Marine, my

50 0:02:29,809 --> 0:02:31,171 Mark Haney: hero, marcus Annie.

51 0:02:31,191 --> 0:02:32,693 Mark Haney: Welcome, marcus man, you're getting pretty

52 0:02:32,713 --> 0:02:33,174 Mark Haney: good at this.

53 0:02:33,554 --> 0:02:35,462 Mark Haney: I've been practicing, I've been failing for

54 0:02:35,502 --> 0:02:36,326 Mark Haney: like seven years?

55 0:02:36,406 --> 0:02:37,068 Mark Haney: I don't think so.

56 0:02:37,341 --> 0:02:38,597 Marcus Haney: I think you've been doing a lot of great

57 0:02:38,618 --> 0:02:39,985 Marcus Haney: stuff Shoot well I appreciate it.

58 0:02:40,862 --> 0:02:43,309 Mark Haney: Well, as I mentioned, I wouldn't be doing

59 0:02:43,349 --> 0:02:44,011 Mark Haney: this without you.

60 0:02:44,160 --> 0:02:45,865 Mark Haney: I can remember when we first started the

61 0:02:45,925 --> 0:02:51,319 Mark Haney: show how nervous I was and we sat 15 feet

62 0:02:51,460 --> 0:02:55,068 Mark Haney: over there at my table and we knew that our

63 0:02:55,108 --> 0:02:57,112 Mark Haney: first guest was going to be Uriah Faber.

64 0:02:57,173 --> 0:02:58,825 Mark Haney: And I was like, oh wow, Uriah's come on the

65 0:02:58,866 --> 0:02:59,066 Mark Haney: show.

66 0:02:59,540 --> 0:03:01,606 Mark Haney: He's a buddy of mine, but still I'd never

67 0:03:01,626 --> 0:03:03,371 Mark Haney: been on the radio before and how do I?

68 0:03:03,391 --> 0:03:06,728 Mark Haney: We were on Sports 1140, KHTK at the time

69 0:03:08,341 --> 0:03:09,564 Mark Haney: and I knew I was going to have to cut, to

70 0:03:09,584 --> 0:03:11,169 Mark Haney: break and do commercials and there was all

71 0:03:11,209 --> 0:03:12,011 Mark Haney: this logistics.

72 0:03:12,621 --> 0:03:14,368 Mark Haney: It wasn't just getting on here and

73 0:03:14,970 --> 0:03:16,918 Mark Haney: bullshitting with the buddy or talking to

74 0:03:16,958 --> 0:03:19,427 Mark Haney: somebody I care about and telling stories.

75 0:03:21,185 --> 0:03:21,727 Mark Haney: It was scary.

76 0:03:22,340 --> 0:03:25,068 Mark Haney: And so you, I remember rehearsing.

77 0:03:26,080 --> 0:03:27,225 Mark Haney: We do no rehearsal now.

78 0:03:27,360 --> 0:03:28,625 Mark Haney: I don't even have show notes right now for

79 0:03:28,645 --> 0:03:28,966 Mark Haney: this show.

80 0:03:29,360 --> 0:03:32,610 Mark Haney: This is like off the cuff, but I was so

81 0:03:32,690 --> 0:03:33,051 Mark Haney: nervous.

82 0:03:33,180 --> 0:03:35,847 Mark Haney: Of course I overprepared to the point where

83 0:03:36,268 --> 0:03:37,231 Mark Haney: I needed to rehearse.

84 0:03:37,660 --> 0:03:39,627 Mark Haney: You were my rehearsal partner.

85 0:03:39,687 --> 0:03:40,690 Mark Haney: You were Uriah Faber.

86 0:03:40,881 --> 0:03:42,381 Mark Haney: I didn't have the good hair, though, and I

87 0:03:42,421 --> 0:03:43,986 Mark Haney: remember you doing your impressions of

88 0:03:44,086 --> 0:03:45,591 Mark Haney: Uriah Faber right there.

89 0:03:45,901 --> 0:03:47,968 Mark Haney: So you're impersonating Uriah and I'm

90 0:03:48,048 --> 0:03:49,513 Mark Haney: impersonating what's supposed to be a radio

91 0:03:49,553 --> 0:03:52,910 Mark Haney: guy, and you helped me get through a lot of

92 0:03:52,930 --> 0:03:53,192 Mark Haney: that.

93 0:03:53,272 --> 0:03:54,280 Marcus Haney: So you were there.

94 0:03:54,340 --> 0:03:55,666 Marcus Haney: Look how far you have come.

95 0:03:55,800 --> 0:03:57,423 Marcus Haney: Now we don't have to go down to the Sports

96 0:03:57,443 --> 0:03:59,287 Marcus Haney: 1140 studios on Saturday mornings.

97 0:03:59,367 --> 0:03:59,748 Marcus Haney: God it's so.

98 0:03:59,788 --> 0:04:00,490 Marcus Haney: How fun was that.

99 0:04:01,231 --> 0:04:02,982 Mark Haney: You know what it was at nine o'clock in the

100 0:04:03,002 --> 0:04:04,927 Mark Haney: morning and I can remember driving down

101 0:04:04,987 --> 0:04:08,187 Mark Haney: there nervous, so I had to put on music.

102 0:04:08,480 --> 0:04:09,303 Mark Haney: You knew my playlist.

103 0:04:09,604 --> 0:04:11,953 Mark Haney: That got me in the right mode, got over my

104 0:04:12,034 --> 0:04:14,202 Mark Haney: nervousness, got me psyched up to do the

105 0:04:14,242 --> 0:04:17,106 Mark Haney: show and so I walked into the studio, still

106 0:04:17,127 --> 0:04:17,769 Mark Haney: a little nervous.

107 0:04:17,860 --> 0:04:19,607 Mark Haney: We had our little pregame rap and all that.

108 0:04:19,940 --> 0:04:21,586 Mark Haney: Now it's just me and Scott and we just wing

109 0:04:21,626 --> 0:04:22,489 Mark Haney: it and we rock and roll.

110 0:04:22,560 --> 0:04:23,760 Marcus Haney: He actually helps me prepare a little bit.

111 0:04:23,860 --> 0:04:26,326 Marcus Haney: I listened to the song Sentries before I

112 0:04:26,366 --> 0:04:28,030 Marcus Haney: came up here, just to get myself in the

113 0:04:28,070 --> 0:04:28,711 Marcus Haney: headspace.

114 0:04:28,751 --> 0:04:30,963 Marcus Haney: That's right, that was the intro music back

115 0:04:31,003 --> 0:04:32,727 Marcus Haney: in those days until we got hit with a

116 0:04:32,747 --> 0:04:35,601 Marcus Haney: little bit of SEC stuff over there, you're

117 0:04:35,621 --> 0:04:36,604 Marcus Haney: gonna bring a tear to your eyes.

118 0:04:36,624 --> 0:04:38,190 Marcus Haney: Yeah, absolutely, yeah, absolutely.

119 0:04:39,040 --> 0:04:41,947 Mark Haney: Okay, so enough about me and my show,

120 0:04:42,288 --> 0:04:44,192 Mark Haney: because this is really our show and, even

121 0:04:44,232 --> 0:04:46,945 Mark Haney: more than that, it's our community show and

122 0:04:46,985 --> 0:04:50,980 Mark Haney: you are doing so much for our community and

123 0:04:51,000 --> 0:04:52,223 Mark Haney: so I want to talk about that.

124 0:04:52,263 --> 0:04:55,970 Mark Haney: So much for our country and so much for the

125 0:04:56,010 --> 0:04:59,726 Mark Haney: people who really are the heroes of our

126 0:04:59,806 --> 0:05:01,631 Mark Haney: country through Allegiant Vets.

127 0:05:01,920 --> 0:05:05,786 Mark Haney: You are helping Allegiant Vets no excuse me,

128 0:05:05,826 --> 0:05:08,169 Mark Haney: you are helping the veterans of America.

129 0:05:09,051 --> 0:05:12,019 Mark Haney: I'm really transition to that next part of

130 0:05:12,120 --> 0:05:14,817 Mark Haney: life and so maybe share with us a little

131 0:05:14,858 --> 0:05:17,294 Mark Haney: bit about the work that you're doing and

132 0:05:17,394 --> 0:05:19,640 Mark Haney: what inspires you to do this work.

133 0:05:20,730 --> 0:05:21,494 Marcus Haney: Yeah, great question.

134 0:05:21,950 --> 0:05:23,074 Marcus Haney: Appreciate the opportunity.

135 0:05:24,210 --> 0:05:26,552 Marcus Haney: The mission started back in the day when I

136 0:05:26,612 --> 0:05:28,057 Marcus Haney: was actually active duty in the Marine

137 0:05:28,097 --> 0:05:30,336 Marcus Haney: Corps right and you have just sold your

138 0:05:30,396 --> 0:05:33,171 Marcus Haney: businesses and started Allegiant Giving and

139 0:05:33,211 --> 0:05:35,538 Marcus Haney: our original mission was to help out my

140 0:05:35,719 --> 0:05:37,775 Marcus Haney: friends actually ones who were severely

141 0:05:37,816 --> 0:05:40,234 Marcus Haney: wounded in action and weren't good fits for

142 0:05:40,274 --> 0:05:42,534 Marcus Haney: prosthetics and we went out and found

143 0:05:42,694 --> 0:05:45,036 Marcus Haney: solutions that helped give them some

144 0:05:45,136 --> 0:05:48,417 Marcus Haney: freedom so they didn't go down the negative

145 0:05:48,458 --> 0:05:50,346 Marcus Haney: path of taking their own life or something

146 0:05:50,367 --> 0:05:51,745 Marcus Haney: like that Right, these people that had lost

147 0:05:51,766 --> 0:05:55,400 Marcus Haney: their limbs and they needed to be in

148 0:05:55,440 --> 0:05:56,371 Marcus Haney: wheelchairs Helped.

149 0:05:56,451 --> 0:05:57,997 Marcus Haney: Yeah, they needed some help.

150 0:05:58,218 --> 0:05:59,454 Marcus Haney: Right, they needed somebody to feel like

151 0:05:59,474 --> 0:06:00,116 Marcus Haney: they could lean on.

152 0:06:01,230 --> 0:06:02,696 Marcus Haney: Fast forward, I transitioned out of the

153 0:06:02,736 --> 0:06:04,916 Marcus Haney: military Marine Corps, URA Happy Birthday

154 0:06:04,936 --> 0:06:08,792 Marcus Haney: Marines With a bullet in my leg and I

155 0:06:08,832 --> 0:06:10,136 Marcus Haney: didn't know what I was going to do.

156 0:06:11,230 --> 0:06:14,258 Marcus Haney: Luckily I had a nice landing back here in

157 0:06:14,298 --> 0:06:15,100 Marcus Haney: home in Sacramento.

158 0:06:16,070 --> 0:06:17,997 Marcus Haney: But not most veterans have that opportunity,

159 0:06:18,530 --> 0:06:21,919 Marcus Haney: and so I put a little pin in my transition

160 0:06:21,939 --> 0:06:22,782 Marcus Haney: story for myself.

161 0:06:22,910 --> 0:06:24,616 Marcus Haney: And actually my first job out of the

162 0:06:24,656 --> 0:06:27,095 Marcus Haney: Marines was working at a technology and

163 0:06:27,115 --> 0:06:29,213 Marcus Haney: staffing company, learned a new business,

164 0:06:29,253 --> 0:06:31,112 Marcus Haney: had to parlay my skills like I teach my

165 0:06:31,132 --> 0:06:33,513 Marcus Haney: skill bridgers weekly to use what they

166 0:06:33,533 --> 0:06:35,472 Marcus Haney: learned in the military and help parlay

167 0:06:35,512 --> 0:06:37,117 Marcus Haney: that into the next phase.

168 0:06:38,070 --> 0:06:39,276 Marcus Haney: I didn't really have much to parlay.

169 0:06:39,370 --> 0:06:40,174 Marcus Haney: I was an infantry guy.

170 0:06:40,873 --> 0:06:42,988 Marcus Haney: I could shoot guns well, blow stuff up

171 0:06:43,008 --> 0:06:43,230 Marcus Haney: pretty good.

172 0:06:43,310 --> 0:06:44,812 Marcus Haney: You know, people break things, I was all

173 0:06:44,852 --> 0:06:46,714 Marcus Haney: right at that stuff, but I needed to get

174 0:06:46,734 --> 0:06:48,955 Marcus Haney: into the business world and luckily I had

175 0:06:48,975 --> 0:06:50,353 Marcus Haney: the opportunity to work over at Direct

176 0:06:50,393 --> 0:06:52,894 Marcus Haney: Technology Rick Nelson, also a fellow

177 0:06:52,934 --> 0:06:54,551 Marcus Haney: veteran, veteran-owned company, great

178 0:06:54,611 --> 0:06:57,332 Marcus Haney: organization here locally and they gave me

179 0:06:57,352 --> 0:06:59,991 Marcus Haney: an opportunity to jump back in to the

180 0:07:00,071 --> 0:07:03,174 Marcus Haney: veteran network and we started helping

181 0:07:03,675 --> 0:07:05,721 Marcus Haney: Microsoft and other large organizations

182 0:07:06,210 --> 0:07:08,870 Marcus Haney: identify veterans who were a good fit for

183 0:07:08,891 --> 0:07:09,935 Marcus Haney: their training programs.

184 0:07:10,010 --> 0:07:12,880 Marcus Haney: And so I spent a few years in building out

185 0:07:12,970 --> 0:07:16,015 Marcus Haney: that infrastructure for them and help them

186 0:07:16,356 --> 0:07:19,177 Marcus Haney: attract veterans into Microsoft training

187 0:07:19,257 --> 0:07:19,779 Marcus Haney: programs.

188 0:07:20,010 --> 0:07:23,080 Marcus Haney: And then I saw what transpired from that

189 0:07:23,230 --> 0:07:25,577 Marcus Haney: was not a lot of hires from these training

190 0:07:25,657 --> 0:07:28,331 Marcus Haney: programs and it really made me upset that I

191 0:07:28,371 --> 0:07:29,750 Marcus Haney: was putting in all this effort and

192 0:07:29,931 --> 0:07:31,851 Marcus Haney: promising these service members all this

193 0:07:31,952 --> 0:07:32,454 Marcus Haney: opportunity.

194 0:07:32,850 --> 0:07:34,330 Marcus Haney: They got an interview, no doubt, and

195 0:07:34,350 --> 0:07:37,159 Marcus Haney: Microsoft held their end of the bargain in

196 0:07:37,179 --> 0:07:38,312 Marcus Haney: that regard, so no negative.

197 0:07:38,352 --> 0:07:40,190 Marcus Haney: I just thought there was a better way, and

198 0:07:40,250 --> 0:07:43,300 Marcus Haney: so I, with my entrepreneurial mindset right

199 0:07:43,750 --> 0:07:47,555 Marcus Haney: being your son, I guess I decided to come

200 0:07:47,616 --> 0:07:50,012 Marcus Haney: to you and the board of directors and say I

201 0:07:50,112 --> 0:07:53,410 Marcus Haney: think that we could change the direction of

202 0:07:53,732 --> 0:07:56,332 Marcus Haney: the way Allegiant Giving is going and I see

203 0:07:56,352 --> 0:07:58,552 Marcus Haney: an opportunity out there and it's called

204 0:07:58,572 --> 0:08:00,633 Marcus Haney: the Skill Bridge Program, and for those of

205 0:08:00,674 --> 0:08:01,717 Marcus Haney: you that don't know Skill Bridge.

206 0:08:02,130 --> 0:08:05,012 Marcus Haney: It is a DOD approved program that allows

207 0:08:05,313 --> 0:08:07,592 Marcus Haney: active duty service members to spend their

208 0:08:07,632 --> 0:08:10,793 Marcus Haney: last three to six months really gathering

209 0:08:10,833 --> 0:08:12,635 Marcus Haney: themselves to get out into the civilian

210 0:08:12,715 --> 0:08:13,257 Marcus Haney: workforce.

211 0:08:14,790 --> 0:08:16,837 Marcus Haney: And so we started out in 2016 with our

212 0:08:16,857 --> 0:08:19,334 Marcus Haney: first Skill Bridger and, as of today, we've

213 0:08:19,374 --> 0:08:21,913 Marcus Haney: scaled it to around 950 active Skill

214 0:08:21,933 --> 0:08:22,294 Marcus Haney: Bridgers.

215 0:08:22,910 --> 0:08:26,100 Marcus Haney: We'll end up helping about 2,500 service

216 0:08:26,140 --> 0:08:27,956 Marcus Haney: members transition out of the military this

217 0:08:28,016 --> 0:08:31,560 Marcus Haney: year about the scale to 2024, around 5,000

218 0:08:31,650 --> 0:08:33,910 Marcus Haney: will end up coming through our program and

219 0:08:33,930 --> 0:08:34,775 Marcus Haney: we're building a community.

220 0:08:34,890 --> 0:08:37,370 Marcus Haney: I've got a fantastic team behind me that's

221 0:08:37,411 --> 0:08:38,736 Marcus Haney: rallied around all these service members.

222 0:08:38,870 --> 0:08:40,871 Marcus Haney: A lot of them are actually products of our

223 0:08:40,932 --> 0:08:41,755 Marcus Haney: Skill Bridge Program.

224 0:08:41,950 --> 0:08:44,359 Marcus Haney: They raise their hand deering their program

225 0:08:44,510 --> 0:08:46,070 Marcus Haney: and say I see what you're doing, I

226 0:08:46,110 --> 0:08:47,976 Marcus Haney: understand the mission and I wanna jump in

227 0:08:48,016 --> 0:08:50,996 Marcus Haney: and help, and they've helped me take it to

228 0:08:51,016 --> 0:08:51,578 Marcus Haney: where we are today.

229 0:08:52,050 --> 0:08:55,479 Mark Haney: Okay, so let's talk about that in a little

230 0:08:55,499 --> 0:08:56,221 Mark Haney: more detail.

231 0:08:58,054 --> 0:09:00,561 Mark Haney: So let's say I'm an active duty military

232 0:09:00,641 --> 0:09:03,012 Mark Haney: person, I'm about to get out, I've done my

233 0:09:03,092 --> 0:09:05,199 Mark Haney: four years or my 20 years or whatever it is,

234 0:09:05,310 --> 0:09:06,876 Mark Haney: and now I'm on the last three to six months

235 0:09:08,072 --> 0:09:11,321 Mark Haney: and I haven't decided what I want to do.

236 0:09:11,570 --> 0:09:13,777 Mark Haney: Or I'm in the process of deciding what I

237 0:09:13,897 --> 0:09:16,996 Mark Haney: want to do and I'm still in the military,

238 0:09:17,750 --> 0:09:20,136 Mark Haney: and that's when I enter the Allegiant

239 0:09:20,217 --> 0:09:21,821 Mark Haney: Program, correct?

240 0:09:22,330 --> 0:09:24,295 Marcus Haney: Yeah, so we try to get folks that are

241 0:09:24,315 --> 0:09:25,739 Marcus Haney: looking at transitioning at least a year

242 0:09:25,899 --> 0:09:27,955 Marcus Haney: out Okay, because it's a process, right,

243 0:09:28,291 --> 0:09:30,799 Marcus Haney: and when it the day hits that you're

244 0:09:30,819 --> 0:09:32,696 Marcus Haney: getting out, it is an oh shit moment.

245 0:09:33,411 --> 0:09:34,255 Marcus Haney: What am I gonna do now?

246 0:09:34,410 --> 0:09:35,194 Marcus Haney: Did I prepare?

247 0:09:35,731 --> 0:09:37,157 Marcus Haney: What is my next opportunity?

248 0:09:37,530 --> 0:09:38,434 Marcus Haney: Where am I gonna live?

249 0:09:38,970 --> 0:09:40,717 Marcus Haney: All these things start coming at you really

250 0:09:40,837 --> 0:09:43,878 Marcus Haney: fast, and so we try to prepare them as

251 0:09:43,898 --> 0:09:44,720 Marcus Haney: early as possible.

252 0:09:45,070 --> 0:09:46,436 Marcus Haney: You know we start off by providing them

253 0:09:46,450 --> 0:09:49,038 Marcus Haney: with a transition workbook so they can set

254 0:09:49,119 --> 0:09:50,996 Marcus Haney: goals and look at what their transition is

255 0:09:51,036 --> 0:09:51,778 Marcus Haney: going to look like.

256 0:09:51,870 --> 0:09:54,800 Marcus Haney: It is our goal for them to think about it

257 0:09:55,633 --> 0:09:57,191 Marcus Haney: and plan ahead of time, right, accordingly,

258 0:09:57,252 --> 0:09:59,619 Marcus Haney: so that they can leave the military with

259 0:09:59,659 --> 0:10:00,060 Marcus Haney: success.

260 0:10:00,150 --> 0:10:01,830 Marcus Haney: So, yeah, we try to get them as early in

261 0:10:01,870 --> 0:10:03,891 Marcus Haney: the active duty process as possible so they

262 0:10:03,911 --> 0:10:05,757 Marcus Haney: can start thinking about who they wanna be

263 0:10:05,777 --> 0:10:06,339 Marcus Haney: when they get older.

264 0:10:06,690 --> 0:10:09,138 Mark Haney: Well, you think about it reminds me a

265 0:10:09,178 --> 0:10:11,316 Mark Haney: little bit of the Brock Purdy story, a

266 0:10:11,416 --> 0:10:12,471 Mark Haney: little bit, you know.

267 0:10:12,692 --> 0:10:15,219 Mark Haney: I like to say be ready, don't get ready.

268 0:10:15,991 --> 0:10:18,358 Mark Haney: And Brock Purdy as we know, I'm wearing my

269 0:10:18,418 --> 0:10:19,000 Mark Haney: nine-or shirt.

270 0:10:19,090 --> 0:10:19,672 Marcus Haney: This is a shirt.

271 0:10:19,712 --> 0:10:21,358 Mark Haney: I threw this on just because for you,

272 0:10:21,710 --> 0:10:23,190 Mark Haney: because this is the shirt that I wore, I

273 0:10:23,210 --> 0:10:26,955 Mark Haney: think, on our first show together, and it's

274 0:10:26,975 --> 0:10:28,520 Mark Haney: a nine-or, it's a red nine-or shirt.

275 0:10:29,170 --> 0:10:32,591 Mark Haney: But when it comes to being ready, think

276 0:10:32,631 --> 0:10:34,772 Mark Haney: about Brock Purdy, right, the last guy

277 0:10:35,033 --> 0:10:37,520 Mark Haney: picked in the draft, mr Irrelevant.

278 0:10:37,830 --> 0:10:40,458 Mark Haney: Mr Irrelevant, not expecting to play all

279 0:10:40,538 --> 0:10:40,939 Mark Haney: that.

280 0:10:41,790 --> 0:10:43,797 Mark Haney: Probably didn't know quite what he was

281 0:10:43,837 --> 0:10:45,817 Mark Haney: gonna do when he, if and when he got in,

282 0:10:45,930 --> 0:10:47,234 Mark Haney: probably wasn't even expecting to get in.

283 0:10:48,077 --> 0:10:50,696 Mark Haney: Or was he Because he got in and he sure

284 0:10:50,756 --> 0:10:51,579 Mark Haney: looked ready.

285 0:10:52,090 --> 0:10:53,917 Mark Haney: He sure looked like he had prepped himself.

286 0:10:54,110 --> 0:10:55,515 Mark Haney: He looked like he had gone through Skill

287 0:10:55,556 --> 0:10:59,398 Mark Haney: Bridge and came out ready to rock when the

288 0:10:59,498 --> 0:11:02,655 Mark Haney: moment was called for him to get in the

289 0:11:02,856 --> 0:11:03,277 Mark Haney: game.

290 0:11:04,590 --> 0:11:06,115 Mark Haney: But I mean, I'm thinking about after

291 0:11:06,135 --> 0:11:06,918 Mark Haney: selling my companies.

292 0:11:07,330 --> 0:11:08,615 Mark Haney: I didn't know what I was gonna do.

293 0:11:09,290 --> 0:11:11,518 Mark Haney: I was not expecting to leave.

294 0:11:11,910 --> 0:11:14,758 Mark Haney: I had time to prepare, but not time to

295 0:11:14,838 --> 0:11:17,697 Mark Haney: really craft a career for myself, right?

296 0:11:17,810 --> 0:11:19,015 Mark Haney: Because it's more like, well, I guess I'm

297 0:11:19,035 --> 0:11:20,652 Mark Haney: gonna be trying some stuff.

298 0:11:22,276 --> 0:11:23,860 Mark Haney: Didn't know quite how that was gonna play

299 0:11:24,020 --> 0:11:27,419 Mark Haney: out, but it's sure a heck of a lot better

300 0:11:27,891 --> 0:11:29,850 Mark Haney: when you've already gotten yourself, at

301 0:11:29,870 --> 0:11:30,614 Mark Haney: least at Compass.

302 0:11:30,834 --> 0:11:32,695 Mark Haney: At least you know the direction you're

303 0:11:32,755 --> 0:11:34,996 Mark Haney: going, and sometimes a program like Skill

304 0:11:35,016 --> 0:11:35,297 Mark Haney: Bridge.

305 0:11:36,170 --> 0:11:37,857 Mark Haney: It can't tell you everything about how to

306 0:11:37,897 --> 0:11:39,875 Mark Haney: be an employee at Microsoft, but it can

307 0:11:40,237 --> 0:11:42,691 Mark Haney: make it make it.

308 0:11:43,894 --> 0:11:47,631 Mark Haney: It can help you decide whether it's I wanna

309 0:11:47,672 --> 0:11:49,559 Mark Haney: go to work for a big company like Microsoft,

310 0:11:49,991 --> 0:11:51,437 Mark Haney: whether I even wanna go to work for a tech

311 0:11:51,457 --> 0:11:53,135 Mark Haney: company, or maybe it's something completely

312 0:11:53,175 --> 0:11:55,235 Mark Haney: different and until you've gone through

313 0:11:55,917 --> 0:11:58,676 Mark Haney: some training and some processes to help

314 0:11:58,736 --> 0:12:01,254 Mark Haney: put you in that position, you don't even

315 0:12:01,274 --> 0:12:02,899 Mark Haney: know which direction you're going.

316 0:12:03,370 --> 0:12:04,555 Marcus Haney: You don't even know where the opportunity

317 0:12:04,595 --> 0:12:05,558 Marcus Haney: lives, right.

318 0:12:05,750 --> 0:12:07,571 Marcus Haney: Opportunity is all around you, and when

319 0:12:07,591 --> 0:12:10,775 Marcus Haney: you're in the military, every day is told

320 0:12:10,935 --> 0:12:13,753 Marcus Haney: when you're gonna wake up, what time Chow

321 0:12:13,894 --> 0:12:16,252 Marcus Haney: is where your job is, what time you're off.

322 0:12:16,292 --> 0:12:19,310 Marcus Haney: There's no room for creativity, right, and

323 0:12:19,350 --> 0:12:21,631 Marcus Haney: so that's what we try to embark in our

324 0:12:21,751 --> 0:12:23,919 Marcus Haney: Skill Bridge program is try to break off

325 0:12:24,050 --> 0:12:25,957 Marcus Haney: some of that rust right, and say, look, you

326 0:12:25,997 --> 0:12:27,330 Marcus Haney: guys need to maybe open up your mind

327 0:12:27,370 --> 0:12:28,835 Marcus Haney: Remember back when you could make whatever

328 0:12:28,895 --> 0:12:30,119 Marcus Haney: decisions that you wanted to do.

329 0:12:30,250 --> 0:12:33,017 Marcus Haney: Exactly right, and so that's the reality,

330 0:12:33,171 --> 0:12:34,487 Marcus Haney: and I think that plagues veterans when

331 0:12:34,507 --> 0:12:34,730 Marcus Haney: they're not.

332 0:12:34,750 --> 0:12:36,135 Mark Haney: There's almost like more freedom.

333 0:12:36,336 --> 0:12:37,953 Marcus Haney: Right, it's like you have to.

334 0:12:37,993 --> 0:12:39,278 Marcus Haney: That's challenging, though, right?

335 0:12:39,370 --> 0:12:41,237 Marcus Haney: Imagine spending 20 years building a

336 0:12:41,297 --> 0:12:41,598 Marcus Haney: company.

337 0:12:41,690 --> 0:12:42,974 Marcus Haney: You get out transition time.

338 0:12:43,014 --> 0:12:43,797 Marcus Haney: What am I gonna do?

339 0:12:43,957 --> 0:12:44,058 Marcus Haney: Right?

340 0:12:44,770 --> 0:12:46,551 Marcus Haney: It's the same scenario like oh man, I only

341 0:12:46,591 --> 0:12:48,173 Marcus Haney: know what I'm good at, I only know this

342 0:12:48,353 --> 0:12:50,612 Marcus Haney: uniform, I only know this rank, I only know

343 0:12:51,034 --> 0:12:53,032 Marcus Haney: this sort of protocols, and now I have to

344 0:12:53,112 --> 0:12:55,930 Marcus Haney: learn an entire new set of issues and

345 0:12:55,950 --> 0:12:58,491 Marcus Haney: problems and I have to navigate them in a

346 0:12:58,672 --> 0:12:59,736 Marcus Haney: short amount of time.

347 0:12:59,870 --> 0:13:01,851 Marcus Haney: And it's really challenging for folks and

348 0:13:01,931 --> 0:13:04,880 Marcus Haney: they don't have any other program like ours.

349 0:13:05,010 --> 0:13:06,195 Marcus Haney: There's other folks who have Skill Bridge

350 0:13:06,235 --> 0:13:08,716 Marcus Haney: programs, but ours is an employment skills

351 0:13:08,957 --> 0:13:10,100 Marcus Haney: training Skill Bridge.

352 0:13:10,410 --> 0:13:13,099 Marcus Haney: So we don't expect folks to come in day one

353 0:13:13,170 --> 0:13:13,953 Marcus Haney: knowing what they wanna be.

354 0:13:14,830 --> 0:13:17,470 Marcus Haney: We give them the opportunity to decide on

355 0:13:17,591 --> 0:13:20,431 Marcus Haney: 12 different training tracks, from IT to

356 0:13:20,651 --> 0:13:23,720 Marcus Haney: human resources, on what they want to learn,

357 0:13:24,050 --> 0:13:26,539 Marcus Haney: who they want to be, what tools they wanna

358 0:13:26,579 --> 0:13:28,096 Marcus Haney: put in their tool belt when they get out,

359 0:13:28,350 --> 0:13:30,071 Marcus Haney: and we give them that opportunity and what

360 0:13:30,111 --> 0:13:32,150 Marcus Haney: we really give them is the opportunity for,

361 0:13:32,171 --> 0:13:33,930 Marcus Haney: like you said before, that freedom, the

362 0:13:33,970 --> 0:13:36,780 Marcus Haney: autonomy to try to decide that it is okay

363 0:13:36,870 --> 0:13:38,075 Marcus Haney: to be something different than what they

364 0:13:38,116 --> 0:13:40,674 Marcus Haney: thought they were before, and that becomes

365 0:13:40,734 --> 0:13:42,680 Marcus Haney: scary, but with the community behind you

366 0:13:43,090 --> 0:13:45,197 Marcus Haney: that we've created with thousands of other

367 0:13:45,257 --> 0:13:46,893 Marcus Haney: service members that have gone down the

368 0:13:46,954 --> 0:13:47,917 Marcus Haney: same walk of life.

369 0:13:48,450 --> 0:13:49,956 Marcus Haney: It becomes a lot less daunting.

370 0:13:50,710 --> 0:13:53,038 Marcus Haney: Take it one bite at a time, one day at a

371 0:13:53,098 --> 0:13:54,996 Marcus Haney: time, and that's what we really try to

372 0:13:55,619 --> 0:13:57,399 Marcus Haney: provide for these folks is an opportunity

373 0:13:57,440 --> 0:13:58,048 Marcus Haney: to see that.

374 0:13:58,310 --> 0:14:00,375 Marcus Haney: See the opportunity is there and then look

375 0:14:00,435 --> 0:14:02,440 Marcus Haney: at it on the forefront of how they are

376 0:14:02,480 --> 0:14:03,851 Marcus Haney: going to attack Right.

377 0:14:04,051 --> 0:14:06,757 Marcus Haney: And I don't try to let this time be for our

378 0:14:06,797 --> 0:14:09,202 Marcus Haney: service members a time where they let off

379 0:14:09,222 --> 0:14:11,734 Marcus Haney: the gas, because I think this is time where

380 0:14:11,754 --> 0:14:14,660 Marcus Haney: they need to push on the gas, shift into

381 0:14:14,700 --> 0:14:17,152 Marcus Haney: that next gear and decide what they want to

382 0:14:17,172 --> 0:14:19,057 Marcus Haney: do and how they're going to do it with a

383 0:14:19,097 --> 0:14:21,853 Marcus Haney: plan Right, write down that plan, revisit

384 0:14:21,893 --> 0:14:24,283 Marcus Haney: it and put it into action on a daily basis.

385 0:14:24,323 --> 0:14:25,769 Marcus Haney: And this is the time there they probably

386 0:14:25,809 --> 0:14:28,059 Marcus Haney: need to accelerate into an opportunity to

387 0:14:28,119 --> 0:14:29,786 Marcus Haney: catch up with the rest of the group, right?

388 0:14:30,047 --> 0:14:31,152 Marcus Haney: So if you can accelerate like you're

389 0:14:31,172 --> 0:14:31,978 Marcus Haney: getting on the freeway, you got to

390 0:14:31,998 --> 0:14:33,509 Marcus Haney: accelerate when you're, when you're getting

391 0:14:33,529 --> 0:14:34,533 Marcus Haney: on the freeway a little bit.

392 0:14:34,573 --> 0:14:37,043 Marcus Haney: So I tell people take your time, parlay and

393 0:14:37,163 --> 0:14:39,612 Marcus Haney: learn how to accelerate into something new.

394 0:14:40,034 --> 0:14:42,783 Marcus Haney: And last month, 100 jobs were created out

395 0:14:42,803 --> 0:14:43,466 Marcus Haney: of our program.

396 0:14:43,506 --> 0:14:45,514 Marcus Haney: So, wow, we're having a lot of impact and a

397 0:14:45,634 --> 0:14:46,458 Marcus Haney: lot of great results.

398 0:14:46,599 --> 0:14:47,885 Mark Haney: When you think about that.

399 0:14:47,905 --> 0:14:49,553 Mark Haney: I'm going to touch on what you just said a

400 0:14:49,593 --> 0:14:51,080 Mark Haney: little bit, but you guys are building

401 0:14:51,120 --> 0:14:52,367 Mark Haney: America's finest workforce.

402 0:14:52,387 --> 0:14:53,531 Mark Haney: You think about the people.

403 0:14:53,892 --> 0:14:57,743 Mark Haney: For any employer out there that has a lot

404 0:14:57,763 --> 0:14:59,608 Mark Haney: of employees or maybe you only have a few

405 0:14:59,628 --> 0:15:02,664 Mark Haney: Some of the best employees teammates that

406 0:15:02,842 --> 0:15:05,762 Mark Haney: you can have are people coming out of the

407 0:15:05,940 --> 0:15:06,361 Mark Haney: military.

408 0:15:06,538 --> 0:15:08,373 Mark Haney: You look at the team that you've built,

409 0:15:08,433 --> 0:15:08,814 Mark Haney: marcus.

410 0:15:08,874 --> 0:15:10,558 Mark Haney: These are people that have been in the

411 0:15:10,619 --> 0:15:14,434 Mark Haney: military and these are the finest teammates

412 0:15:15,156 --> 0:15:19,203 Mark Haney: that that one would want to have, and so

413 0:15:19,564 --> 0:15:23,212 Mark Haney: you're building 100 of the America's finest,

414 0:15:23,493 --> 0:15:24,819 Mark Haney: which is really interesting.

415 0:15:25,280 --> 0:15:26,967 Mark Haney: But one of the things that you mentioned is

416 0:15:26,987 --> 0:15:29,194 Mark Haney: you're getting on your on ramp and I think

417 0:15:29,214 --> 0:15:30,798 Mark Haney: this is kind of an interesting metaphor

418 0:15:30,838 --> 0:15:34,053 Mark Haney: because you use the term scary and

419 0:15:34,794 --> 0:15:38,521 Mark Haney: confidence is fragile If you're afraid to

420 0:15:38,841 --> 0:15:42,047 Mark Haney: get on the freeway.

421 0:15:42,188 --> 0:15:43,771 Mark Haney: You're stopping and starting as you're

422 0:15:43,791 --> 0:15:46,641 Mark Haney: going to the gas, You're like ah right,

423 0:15:47,404 --> 0:15:49,170 Mark Haney: you're not going to be a super successful

424 0:15:49,170 --> 0:15:51,329 Mark Haney: getting on the freeway and that confidence

425 0:15:51,418 --> 0:15:52,257 Mark Haney: is so fragile.

426 0:15:52,346 --> 0:15:54,522 Mark Haney: You might have it one day and the next day

427 0:15:54,542 --> 0:15:55,904 Mark Haney: you don't seem to have it as much.

428 0:15:56,605 --> 0:15:59,208 Mark Haney: But if you have a plan and you're working

429 0:15:59,769 --> 0:16:02,035 Mark Haney: with a compass, you at least know whether

430 0:16:02,055 --> 0:16:03,338 Mark Haney: you're going towards San Francisco or

431 0:16:03,358 --> 0:16:05,372 Mark Haney: you're going toward Reno right, you know

432 0:16:05,392 --> 0:16:08,100 Mark Haney: I'm going east or west right, and you, you

433 0:16:08,301 --> 0:16:10,989 Mark Haney: can work toward a plan, knowing that you

434 0:16:11,089 --> 0:16:13,216 Mark Haney: might not have everything figured out yet,

435 0:16:13,317 --> 0:16:15,584 Mark Haney: but you can get yourself in the game.

436 0:16:16,006 --> 0:16:19,477 Mark Haney: And that confidence, really, because now

437 0:16:19,517 --> 0:16:20,862 Mark Haney: you're on the freeway, now you're in the

438 0:16:20,942 --> 0:16:22,728 Mark Haney: game, now you're able to create

439 0:16:22,808 --> 0:16:25,661 Mark Haney: opportunities and bring the best you to a

440 0:16:25,816 --> 0:16:27,483 Mark Haney: job and really create.

441 0:16:27,637 --> 0:16:29,980 Mark Haney: Now you're working on creating a new set of

442 0:16:30,135 --> 0:16:32,059 Mark Haney: freedom for yourself, yeah, courage is

443 0:16:32,100 --> 0:16:33,243 Mark Haney: contagious, right.

444 0:16:33,363 --> 0:16:35,849 Marcus Haney: And then, when we have our community, see

445 0:16:35,870 --> 0:16:38,154 Marcus Haney: other people winning and they're like, oh

446 0:16:38,214 --> 0:16:41,401 Marcus Haney: man, john can do it, I can do it, mary's

447 0:16:41,501 --> 0:16:42,823 Marcus Haney: winning, I can win.

448 0:16:43,331 --> 0:16:46,881 Marcus Haney: And that creates an interesting intangible

449 0:16:46,981 --> 0:16:49,789 Marcus Haney: thing that's brewing in our midst every day.

450 0:16:49,810 --> 0:16:51,255 Marcus Haney: We have a discord channel where our

451 0:16:51,295 --> 0:16:53,784 Marcus Haney: community gets on and talks to each other

452 0:16:54,145 --> 0:16:56,554 Marcus Haney: and there is just so many back and forth.

453 0:16:56,915 --> 0:16:57,759 Marcus Haney: Let me help you.

454 0:16:57,879 --> 0:16:59,425 Marcus Haney: I'm from your same town, we're doing the

455 0:16:59,465 --> 0:16:59,947 Marcus Haney: same thing.

456 0:17:00,309 --> 0:17:02,536 Marcus Haney: Let's get together and collaborate and,

457 0:17:02,677 --> 0:17:05,627 Marcus Haney: honestly, that's not something I envisioned

458 0:17:05,867 --> 0:17:07,534 Marcus Haney: happening for a lot longer, right.

459 0:17:07,574 --> 0:17:09,725 Marcus Haney: But the community is just all bought in for

460 0:17:09,785 --> 0:17:11,392 Marcus Haney: each other and that's what the military

461 0:17:11,452 --> 0:17:11,914 Marcus Haney: represents.

462 0:17:12,236 --> 0:17:14,686 Marcus Haney: They step into the breach because they feel

463 0:17:14,726 --> 0:17:16,474 Marcus Haney: like they're doing the right thing for the

464 0:17:16,515 --> 0:17:17,741 Marcus Haney: person to their left and the right, just

465 0:17:17,761 --> 0:17:18,706 Marcus Haney: like they were in the military.

466 0:17:18,746 --> 0:17:21,138 Marcus Haney: So this is the best case scenario for a lot

467 0:17:21,158 --> 0:17:23,307 Marcus Haney: of folks getting out, and the testimonials

468 0:17:23,327 --> 0:17:24,932 Marcus Haney: that we get and the wins of the week we

469 0:17:24,992 --> 0:17:27,478 Marcus Haney: celebrate are are robust and really

470 0:17:27,518 --> 0:17:28,440 Marcus Haney: exciting to hear about.

471 0:17:28,701 --> 0:17:30,592 Mark Haney: Whereas as a civilian I look at all

472 0:17:30,652 --> 0:17:34,141 Mark Haney: military people as heroes and appreciate

473 0:17:34,201 --> 0:17:37,171 Mark Haney: your service and its Veterans Day weekend,

474 0:17:37,211 --> 0:17:38,453 Mark Haney: so thank you.

475 0:17:39,014 --> 0:17:41,599 Mark Haney: But I've often been around you and other

476 0:17:41,899 --> 0:17:46,532 Mark Haney: military people and I hear the Marine Corps

477 0:17:46,752 --> 0:17:50,678 Mark Haney: people jabbing at the people in the army or

478 0:17:50,718 --> 0:17:55,045 Mark Haney: the Air Force or these jabbing and stuff.

479 0:17:55,311 --> 0:17:56,674 Mark Haney: But you're talking about this community

480 0:17:56,714 --> 0:17:58,539 Mark Haney: coming together, regardless of whether

481 0:17:58,580 --> 0:18:02,019 Mark Haney: you're in the Navy or the Air Force or the

482 0:18:02,059 --> 0:18:03,364 Mark Haney: Marine Corps or what have you.

483 0:18:03,384 --> 0:18:05,270 Mark Haney: It's like, hey look, we're all brothers and

484 0:18:05,291 --> 0:18:08,098 Mark Haney: sisters that have done some sacrificing.

485 0:18:08,118 --> 0:18:09,441 Mark Haney: When we're all kind of in the same boat

486 0:18:09,481 --> 0:18:11,935 Mark Haney: trying to make that transition to the new

487 0:18:11,975 --> 0:18:13,903 Mark Haney: thing, let's just help each other.

488 0:18:14,605 --> 0:18:16,431 Marcus Haney: Absolutely, and it's all good and fun.

489 0:18:16,471 --> 0:18:17,854 Marcus Haney: You know, call the names.

490 0:18:17,914 --> 0:18:20,380 Marcus Haney: And I even got sent a package anonymously

491 0:18:20,440 --> 0:18:22,812 Marcus Haney: yesterday in the mail and they say that

492 0:18:22,852 --> 0:18:24,456 Marcus Haney: Marines are dumb, that we eat crayons.

493 0:18:24,937 --> 0:18:27,483 Marcus Haney: So I got this package yesterday of edible

494 0:18:27,590 --> 0:18:28,856 Marcus Haney: crayons and guess what?

495 0:18:28,896 --> 0:18:29,619 Marcus Haney: I ate them All right.

496 0:18:29,660 --> 0:18:30,403 Mark Haney: I tried it out.

497 0:18:30,443 --> 0:18:32,251 Marcus Haney: I gave it a chance and it was not bad.

498 0:18:32,391 --> 0:18:33,170 Marcus Haney: I ate red.

499 0:18:33,310 --> 0:18:35,571 Marcus Haney: It wasn't like the active duty crayons.

500 0:18:35,711 --> 0:18:36,311 Marcus Haney: I got the.

501 0:18:36,451 --> 0:18:38,652 Marcus Haney: But yeah, the community comes together, no

502 0:18:38,672 --> 0:18:39,976 Marcus Haney: matter the banter, no matter the thing.

503 0:18:40,176 --> 0:18:41,761 Marcus Haney: We always tell everybody drop your rank at

504 0:18:41,781 --> 0:18:42,101 Marcus Haney: the door.

505 0:18:42,691 --> 0:18:43,915 Mark Haney: Oh, drop your rank to right because you

506 0:18:43,936 --> 0:18:45,079 Mark Haney: have people that are coming in there, maybe

507 0:18:45,120 --> 0:18:47,963 Mark Haney: like Capri or Colonel, okay, or you have

508 0:18:48,042 --> 0:18:49,974 Mark Haney: grunts or people that are maybe four years

509 0:18:50,053 --> 0:18:50,773 Mark Haney: in infantry.

510 0:18:50,851 --> 0:18:52,600 Mark Haney: Yeah, no, high school education, Right.

511 0:18:52,722 --> 0:18:55,219 Marcus Haney: So there's levels of this thing are so

512 0:18:55,341 --> 0:18:57,334 Marcus Haney: obfuscated, right, there's too many people

513 0:18:57,394 --> 0:18:59,683 Marcus Haney: that are in the same rank and then there's

514 0:18:59,703 --> 0:19:01,330 Marcus Haney: a lot lower level people, and those

515 0:19:02,073 --> 0:19:03,880 Marcus Haney: individuals have to be able to communicate

516 0:19:04,140 --> 0:19:06,469 Marcus Haney: and be on the same wavelength and be able

517 0:19:06,489 --> 0:19:08,860 Marcus Haney: to realize that person, whether they may be

518 0:19:08,900 --> 0:19:10,407 Marcus Haney: done four years and you did 20 can still

519 0:19:10,447 --> 0:19:10,709 Marcus Haney: support you.

520 0:19:10,729 --> 0:19:13,199 Marcus Haney: You guys can still be in the same community.

521 0:19:13,239 --> 0:19:14,905 Marcus Haney: And so, yeah, drop your rank at the door,

522 0:19:15,187 --> 0:19:17,215 Marcus Haney: kind of keep your pride to the side a

523 0:19:17,235 --> 0:19:17,476 Marcus Haney: little bit.

524 0:19:17,496 --> 0:19:18,279 Marcus Haney: That doesn't matter.

525 0:19:18,520 --> 0:19:20,528 Marcus Haney: In the next phase and getting into the out

526 0:19:20,548 --> 0:19:23,560 Marcus Haney: of the military, nobody really knows, like

527 0:19:23,580 --> 0:19:25,386 Marcus Haney: you said, as a civilian, what the

528 0:19:25,427 --> 0:19:26,350 Marcus Haney: difference between a Colonel or a corporal

529 0:19:27,091 --> 0:19:28,674 Marcus Haney: or a sergeant really is.

530 0:19:28,755 --> 0:19:28,995 Marcus Haney: Right.

531 0:19:29,035 --> 0:19:31,961 Marcus Haney: So if you just come into the world as

532 0:19:32,021 --> 0:19:34,532 Marcus Haney: somebody who's eager to jump into their

533 0:19:34,572 --> 0:19:37,017 Marcus Haney: next opportunity with, with vigor, right,

534 0:19:37,117 --> 0:19:39,943 Marcus Haney: if you have the grit and the intensity to

535 0:19:40,351 --> 0:19:42,681 Marcus Haney: jump into something, that's really what the

536 0:19:42,781 --> 0:19:44,448 Marcus Haney: corporate world wants to see.

537 0:19:44,508 --> 0:19:45,854 Marcus Haney: As somebody who's willing just to come in

538 0:19:46,436 --> 0:19:49,146 Marcus Haney: and be a team player and not need to flex

539 0:19:49,266 --> 0:19:50,952 Marcus Haney: who they've been in the past, because it

540 0:19:50,972 --> 0:19:51,674 Marcus Haney: doesn't really matter.

541 0:19:51,855 --> 0:19:54,322 Mark Haney: Yeah well, you've called it first Civ Div.

542 0:19:54,342 --> 0:19:56,549 Mark Haney: I've never heard that term until you have

543 0:19:56,662 --> 0:19:57,714 Mark Haney: brought that up to me.

544 0:19:57,827 --> 0:19:59,014 Mark Haney: Describe with that.

545 0:19:59,127 --> 0:20:00,005 Mark Haney: Okay, how did you?

546 0:20:00,118 --> 0:20:02,153 Mark Haney: What is that a common term in the military?

547 0:20:02,473 --> 0:20:03,596 Marcus Haney: Well, I guess it was for me.

548 0:20:03,997 --> 0:20:07,492 Marcus Haney: I would say most military members when you

549 0:20:07,593 --> 0:20:08,315 Marcus Haney: are getting out.

550 0:20:08,436 --> 0:20:11,206 Marcus Haney: It's a joke, if you will, where were you

551 0:20:11,226 --> 0:20:11,608 Marcus Haney: going to be?

552 0:20:11,628 --> 0:20:13,234 Marcus Haney: Oh, I'm going to be in the first civilian

553 0:20:13,274 --> 0:20:15,141 Marcus Haney: division, so I'm going to be out in the

554 0:20:15,181 --> 0:20:17,208 Marcus Haney: civilian world doing my thing.

555 0:20:17,248 --> 0:20:18,913 Marcus Haney: So everybody that gets out of the military

556 0:20:19,193 --> 0:20:21,238 Marcus Haney: kind of rolls into this new division.

557 0:20:21,278 --> 0:20:23,892 Marcus Haney: Right, it's not the first battalion seventh

558 0:20:23,932 --> 0:20:25,957 Marcus Haney: Marines like I was in right, it's the first

559 0:20:26,177 --> 0:20:29,312 Marcus Haney: Civ Div, so that's sort of the transition

560 0:20:29,412 --> 0:20:32,000 Marcus Haney: world in which folks roll into through our

561 0:20:32,040 --> 0:20:32,482 Marcus Haney: program.

562 0:20:32,522 --> 0:20:35,411 Marcus Haney: And I even write a newsletter weekly on

563 0:20:35,471 --> 0:20:39,203 Marcus Haney: LinkedIn helping folks to get a couple tips

564 0:20:39,243 --> 0:20:41,249 Marcus Haney: and tricks and use some shout outs and

565 0:20:41,270 --> 0:20:41,791 Marcus Haney: things like that.

566 0:20:41,811 --> 0:20:43,696 Marcus Haney: But it's called the the first Civ Div

567 0:20:43,936 --> 0:20:45,440 Marcus Haney: safety brief, because every week in the

568 0:20:45,460 --> 0:20:48,119 Marcus Haney: military your commanding officer gets in

569 0:20:48,179 --> 0:20:51,093 Marcus Haney: front of you and gives you a weekly wrap up

570 0:20:51,133 --> 0:20:51,675 Marcus Haney: for the weekends.

571 0:20:52,091 --> 0:20:53,330 Marcus Haney: Don't do anything stupid this weekend.

572 0:20:53,391 --> 0:20:55,171 Marcus Haney: You know it's Veterans Day, right, happy

573 0:20:55,231 --> 0:20:57,178 Marcus Haney: birthday, marines, but don't go out and get

574 0:20:57,218 --> 0:20:58,583 Marcus Haney: a DUI and make us look bad.

575 0:20:58,650 --> 0:21:02,601 Marcus Haney: So this is my way of continuing that sort

576 0:21:02,741 --> 0:21:08,219 Marcus Haney: of way of communicating with my teammates

577 0:21:08,299 --> 0:21:10,094 Marcus Haney: out in the world and bringing a little

578 0:21:10,135 --> 0:21:10,757 Marcus Haney: humor to it.

579 0:21:10,797 --> 0:21:13,738 Marcus Haney: Right, because when stuff gets tough, in my

580 0:21:13,798 --> 0:21:16,696 Marcus Haney: opinion a little humor there now and then

581 0:21:16,796 --> 0:21:18,741 Marcus Haney: is good for the soul, right?

582 0:21:18,790 --> 0:21:20,256 Marcus Haney: And then it gives me the opportunity to

583 0:21:20,356 --> 0:21:22,950 Marcus Haney: realize that it's not so serious, right,

584 0:21:22,970 --> 0:21:23,915 Marcus Haney: you're gonna get through it.

585 0:21:24,250 --> 0:21:25,898 Marcus Haney: There is trough of sorrow, just like being

586 0:21:25,938 --> 0:21:27,694 Marcus Haney: an entrepreneur, just like any transition,

587 0:21:28,095 --> 0:21:29,511 Marcus Haney: but with a little bit of humility and a

588 0:21:29,531 --> 0:21:30,856 Marcus Haney: little bit of humor, I think that can go a

589 0:21:30,896 --> 0:21:32,936 Marcus Haney: lot of way to helping you be successful.

590 0:21:33,470 --> 0:21:33,992 Marcus Haney: Well, what are you?

591 0:21:34,072 --> 0:21:37,133 Mark Haney: seeing out there on the landscape of

592 0:21:38,157 --> 0:21:38,758 Mark Haney: opportunity.

593 0:21:39,731 --> 0:21:43,591 Mark Haney: What are the biggest opportunities now for

594 0:21:43,651 --> 0:21:45,057 Mark Haney: people entering the workforce?

595 0:21:45,150 --> 0:21:48,260 Mark Haney: Obviously, I'm focused on TAC, for the most

596 0:21:48,280 --> 0:21:50,756 Mark Haney: part, small business and startups and

597 0:21:51,298 --> 0:21:54,878 Mark Haney: technology companies, and that's one kind

598 0:21:54,898 --> 0:21:57,093 Mark Haney: of job and but what other?

599 0:21:57,453 --> 0:21:58,796 Mark Haney: What are the good jobs out there that

600 0:21:58,816 --> 0:21:59,297 Mark Haney: you're seeing?

601 0:21:59,317 --> 0:22:00,179 Mark Haney: What are the openings?

602 0:22:00,219 --> 0:22:01,161 Mark Haney: Where are people leaning?

603 0:22:01,341 --> 0:22:02,523 Mark Haney: Artificial intelligence oh, over the place.

604 0:22:03,893 --> 0:22:07,071 Marcus Haney: AI is obviously a new frontier in which

605 0:22:07,111 --> 0:22:08,737 Marcus Haney: everybody's sort of interested in.

606 0:22:09,610 --> 0:22:11,277 Marcus Haney: I think a lot of people that come into our

607 0:22:11,317 --> 0:22:13,095 Marcus Haney: program we have 12 training verticals and

608 0:22:13,115 --> 0:22:13,356 Marcus Haney: are too.

609 0:22:13,396 --> 0:22:15,535 Marcus Haney: Largest are cybersecurity and project

610 0:22:15,576 --> 0:22:16,057 Marcus Haney: management.

611 0:22:16,590 --> 0:22:18,691 Marcus Haney: So I think that there's a lot of people who

612 0:22:18,851 --> 0:22:22,155 Marcus Haney: want to evolve themselves into a technology

613 0:22:22,195 --> 0:22:24,855 Marcus Haney: professional and cybersecurity seems to be

614 0:22:24,915 --> 0:22:26,359 Marcus Haney: a really robust job market.

615 0:22:27,110 --> 0:22:30,532 Marcus Haney: Our program got a young lady with zero

616 0:22:30,592 --> 0:22:32,953 Marcus Haney: cybersecurity experience had a six month

617 0:22:32,993 --> 0:22:35,473 Marcus Haney: skill bridge program with us and ended up

618 0:22:35,493 --> 0:22:37,393 Marcus Haney: getting a junior level cybersecurity job at

619 0:22:37,433 --> 0:22:39,319 Marcus Haney: Lidos, which is a really large company.

620 0:22:39,590 --> 0:22:42,411 Marcus Haney: So from zero to job, cybersecurity that's

621 0:22:42,451 --> 0:22:46,197 Marcus Haney: what we kind of offer, and so we see the

622 0:22:46,278 --> 0:22:47,160 Marcus Haney: opportunities out.

623 0:22:47,200 --> 0:22:49,095 Marcus Haney: There are the ones that our veterans want

624 0:22:49,115 --> 0:22:51,976 Marcus Haney: to go attack right, because everybody's

625 0:22:52,036 --> 0:22:54,474 Marcus Haney: moving to a new state, a new county, a new

626 0:22:55,096 --> 0:22:58,297 Marcus Haney: situation and maybe it's not what they did

627 0:22:58,317 --> 0:22:58,940 Marcus Haney: in the military.

628 0:22:59,030 --> 0:23:01,478 Marcus Haney: So it's tough for us to go identify exactly

629 0:23:02,530 --> 0:23:04,236 Marcus Haney: where the opportunity is for every

630 0:23:04,437 --> 0:23:04,939 Marcus Haney: individual.

631 0:23:05,030 --> 0:23:07,458 Marcus Haney: But what we do go out and do is talk to

632 0:23:07,498 --> 0:23:10,317 Marcus Haney: companies and say, hey, if you have racks

633 0:23:10,377 --> 0:23:13,536 Marcus Haney: or if you have openings that maybe align

634 0:23:13,576 --> 0:23:15,381 Marcus Haney: with our veteran community, come and talk

635 0:23:15,401 --> 0:23:15,541 Marcus Haney: to them.

636 0:23:15,710 --> 0:23:17,376 Marcus Haney: So we host virtual career fairs for these

637 0:23:17,417 --> 0:23:19,916 Marcus Haney: companies to come in and present their

638 0:23:20,016 --> 0:23:22,232 Marcus Haney: opportunities to our veterans and we see a

639 0:23:22,272 --> 0:23:24,511 Marcus Haney: lot of good jobs coming out of that, and a

640 0:23:24,551 --> 0:23:26,537 Marcus Haney: lot of our folks, interestingly enough,

641 0:23:27,810 --> 0:23:30,097 Marcus Haney: have been asking, and so I delivered.

642 0:23:31,050 --> 0:23:35,000 Marcus Haney: We now have a entrepreneurship program in

643 0:23:35,120 --> 0:23:35,682 Marcus Haney: our skill bridge.

644 0:23:35,810 --> 0:23:38,072 Marcus Haney: It's not a skill bridge track, but it's a

645 0:23:38,172 --> 0:23:40,394 Marcus Haney: group that we started, so I am teaching

646 0:23:40,414 --> 0:23:42,352 Marcus Haney: entrepreneurship yes, sir, the

647 0:23:42,413 --> 0:23:43,176 Marcus Haney: Entrepreneurs Club.

648 0:23:43,270 --> 0:23:44,957 Marcus Haney: That happens Tuesday in our skill bridge,

649 0:23:45,030 --> 0:23:47,017 Marcus Haney: and so we were talking about Ikegai last

650 0:23:47,077 --> 0:23:49,196 Marcus Haney: week and creating a big, hairy, audacious

651 0:23:49,297 --> 0:23:51,937 Marcus Haney: goal and all the different things that I've

652 0:23:52,037 --> 0:23:53,332 Marcus Haney: learned throughout this and throughout my

653 0:23:53,392 --> 0:23:54,791 Marcus Haney: business career right Of building

654 0:23:54,831 --> 0:23:57,711 Marcus Haney: businesses and being on here and learning

655 0:23:57,772 --> 0:23:59,571 Marcus Haney: from all the people that have come through

656 0:23:59,591 --> 0:24:00,234 Marcus Haney: the Marconi show.

657 0:24:00,274 --> 0:24:01,118 Mark Haney: Yeah, that's interesting.

658 0:24:01,210 --> 0:24:02,475 Mark Haney: So you've been on this show.

659 0:24:02,595 --> 0:24:05,451 Mark Haney: So, going back in the memory lane thing, so

660 0:24:05,592 --> 0:24:11,811 Mark Haney: you sat on so for our audience, marcus

661 0:24:11,831 --> 0:24:13,341 Mark Haney: helped me launch the show from behind the

662 0:24:13,381 --> 0:24:17,232 Mark Haney: scenes and then I'd say, a year or two in,

663 0:24:17,581 --> 0:24:19,897 Mark Haney: you took on you and I started doing the

664 0:24:19,917 --> 0:24:20,300 Mark Haney: show together.

665 0:24:21,042 --> 0:24:22,928 Mark Haney: Yeah, and then you found some other

666 0:24:22,968 --> 0:24:25,227 Mark Haney: opportunities and you abandoned me.

667 0:24:26,263 --> 0:24:29,226 Mark Haney: You got too good for me and you went on to

668 0:24:29,246 --> 0:24:29,768 Mark Haney: do some other things.

669 0:24:29,840 --> 0:24:32,488 Mark Haney: But you, we even have a book always by your

670 0:24:32,569 --> 0:24:36,309 Mark Haney: side and because you had it was written by

671 0:24:36,369 --> 0:24:39,046 Mark Haney: Richard Bakken but it's a story, told

672 0:24:39,086 --> 0:24:43,206 Mark Haney: through your eyes, of what it was like to

673 0:24:43,246 --> 0:24:48,507 Mark Haney: help launch this show and using kind of

674 0:24:48,588 --> 0:24:51,962 Mark Haney: your memory of being in the military, your

675 0:24:52,283 --> 0:24:53,801 Mark Haney: experience of the military, and kind of

676 0:24:53,862 --> 0:24:56,603 Mark Haney: comparing and contrasting what it was like

677 0:24:56,663 --> 0:25:00,405 Mark Haney: to be you in the military and seeing the

678 0:25:00,525 --> 0:25:03,666 Mark Haney: heroic journeys of a lot of the guests on

679 0:25:03,686 --> 0:25:05,784 Mark Haney: the show, so you were able to, I guess,

680 0:25:06,165 --> 0:25:09,162 Mark Haney: digest from the best and the brightest in

681 0:25:09,223 --> 0:25:10,928 Mark Haney: Sacramento and help.

682 0:25:11,340 --> 0:25:12,364 Mark Haney: I mean, it's been almost like getting a

683 0:25:12,404 --> 0:25:14,424 Mark Haney: master's degree in entrepreneurship just

684 0:25:14,444 --> 0:25:16,923 Mark Haney: being a part of this show 100%.

685 0:25:16,983 --> 0:25:18,703 Marcus Haney: I say that all the time and at the time I

686 0:25:18,743 --> 0:25:20,309 Marcus Haney: was building my own business right.

687 0:25:20,380 --> 0:25:23,349 Marcus Haney: So I was hearing, listening, implementing,

688 0:25:23,449 --> 0:25:25,667 Marcus Haney: changing, hearing, listening, tweaking

689 0:25:25,847 --> 0:25:27,124 Marcus Haney: right, and I think that that's the

690 0:25:27,184 --> 0:25:29,285 Marcus Haney: entrepreneurial spirit is continuously

691 0:25:29,525 --> 0:25:30,883 Marcus Haney: growing and looking for that next

692 0:25:30,963 --> 0:25:31,465 Marcus Haney: opportunity.

693 0:25:31,540 --> 0:25:33,981 Marcus Haney: But I would say that the guests that have

694 0:25:34,001 --> 0:25:35,727 Marcus Haney: been on this show that I reflect on all the

695 0:25:35,767 --> 0:25:37,506 Marcus Haney: time are like the Dell Carlson's of the

696 0:25:37,546 --> 0:25:39,767 Marcus Haney: world and just his total impact and his

697 0:25:39,827 --> 0:25:42,667 Marcus Haney: humility and the ability for him to reflect

698 0:25:42,727 --> 0:25:45,265 Marcus Haney: into somebody like myself of what it's like

699 0:25:45,305 --> 0:25:46,823 Marcus Haney: to be an entrepreneur and what it's like to

700 0:25:46,964 --> 0:25:47,787 Marcus Haney: win right.

701 0:25:47,960 --> 0:25:49,881 Marcus Haney: And he does it with such grace and what's

702 0:25:49,921 --> 0:25:51,181 Marcus Haney: such humility that it's like man.

703 0:25:51,281 --> 0:25:54,044 Mark Haney: I wanna be like that guy, yeah, yeah well,

704 0:25:55,107 --> 0:25:57,622 Mark Haney: you're making an impact in a really

705 0:25:57,763 --> 0:26:00,941 Mark Haney: interesting way in a niche where, I mean,

706 0:26:00,981 --> 0:26:02,347 Mark Haney: one of the things that we've talked about

707 0:26:02,440 --> 0:26:04,801 Mark Haney: over the years is narrowing your niche, and

708 0:26:05,302 --> 0:26:10,962 Mark Haney: you're focused on military excuse me, I

709 0:26:10,982 --> 0:26:12,843 Mark Haney: call them veterans military service

710 0:26:12,883 --> 0:26:15,951 Mark Haney: personnel that are still in the military.

711 0:26:16,080 --> 0:26:20,285 Mark Haney: So it is really a niche and we've talked

712 0:26:20,305 --> 0:26:22,083 Mark Haney: about narrowing your niche so you can be

713 0:26:22,164 --> 0:26:24,484 Mark Haney: number one and I think right now your

714 0:26:24,544 --> 0:26:28,262 Mark Haney: program ranks at the top or among the top

715 0:26:28,624 --> 0:26:30,810 Mark Haney: of people who are focused in this niche.

716 0:26:31,080 --> 0:26:31,743 Mark Haney: You're damn right.

717 0:26:33,322 --> 0:26:35,930 Marcus Haney: Yeah, I mean, we self say that.

718 0:26:35,970 --> 0:26:38,128 Marcus Haney: Right, there's no scoreboard out there

719 0:26:38,710 --> 0:26:39,634 Marcus Haney: except for that.

720 0:26:40,296 --> 0:26:43,461 Marcus Haney: We have the name of our organization being

721 0:26:43,521 --> 0:26:46,405 Marcus Haney: touted to every branch of service, every

722 0:26:46,946 --> 0:26:49,069 Marcus Haney: base in the country, every base in the

723 0:26:49,190 --> 0:26:49,470 Marcus Haney: world.

724 0:26:49,515 --> 0:26:51,481 Marcus Haney: We have folks transitioning from South

725 0:26:51,521 --> 0:26:56,097 Marcus Haney: Korea and Germany and Japan and we just see

726 0:26:56,197 --> 0:26:59,342 Marcus Haney: ourselves as the only people out there that

727 0:26:59,402 --> 0:27:03,147 Marcus Haney: are looking to change the transition.

728 0:27:03,708 --> 0:27:06,238 Marcus Haney: Entirely right, because this our skill

729 0:27:06,258 --> 0:27:09,126 Marcus Haney: bridge is one byproduct of our organization.

730 0:27:09,146 --> 0:27:11,102 Marcus Haney: Right, it's our training platform to help

731 0:27:11,122 --> 0:27:12,481 Marcus Haney: people get out, but ultimately, we're a

732 0:27:12,521 --> 0:27:14,373 Marcus Haney: transition success program.

733 0:27:14,574 --> 0:27:16,802 Marcus Haney: Right, we want to help folks get out with

734 0:27:16,923 --> 0:27:17,364 Marcus Haney: success.

735 0:27:17,636 --> 0:27:19,164 Marcus Haney: If they choose to come to our skill bridge

736 0:27:19,184 --> 0:27:20,974 Marcus Haney: and through our modules, great, we love

737 0:27:20,995 --> 0:27:21,075 Marcus Haney: that.

738 0:27:21,175 --> 0:27:23,420 Marcus Haney: But only about 30% of the transitioning

739 0:27:23,480 --> 0:27:26,427 Marcus Haney: service members actually get authorized a

740 0:27:26,447 --> 0:27:26,828 Marcus Haney: skill bridge.

741 0:27:27,075 --> 0:27:29,803 Marcus Haney: So out of the 200 that get out 200,000

742 0:27:29,963 --> 0:27:31,307 Marcus Haney: every year that get out of the military

743 0:27:31,616 --> 0:27:34,064 Marcus Haney: only 30% of those people get authorized to

744 0:27:34,124 --> 0:27:34,545 Marcus Haney: a skill bridge.

745 0:27:34,775 --> 0:27:36,599 Marcus Haney: So there's an entire group of people that

746 0:27:36,639 --> 0:27:38,884 Marcus Haney: we are looking to affect that don't even

747 0:27:39,044 --> 0:27:40,687 Marcus Haney: come through our doors in a skill bridge

748 0:27:40,707 --> 0:27:42,780 Marcus Haney: capacity, but they are the ones, in my

749 0:27:42,820 --> 0:27:44,084 Marcus Haney: opinion, that need the most support.

750 0:27:44,355 --> 0:27:47,523 Marcus Haney: So that is what our daily conversations as

751 0:27:47,563 --> 0:27:49,617 Marcus Haney: a company and an organization are Is how do

752 0:27:49,637 --> 0:27:50,682 Marcus Haney: we go touch those people.

753 0:27:50,996 --> 0:27:52,081 Marcus Haney: How do we get out there?

754 0:27:52,375 --> 0:27:54,580 Marcus Haney: And that has turned into us going out to

755 0:27:54,600 --> 0:27:56,624 Marcus Haney: these bases and getting in front of

756 0:27:56,684 --> 0:27:57,065 Marcus Haney: everybody.

757 0:27:57,105 --> 0:27:58,468 Marcus Haney: And hey, we're here.

758 0:27:58,858 --> 0:28:02,423 Marcus Haney: We are here to help you, so use us as you

759 0:28:02,503 --> 0:28:03,025 Marcus Haney: see fit.

760 0:28:03,455 --> 0:28:06,000 Marcus Haney: If you are 12 months, 18 months out from

761 0:28:06,020 --> 0:28:08,405 Marcus Haney: getting out of the military and you need a

762 0:28:08,465 --> 0:28:11,009 Marcus Haney: community to roll into, look at Allegiant.

763 0:28:11,276 --> 0:28:13,803 Marcus Haney: Allegiant Vets is here for you and we are

764 0:28:13,863 --> 0:28:14,626 Marcus Haney: here to stay.

765 0:28:14,935 --> 0:28:17,302 Marcus Haney: And ultimately, it is our goal to create

766 0:28:17,542 --> 0:28:20,029 Marcus Haney: the gold standard of veteran success

767 0:28:20,129 --> 0:28:22,295 Marcus Haney: programs for the future generations.

768 0:28:22,315 --> 0:28:23,760 Marcus Haney: Right, you say it a lot with future

769 0:28:23,800 --> 0:28:24,723 Marcus Haney: generations in mind.

770 0:28:25,036 --> 0:28:27,000 Marcus Haney: This is I'm out of the military, the people

771 0:28:27,040 --> 0:28:28,514 Marcus Haney: in my skill bridge, they're going to be

772 0:28:28,554 --> 0:28:31,101 Marcus Haney: done, but the reason why we are here is

773 0:28:31,141 --> 0:28:32,885 Marcus Haney: because there are going to be 200,000

774 0:28:33,026 --> 0:28:34,870 Marcus Haney: individuals that get out of the military

775 0:28:35,051 --> 0:28:36,635 Marcus Haney: every single year, year in and year out,

776 0:28:36,715 --> 0:28:38,554 Marcus Haney: and we need to be there for them.

777 0:28:38,756 --> 0:28:40,473 Marcus Haney: We are here to step in the breach for those

778 0:28:40,493 --> 0:28:40,614 Marcus Haney: folks.

779 0:28:42,058 --> 0:28:44,464 Mark Haney: Yeah, you think about the people that get

780 0:28:44,665 --> 0:28:50,062 Mark Haney: out, let's say, without a plan, right, and

781 0:28:50,243 --> 0:28:52,514 Mark Haney: it's easy to lose confidence.

782 0:28:53,580 --> 0:28:55,610 Mark Haney: We talked about it being fragile, but maybe

783 0:28:55,710 --> 0:28:59,971 Mark Haney: never even get the confidence and maybe

784 0:29:00,012 --> 0:29:00,675 Mark Haney: feel pretty lonely.

785 0:29:00,675 --> 0:29:02,675 Marcus Haney: I mean, that's how I felt when I got out.

786 0:29:04,040 --> 0:29:04,241 Mark Haney: Right.

787 0:29:05,077 --> 0:29:08,380 Marcus Haney: There was no community for me and I was

788 0:29:08,440 --> 0:29:10,626 Marcus Haney: wounded weird right.

789 0:29:10,796 --> 0:29:12,223 Marcus Haney: Move back my hometown had some friends,

790 0:29:12,323 --> 0:29:14,373 Marcus Haney: great, but still long for that veteran

791 0:29:14,414 --> 0:29:14,655 Marcus Haney: camaraderie.

792 0:29:14,695 --> 0:29:16,635 Marcus Haney: Try to go to the American Legion.

793 0:29:18,159 --> 0:29:20,245 Marcus Haney: They're doing great stuff but not my fit.

794 0:29:21,016 --> 0:29:23,941 Mark Haney: They're trying to go to the American

795 0:29:23,981 --> 0:29:25,404 Mark Haney: Legion's older bond by and large is

796 0:29:25,444 --> 0:29:26,606 Mark Haney: probably not my demographic.

797 0:29:26,906 --> 0:29:28,249 Marcus Haney: Not saying they're doing anything bad,

798 0:29:28,877 --> 0:29:30,635 Marcus Haney: there's not where I wanted to spend my time

799 0:29:32,102 --> 0:29:33,791 Marcus Haney: VFW, same thing and went around trying to

800 0:29:34,072 --> 0:29:37,483 Marcus Haney: identify my community and I came up short

801 0:29:37,884 --> 0:29:41,163 Marcus Haney: time and again and that is ultimately what

802 0:29:42,187 --> 0:29:44,454 Marcus Haney: spawned me to say we need to do something

803 0:29:44,474 --> 0:29:44,675 Marcus Haney: different.

804 0:29:45,196 --> 0:29:47,522 Marcus Haney: There is a opportunity to create a

805 0:29:47,582 --> 0:29:51,813 Marcus Haney: community for my age, my mindset, my kind

806 0:29:51,853 --> 0:29:52,454 Marcus Haney: of people.

807 0:29:52,474 --> 0:29:53,867 Marcus Haney: Right, where are my people?

808 0:29:53,887 --> 0:29:54,635 Marcus Haney: I don't know.

809 0:29:54,736 --> 0:29:55,402 Marcus Haney: We're all looking for each other.

810 0:29:55,422 --> 0:29:56,230 Marcus Haney: We're all looking internally.

811 0:29:57,337 --> 0:29:59,966 Marcus Haney: And so I took it upon myself to say I'm

812 0:29:59,986 --> 0:30:01,832 Marcus Haney: going to put foot ass in this regard and

813 0:30:01,852 --> 0:30:03,948 Marcus Haney: it's paid off in dividends and, yeah, we're

814 0:30:03,968 --> 0:30:05,826 Marcus Haney: building something great here and honestly,

815 0:30:05,847 --> 0:30:06,594 Marcus Haney: it's it's legacy at this point.

816 0:30:07,979 --> 0:30:09,705 Marcus Haney: So it gives me the chills to think about

817 0:30:09,745 --> 0:30:12,153 Marcus Haney: because it's sort of something that is out

818 0:30:12,173 --> 0:30:15,602 Marcus Haney: there running on its own In the world and

819 0:30:15,622 --> 0:30:19,091 Marcus Haney: the ether and we're just trying to make it

820 0:30:19,131 --> 0:30:20,535 Marcus Haney: the best thing possible for every service

821 0:30:20,555 --> 0:30:20,675 Marcus Haney: member.

822 0:30:21,039 --> 0:30:22,372 Marcus Haney: And that's our, that's our day in and day

823 0:30:22,392 --> 0:30:24,941 Marcus Haney: out goal right Is to do the right thing by

824 0:30:25,001 --> 0:30:26,404 Marcus Haney: every service member bring them the right

825 0:30:26,464 --> 0:30:28,309 Marcus Haney: resources, provide them with the right

826 0:30:28,369 --> 0:30:30,114 Marcus Haney: connections and really give them the time

827 0:30:30,134 --> 0:30:30,675 Marcus Haney: and space to be successful.

828 0:30:31,778 --> 0:30:33,242 Marcus Haney: And really that's, that's what they're

829 0:30:33,262 --> 0:30:34,185 Marcus Haney: looking for when they get out.

830 0:30:34,935 --> 0:30:37,878 Mark Haney: And anything that I say or refer to that,

831 0:30:38,259 --> 0:30:40,521 Mark Haney: about any organization, whether it be the

832 0:30:40,542 --> 0:30:44,646 Mark Haney: VFW, american Legion, northrop Grumman or

833 0:30:44,666 --> 0:30:44,906 Mark Haney: whatever.

834 0:30:45,247 --> 0:30:47,529 Mark Haney: Everybody's got an agenda and they're all

835 0:30:47,810 --> 0:30:50,733 Mark Haney: doing something in their best interest and

836 0:30:50,753 --> 0:30:52,054 Mark Haney: for positive reasons.

837 0:30:53,781 --> 0:30:55,409 Mark Haney: But this community piece I talked about it

838 0:30:55,469 --> 0:30:57,377 Mark Haney: a second ago narrowing the niche, I mean

839 0:30:57,558 --> 0:31:00,688 Mark Haney: this, this market, if you will, you know,

840 0:31:00,769 --> 0:31:02,193 Mark Haney: in terms of thinking about it as business,

841 0:31:02,254 --> 0:31:04,524 Mark Haney: this niche it's.

842 0:31:04,725 --> 0:31:06,574 Mark Haney: It's been underserved for forever.

843 0:31:07,816 --> 0:31:08,697 Mark Haney: Okay, well it's.

844 0:31:09,798 --> 0:31:12,221 Mark Haney: You're solving a huge problem and you're

845 0:31:12,261 --> 0:31:14,963 Mark Haney: not varying into all these other things

846 0:31:14,983 --> 0:31:16,064 Mark Haney: like a lot of people are.

847 0:31:16,425 --> 0:31:18,807 Mark Haney: You're still, you're focused on that group

848 0:31:18,867 --> 0:31:19,288 Mark Haney: of people.

849 0:31:19,328 --> 0:31:21,330 Mark Haney: These people that are still in the military,

850 0:31:21,490 --> 0:31:24,152 Mark Haney: getting out, need a compass and have to

851 0:31:24,193 --> 0:31:25,654 Mark Haney: make some tough decisions in our life and

852 0:31:25,714 --> 0:31:26,675 Mark Haney: which direction they're going to take it.

853 0:31:27,196 --> 0:31:28,777 Marcus Haney: Well, there's 22 veterans a day that take

854 0:31:28,818 --> 0:31:31,180 Marcus Haney: their own life, which is a terrible

855 0:31:31,220 --> 0:31:32,502 Marcus Haney: statistic, and I have friends,

856 0:31:32,582 --> 0:31:35,025 Marcus Haney: unfortunately, that have fallen into that

857 0:31:35,085 --> 0:31:37,808 Marcus Haney: path, and I think that this time, this

858 0:31:38,229 --> 0:31:40,331 Marcus Haney: transition time, it's a small window of

859 0:31:40,371 --> 0:31:42,437 Marcus Haney: time, it's not something they can get back,

860 0:31:42,477 --> 0:31:45,802 Marcus Haney: and I think that this is where the rubber

861 0:31:45,842 --> 0:31:48,926 Marcus Haney: meets the road, and I think that if we put

862 0:31:48,946 --> 0:31:52,371 Marcus Haney: the right resources, the right oomph behind

863 0:31:52,431 --> 0:31:54,113 Marcus Haney: these folks getting out of the military the

864 0:31:54,153 --> 0:31:55,575 Marcus Haney: same amount of oomph as it took to get them

865 0:31:55,595 --> 0:31:59,120 Marcus Haney: in Then we can eliminate the veteran

866 0:31:59,180 --> 0:32:00,021 Marcus Haney: suicide rate.

867 0:32:00,521 --> 0:32:02,264 Marcus Haney: And that is the overall goal.

868 0:32:02,304 --> 0:32:04,767 Marcus Haney: For me is to not get another phone call

869 0:32:05,047 --> 0:32:06,429 Marcus Haney: saying that one of my friends took their

870 0:32:06,469 --> 0:32:09,654 Marcus Haney: lives, or knowing that one of my people is

871 0:32:10,094 --> 0:32:12,258 Marcus Haney: suffering and hurting, and that, to me, is

872 0:32:12,699 --> 0:32:15,585 Marcus Haney: unsatisfactory, and so that is what keeps

873 0:32:15,645 --> 0:32:17,649 Marcus Haney: me up at night, that's what wakes me up in

874 0:32:17,669 --> 0:32:19,853 Marcus Haney: the morning to drive and make sure that we

875 0:32:19,873 --> 0:32:20,675 Marcus Haney: are stepping in the breach for everybody.

876 0:32:21,657 --> 0:32:23,559 Marcus Haney: That's why we are doing the things we're

877 0:32:23,579 --> 0:32:24,841 Marcus Haney: doing and the team we have.

878 0:32:25,342 --> 0:32:29,128 Marcus Haney: They're all sacrificing other opportunities.

879 0:32:29,228 --> 0:32:31,652 Marcus Haney: I'm sure they could all get bigger and

880 0:32:31,732 --> 0:32:32,954 Marcus Haney: better jobs somewhere else, but they're

881 0:32:32,974 --> 0:32:33,595 Marcus Haney: here for the mission.

882 0:32:34,737 --> 0:32:38,162 Marcus Haney: Our team is all dedicated for the people

883 0:32:38,203 --> 0:32:41,107 Marcus Haney: that are stepping into this program and I'm

884 0:32:41,167 --> 0:32:42,109 Marcus Haney: so grateful.

885 0:32:42,189 --> 0:32:44,814 Marcus Haney: My heart is full of gratitude just knowing

886 0:32:44,874 --> 0:32:45,675 Marcus Haney: that what we are doing is impactful.

887 0:32:47,139 --> 0:32:49,364 Marcus Haney: But there are other people behind me that

888 0:32:49,444 --> 0:32:51,369 Marcus Haney: believe in what we're doing as well, and

889 0:32:51,409 --> 0:32:53,434 Marcus Haney: that's why we've gotten to where we are

890 0:32:53,555 --> 0:32:55,280 Marcus Haney: today, and that's why I know that this team

891 0:32:55,300 --> 0:32:57,747 Marcus Haney: can help us get to the next phase of our

892 0:32:58,188 --> 0:33:00,073 Marcus Haney: life as a business as well, because we do

893 0:33:00,093 --> 0:33:00,675 Marcus Haney: have a lot of work to do.

894 0:33:01,658 --> 0:33:03,765 Marcus Haney: We have a big project to accomplish, and

895 0:33:03,826 --> 0:33:05,993 Marcus Haney: it's going to take a lot of work and it's

896 0:33:06,013 --> 0:33:08,800 Marcus Haney: going to take a lot of support, and we are

897 0:33:08,840 --> 0:33:10,524 Marcus Haney: the group of people that have signed up to

898 0:33:10,564 --> 0:33:11,927 Marcus Haney: do it, and I don't think there's any, but

899 0:33:11,947 --> 0:33:12,668 Marcus Haney: that's going to stop us.

900 0:33:14,037 --> 0:33:15,559 Mark Haney: Well, you talked about your team a little

901 0:33:15,620 --> 0:33:19,505 Mark Haney: bit and kind of having that why behind what

902 0:33:19,546 --> 0:33:21,328 Mark Haney: you do, it's not necessarily for the

903 0:33:21,408 --> 0:33:22,029 Mark Haney: paycheck.

904 0:33:23,497 --> 0:33:27,865 Mark Haney: Tom and Danny and Oscar and Tanisha and

905 0:33:27,986 --> 0:33:29,368 Mark Haney: Stephanie and Garrett and all of them.

906 0:33:30,356 --> 0:33:32,617 Mark Haney: But you think about why they're doing it,

907 0:33:32,717 --> 0:33:35,459 Mark Haney: why you are doing it, and I think that's an

908 0:33:35,519 --> 0:33:37,421 Mark Haney: important part of so.

909 0:33:37,461 --> 0:33:39,923 Mark Haney: Anybody listening out there that is maybe

910 0:33:39,943 --> 0:33:42,044 Mark Haney: where I was after selling my company or

911 0:33:42,064 --> 0:33:44,886 Mark Haney: maybe you're a skill bridge, or somebody

912 0:33:44,906 --> 0:33:46,788 Mark Haney: getting out of the military, I should say,

913 0:33:47,068 --> 0:33:48,409 Mark Haney: or somebody getting out of college or out

914 0:33:48,429 --> 0:33:50,130 Mark Haney: of high school and you're trying to decide

915 0:33:50,851 --> 0:33:52,672 Mark Haney: what you want to be when you grow up or

916 0:33:53,012 --> 0:33:56,215 Mark Haney: what you want to do at that next part of

917 0:33:56,235 --> 0:33:59,478 Mark Haney: your life, I think, doing something that

918 0:33:59,538 --> 0:34:03,581 Mark Haney: ties to why you want to be on this earth,

919 0:34:04,262 --> 0:34:05,783 Mark Haney: what's important to you.

920 0:34:06,023 --> 0:34:07,525 Mark Haney: You know that's purpose driven.

921 0:34:07,845 --> 0:34:09,847 Mark Haney: I mean, if that can be part of your compass,

922 0:34:10,628 --> 0:34:12,650 Mark Haney: think about what's important to you and why.

923 0:34:13,270 --> 0:34:16,313 Mark Haney: That can sometimes you to nail down exactly

924 0:34:16,373 --> 0:34:17,914 Mark Haney: what you want to do while you're still in

925 0:34:17,934 --> 0:34:18,295 Mark Haney: the military.

926 0:34:18,315 --> 0:34:19,716 Mark Haney: Might be, you know, might be, you know, it

927 0:34:19,736 --> 0:34:21,298 Mark Haney: might be possible for some, probably not

928 0:34:21,339 --> 0:34:23,982 Mark Haney: possible for most, but if you can at least

929 0:34:24,062 --> 0:34:26,966 Mark Haney: begin to decide what's important to you,

930 0:34:27,447 --> 0:34:29,890 Mark Haney: why you might want to do what you want to

931 0:34:29,950 --> 0:34:33,339 Mark Haney: do, and if it is all about the money, well

932 0:34:33,359 --> 0:34:34,682 Mark Haney: great, okay, no problem.

933 0:34:34,702 --> 0:34:36,104 Mark Haney: There's nothing wrong with doing it for the

934 0:34:36,164 --> 0:34:39,249 Mark Haney: money, but really take inside what's

935 0:34:39,309 --> 0:34:42,314 Mark Haney: important to you, and it might not be all

936 0:34:42,334 --> 0:34:42,675 Mark Haney: about the money.

937 0:34:43,296 --> 0:34:45,742 Mark Haney: It might be doing something that's right

938 0:34:45,782 --> 0:34:47,566 Mark Haney: for our world and feels like the right

939 0:34:47,586 --> 0:34:47,967 Mark Haney: thing to do.

940 0:34:49,396 --> 0:34:51,217 Marcus Haney: It feels good to do the right thing right,

941 0:34:51,277 --> 0:34:55,522 Marcus Haney: and I I love my job right, and I get the

942 0:34:55,642 --> 0:34:58,544 Marcus Haney: opportunity to talk to service members

943 0:34:58,624 --> 0:35:01,467 Marcus Haney: every day and hear what they're going

944 0:35:01,507 --> 0:35:03,669 Marcus Haney: through, and then we position ourselves to

945 0:35:04,010 --> 0:35:05,731 Marcus Haney: make sure that the next guy doesn't go

946 0:35:05,751 --> 0:35:07,476 Marcus Haney: through that same issue, and so we're

947 0:35:07,496 --> 0:35:08,677 Marcus Haney: constantly putting out fires.

948 0:35:08,697 --> 0:35:11,040 Marcus Haney: But, yeah, like, the mission for us is the

949 0:35:11,100 --> 0:35:13,863 Marcus Haney: most important thing, right, and as we ends

950 0:35:13,883 --> 0:35:16,465 Marcus Haney: this show, right, we always talk about our.

951 0:35:17,526 --> 0:35:20,890 Marcus Haney: Our mantra, right is going out to the

952 0:35:20,970 --> 0:35:22,231 Marcus Haney: masses in the military.

953 0:35:22,392 --> 0:35:24,878 Marcus Haney: Right, our always by your side mantra is

954 0:35:24,938 --> 0:35:26,561 Marcus Haney: something that I live by.

955 0:35:26,881 --> 0:35:27,662 Marcus Haney: I told it to you.

956 0:35:27,983 --> 0:35:29,785 Marcus Haney: We end the show with it every time, right,

957 0:35:29,845 --> 0:35:30,807 Marcus Haney: or you do now.

958 0:35:31,848 --> 0:35:36,219 Marcus Haney: That is what I put into every day into this

959 0:35:36,319 --> 0:35:38,775 Marcus Haney: organization, so that these veterans know

960 0:35:38,855 --> 0:35:40,680 Marcus Haney: that there is a group behind them.

961 0:35:40,950 --> 0:35:43,919 Marcus Haney: There is a person, a group, a persona that

962 0:35:44,039 --> 0:35:44,401 Marcus Haney: is there.

963 0:35:44,470 --> 0:35:46,096 Marcus Haney: It's not the American Legion, which is a

964 0:35:46,156 --> 0:35:47,755 Marcus Haney: big name, like you said, doing great things,

965 0:35:48,110 --> 0:35:50,237 Marcus Haney: but sometimes you need a person that can

966 0:35:50,277 --> 0:35:51,814 Marcus Haney: talk to you, somebody who will pick up the

967 0:35:51,874 --> 0:35:53,776 Marcus Haney: phone, somebody that will return a text,

968 0:35:54,090 --> 0:35:55,976 Marcus Haney: somebody that will just take the extra

969 0:35:56,016 --> 0:35:58,372 Marcus Haney: little second to do that, and that's what

970 0:35:58,432 --> 0:36:01,000 Marcus Haney: our team personifies day in and day out.

971 0:36:01,671 --> 0:36:02,756 Mark Haney: One of the things, too, that I want to make

972 0:36:02,776 --> 0:36:06,058 Mark Haney: sure that we remind ourselves and remind

973 0:36:06,239 --> 0:36:06,941 Mark Haney: all our listeners.

974 0:36:07,310 --> 0:36:10,352 Mark Haney: I deal a lot with startups and you're

975 0:36:10,372 --> 0:36:12,399 Mark Haney: dealing with, you're working with people

976 0:36:12,430 --> 0:36:14,958 Mark Haney: who want to be entrepreneurs and become

977 0:36:14,998 --> 0:36:16,213 Mark Haney: employees and build businesses.

978 0:36:17,090 --> 0:36:19,980 Mark Haney: I think you should expect to pivot.

979 0:36:20,290 --> 0:36:22,497 Mark Haney: So every company I've invested into

980 0:36:23,259 --> 0:36:25,837 Mark Haney: everything, every business I've launched, I

981 0:36:25,897 --> 0:36:27,994 Mark Haney: come in thinking this is how it's going to

982 0:36:28,095 --> 0:36:31,398 Mark Haney: be, and, lo and behold, it doesn't go that

983 0:36:31,458 --> 0:36:31,619 Mark Haney: way.

984 0:36:31,699 --> 0:36:34,519 Mark Haney: Right, it always is more difficult, doesn't

985 0:36:34,559 --> 0:36:36,054 Mark Haney: work the way I thought it was going to work,

986 0:36:36,155 --> 0:36:39,639 Mark Haney: whatever, and I end up needing to pivot,

987 0:36:39,770 --> 0:36:41,377 Mark Haney: need to attack from a different direction,

988 0:36:41,850 --> 0:36:45,117 Mark Haney: as we like to say, and so I think you can

989 0:36:45,157 --> 0:36:45,839 Mark Haney: expect that.

990 0:36:46,271 --> 0:36:50,943 Mark Haney: But if we wait to begin to get on the

991 0:36:50,983 --> 0:36:54,058 Mark Haney: freeway if you will, then we'll never know

992 0:36:54,358 --> 0:36:55,121 Mark Haney: what it's like.

993 0:36:55,270 --> 0:36:57,658 Mark Haney: And so, just to everybody out there that's

994 0:36:58,159 --> 0:37:00,255 Mark Haney: thinking about what I want to do, there's

995 0:37:00,315 --> 0:37:02,421 Mark Haney: probably not a wrong answer.

996 0:37:02,730 --> 0:37:06,981 Mark Haney: It's get in, get a compass, get in, make

997 0:37:07,021 --> 0:37:08,024 Mark Haney: the adjustments.

998 0:37:08,290 --> 0:37:10,598 Mark Haney: If it's not for you, don't feel bad about

999 0:37:10,658 --> 0:37:11,260 Mark Haney: changing.

1000 0:37:12,192 --> 0:37:14,359 Mark Haney: It's tough to make some of those decisions.

1001 0:37:14,670 --> 0:37:16,677 Mark Haney: For example, I see you wearing your shirt

1002 0:37:16,717 --> 0:37:18,635 Mark Haney: right now says Allegiant Vets.

1003 0:37:19,350 --> 0:37:20,836 Mark Haney: When your mother and I launched the

1004 0:37:20,876 --> 0:37:22,934 Mark Haney: organization right, you mentioned it

1005 0:37:22,994 --> 0:37:25,232 Mark Haney: earlier it was Allegiant Giving, which the

1006 0:37:25,252 --> 0:37:26,918 Mark Haney: parent company name is Allegiant Giving,

1007 0:37:27,830 --> 0:37:31,340 Mark Haney: and we didn't know exactly how it would

1008 0:37:31,400 --> 0:37:31,862 Mark Haney: play out.

1009 0:37:31,890 --> 0:37:33,396 Mark Haney: But we wanted to do something.

1010 0:37:34,312 --> 0:37:36,259 Mark Haney: We had a general purpose for what we wanted

1011 0:37:36,279 --> 0:37:38,797 Mark Haney: to do, but how to turn it into a business

1012 0:37:38,857 --> 0:37:39,799 Mark Haney: that could be sustainable.

1013 0:37:40,591 --> 0:37:42,510 Mark Haney: We didn't know that until you came on and

1014 0:37:42,992 --> 0:37:46,982 Mark Haney: it began changing the way that we attacked,

1015 0:37:47,571 --> 0:37:50,579 Mark Haney: and so you've recently changed the name to

1016 0:37:50,619 --> 0:37:52,495 Mark Haney: Allegiant Vets, which I think is a better

1017 0:37:52,635 --> 0:37:53,579 Mark Haney: name Allegiant Giving.

1018 0:37:53,610 --> 0:37:54,575 Mark Haney: It's like what the heck is that?

1019 0:37:54,850 --> 0:37:57,018 Mark Haney: I've always thought I like the word

1020 0:37:57,058 --> 0:38:00,136 Mark Haney: Allegiant, but the Giving piece always

1021 0:38:00,176 --> 0:38:02,202 Mark Haney: sounded like what?

1022 0:38:03,613 --> 0:38:05,579 Mark Haney: And it didn't really tie to veterans.

1023 0:38:05,690 --> 0:38:07,457 Mark Haney: It didn't tie to the work we're doing.

1024 0:38:07,770 --> 0:38:09,857 Mark Haney: It's almost like I'm asking for something.

1025 0:38:10,750 --> 0:38:12,297 Mark Haney: Now that you're saying Allegiant Vets,

1026 0:38:12,370 --> 0:38:13,676 Mark Haney: that's like that's bad ass, right.

1027 0:38:13,710 --> 0:38:17,272 Mark Haney: That's telling me where I'm focused and who

1028 0:38:17,513 --> 0:38:18,316 Mark Haney: I'm about helping.

1029 0:38:19,091 --> 0:38:20,337 Marcus Haney: Yeah, clarity of mission, right?

1030 0:38:20,450 --> 0:38:21,855 Marcus Haney: Yes, what a good pivot.

1031 0:38:22,970 --> 0:38:24,355 Marcus Haney: Well, it took a long time.

1032 0:38:25,170 --> 0:38:27,579 Marcus Haney: Luckily, we had some great marketing ladies

1033 0:38:27,650 --> 0:38:29,852 Marcus Haney: to help us out at the Porter Co Marketing

1034 0:38:29,913 --> 0:38:30,596 Marcus Haney: company down there.

1035 0:38:30,630 --> 0:38:32,611 Marcus Haney: They actually work out of our building, so

1036 0:38:32,631 --> 0:38:33,233 Marcus Haney: shout out to them.

1037 0:38:34,250 --> 0:38:36,170 Marcus Haney: But it took a lot of brainstorming and

1038 0:38:36,230 --> 0:38:38,157 Marcus Haney: figuring out who we were and who we wanted

1039 0:38:38,198 --> 0:38:39,936 Marcus Haney: to be and who we are for the future.

1040 0:38:40,030 --> 0:38:42,478 Marcus Haney: And I think Allegiant Vets stands with

1041 0:38:42,518 --> 0:38:45,417 Marcus Haney: clarity, it stands bold and it stands with

1042 0:38:45,778 --> 0:38:47,554 Marcus Haney: a personification of who we're affecting.

1043 0:38:48,030 --> 0:38:50,775 Marcus Haney: And I think when people hear that name Vice

1044 0:38:50,836 --> 0:38:52,814 Marcus Haney: Allegiant Giving they're like okay, I know

1045 0:38:53,236 --> 0:38:55,396 Marcus Haney: what that is, I know what you're trying to

1046 0:38:55,457 --> 0:38:56,915 Marcus Haney: do, and that makes it easier for us to

1047 0:38:56,935 --> 0:38:58,672 Marcus Haney: communicate, obviously, and, like you said,

1048 0:38:58,813 --> 0:39:00,318 Marcus Haney: it's a little bit more badass as well.

1049 0:39:00,370 --> 0:39:01,172 Marcus Haney: So we got some swag.

1050 0:39:01,192 --> 0:39:03,900 Marcus Haney: We got a swag shop up on the new website,

1051 0:39:04,130 --> 0:39:06,558 Marcus Haney: allegiantvetsorg, if you're interested in

1052 0:39:06,598 --> 0:39:07,260 Marcus Haney: checking that out.

1053 0:39:07,330 --> 0:39:09,498 Marcus Haney: But yeah, we're over here trying to change

1054 0:39:09,518 --> 0:39:11,196 Marcus Haney: the world for veterans, one day at a time.

1055 0:39:11,530 --> 0:39:13,197 Mark Haney: Yeah now, allegiant Vets.

1056 0:39:13,350 --> 0:39:15,770 Mark Haney: Obviously we know what a veteran is, but

1057 0:39:15,810 --> 0:39:19,451 Mark Haney: it's also an acronym that I don't know.

1058 0:39:19,491 --> 0:39:21,697 Mark Haney: If people understand the acronym that,

1059 0:39:21,778 --> 0:39:22,801 Mark Haney: v-e-t-s.

1060 0:39:23,030 --> 0:39:23,271 Mark Haney: What is?

1061 0:39:24,350 --> 0:39:26,237 Marcus Haney: Yeah, veterans, employment, training and

1062 0:39:26,277 --> 0:39:29,311 Marcus Haney: Success is what VET stands for for me, and

1063 0:39:29,351 --> 0:39:31,958 Marcus Haney: so obviously, veterans oftentimes get

1064 0:39:31,998 --> 0:39:34,775 Marcus Haney: called VETs, but what we do and what we

1065 0:39:34,815 --> 0:39:36,199 Marcus Haney: provide is a community.

1066 0:39:36,390 --> 0:39:38,737 Marcus Haney: We provide skills and we provide the

1067 0:39:38,797 --> 0:39:40,221 Marcus Haney: opportunity to be a part of something.

1068 0:39:40,310 --> 0:39:42,418 Marcus Haney: So veteran employment, training and success,

1069 0:39:42,510 --> 0:39:43,675 Marcus Haney: and so that's what we really stand for

1070 0:39:43,830 --> 0:39:44,898 Marcus Haney: Ultimately it's about that success?

1071 0:39:44,979 --> 0:39:46,127 Mark Haney: huh, Absolutely.

1072 0:39:46,490 --> 0:39:48,618 Mark Haney: Well, it's Veterans Day, Veterans Day

1073 0:39:48,658 --> 0:39:50,435 Mark Haney: weekend, it's the Marine Corps birthday

1074 0:39:50,716 --> 0:39:53,097 Mark Haney: today, November 10th.

1075 0:39:53,270 --> 0:39:56,455 Mark Haney: Yeah, you know just, I don't know what I

1076 0:39:56,475 --> 0:39:58,454 Mark Haney: didn't ask you, but maybe just let you have

1077 0:39:58,514 --> 0:40:00,500 Mark Haney: the last word on the show.

1078 0:40:00,730 --> 0:40:02,056 Mark Haney: What did I not ask you?

1079 0:40:02,992 --> 0:40:04,537 Mark Haney: What would you like to communicate out

1080 0:40:04,577 --> 0:40:07,976 Mark Haney: there to the world about what you're

1081 0:40:08,016 --> 0:40:11,979 Mark Haney: working on or what the world needs from the

1082 0:40:11,999 --> 0:40:12,661 Mark Haney: veteran community?

1083 0:40:14,550 --> 0:40:16,096 Marcus Haney: Just happy to be here back in the saddle,

1084 0:40:16,770 --> 0:40:17,895 Marcus Haney: love chatting with you, love the

1085 0:40:17,955 --> 0:40:20,017 Marcus Haney: opportunity to get asked questions.

1086 0:40:20,131 --> 0:40:22,047 Marcus Haney: I'm probably doing a lot of that question

1087 0:40:22,148 --> 0:40:24,694 Marcus Haney: asking in my daily job, so I like getting

1088 0:40:24,714 --> 0:40:27,351 Marcus Haney: the opportunity to really really say about

1089 0:40:27,391 --> 0:40:28,054 Marcus Haney: what we're up to.

1090 0:40:29,010 --> 0:40:31,297 Marcus Haney: And what I would say is there are people

1091 0:40:31,398 --> 0:40:34,517 Marcus Haney: out there that are not sure what they want

1092 0:40:34,537 --> 0:40:37,537 Marcus Haney: to do and, as you alluded to, everybody's

1093 0:40:37,577 --> 0:40:39,473 Marcus Haney: gone through that and that's okay.

1094 0:40:39,890 --> 0:40:42,871 Marcus Haney: And if you are going through something that

1095 0:40:43,253 --> 0:40:45,973 Marcus Haney: is challenging in your life and you need to

1096 0:40:46,054 --> 0:40:48,371 Marcus Haney: reach out to an organization that's got

1097 0:40:48,391 --> 0:40:51,180 Marcus Haney: your back and you are a veteran, a spouse,

1098 0:40:51,530 --> 0:40:54,259 Marcus Haney: a family member of a service member, reach

1099 0:40:54,339 --> 0:40:54,720 Marcus Haney: out to us.

1100 0:40:54,810 --> 0:40:55,634 Marcus Haney: We want to talk to you.

1101 0:40:56,050 --> 0:40:57,550 Marcus Haney: And if you're looking to kick names and

1102 0:40:57,590 --> 0:40:59,611 Marcus Haney: take some ass out there in the world and

1103 0:40:59,671 --> 0:41:01,898 Marcus Haney: you want to change the world, like Steve

1104 0:41:01,918 --> 0:41:04,818 Marcus Haney: Jobs says, the ones who are crazy enough to

1105 0:41:04,878 --> 0:41:06,771 Marcus Haney: think that they can change the world are

1106 0:41:06,791 --> 0:41:08,237 Marcus Haney: the ones that actually do.

1107 0:41:08,630 --> 0:41:10,036 Marcus Haney: And that's what we are doing on a daily

1108 0:41:10,076 --> 0:41:12,133 Marcus Haney: basis at Allegiant Vets and if you're

1109 0:41:12,173 --> 0:41:13,819 Marcus Haney: interested in being a part of that ride,

1110 0:41:14,051 --> 0:41:15,034 Marcus Haney: then look us up.

1111 0:41:15,737 --> 0:41:16,178 Mark Haney: I love it.

1112 0:41:16,530 --> 0:41:17,072 Mark Haney: I love, cassaney.

1113 0:41:17,293 --> 0:41:18,116 Mark Haney: Love what you're doing.

1114 0:41:19,011 --> 0:41:21,559 Mark Haney: My only word for today is gratitude.

1115 0:41:21,690 --> 0:41:24,679 Mark Haney: Thank you to you personally for what you've

1116 0:41:24,719 --> 0:41:25,301 Mark Haney: sacrificed.

1117 0:41:25,370 --> 0:41:27,010 Mark Haney: Thank you for helping me launch a show and

1118 0:41:27,050 --> 0:41:29,893 Mark Haney: launch my new career when I was trying to

1119 0:41:29,913 --> 0:41:31,732 Mark Haney: figure out what I wanted to do, and thank

1120 0:41:31,772 --> 0:41:34,420 Mark Haney: you for how you're impacting the people

1121 0:41:34,671 --> 0:41:37,219 Mark Haney: that make business possible for any of us.

1122 0:41:37,310 --> 0:41:39,678 Mark Haney: I mean to all those out there fighting the

1123 0:41:39,698 --> 0:41:41,981 Mark Haney: good fight for our freedom, our security

1124 0:41:42,002 --> 0:41:43,090 Mark Haney: and our way of life right.

1125 0:41:43,150 --> 0:41:45,732 Mark Haney: Never above you, never below you, always by

1126 0:41:45,752 --> 0:41:46,053 Mark Haney: your side.

1127 0:41:47,310 --> 0:41:48,375 Mark Haney: This segment includes the personal

1128 0:41:48,395 --> 0:41:49,634 Mark Haney: knowledge, experiences and opinions about

1129 0:41:49,694 --> 0:41:51,315 Mark Haney: angel investing by seasoned angel investors.

1130 0:41:51,510 --> 0:41:53,056 Mark Haney: This content is for informational purposes

1131 0:41:53,117 --> 0:41:54,755 Mark Haney: only and should not be considered as legal,

1132 0:41:54,815 --> 0:41:56,179 Mark Haney: tax, investment or financial advice.

1133 0:41:56,430 --> 0:41:57,494 Mark Haney: Nothing in this segment constitutes a

1134 0:41:57,535 --> 0:41:59,332 Mark Haney: solicitation, recommendation or endorsement.