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Mark Haney: And now from the Marquee Media Studio

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Mark Haney: inside Mark Tank.

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Mark Haney: It's the Mark Haney.

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Marcus Haney: Show.

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Mark Haney: Today is the Marine Corps birthday, so it's

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Mark Haney: only befitting that we bring on a Marine,

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Mark Haney: once Marine, always Marine.

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Mark Haney: We brought on Marcus Haney and we're going

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Mark Haney: to be talking about Allegiant Vets and the

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Mark Haney: work he is doing.

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Mark Haney: He is the CEO of Allegiant Giving and

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Mark Haney: Allegiant Vets and he's building this

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Mark Haney: incredible business, but they're doing

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Mark Haney: impactful work, so we're going to talk

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Mark Haney: about that today.

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Mark Haney: But I think today is going to be more fun

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Mark Haney: because I got a chance to sort of reminisce

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Mark Haney: a bit with Marcus, because some of you may

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Mark Haney: not know this, but Marcus actually helped

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Mark Haney: me launch the show back in the day, and so

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Mark Haney: I want to take a little trip down memory

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Mark Haney: lane with my son, marcus, who was really

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Mark Haney: But just a reminder to anybody who's

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Mark Haney: This is around winning an entrepreneurship.

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Mark Haney: We're building the backyard advantage,

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Mark Haney: which is the most connected community in

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Mark Haney: centered around a culture of love, helping

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Mark Haney: one another.

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Mark Haney: Engineering wins, and through our show, you

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Mark Haney: get access to people that can inspire,

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Mark Haney: educate and connect you, and so if these

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Mark Haney: then you need to subscribe to our podcast,

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Mark Haney: subscribe to YouTube and really be a part

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Mark Haney: of this community.

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Mark Haney: Get involved.

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Mark Haney: We live here, and I think it's incumbent on

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Mark Haney: and so I'm inviting you to be a part of

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Mark Haney: this journey with me.

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Mark Haney: But now, with no further ado, let me

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Mark Haney: introduce to you my son, the Marine, my

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Mark Haney: hero, marcus Annie.

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Mark Haney: Welcome, marcus man, you're getting pretty

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Mark Haney: I've been practicing, I've been failing for

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Mark Haney: like seven years?

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Mark Haney: I don't think so.

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Marcus Haney: I think you've been doing a lot of great

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Marcus Haney: stuff Shoot well I appreciate it.

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Mark Haney: Well, as I mentioned, I wouldn't be doing

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Mark Haney: this without you.

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Mark Haney: I can remember when we first started the

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Mark Haney: It wasn't just getting on here and

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Mark Haney: It was scary.

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Mark Haney: And so you, I remember rehearsing.

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Mark Haney: We do no rehearsal now.

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Mark Haney: This is like off the cuff, but I was so

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Mark Haney: You were my rehearsal partner.

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Mark Haney: You were Uriah Faber.

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Mark Haney: So you're impersonating Uriah and I'm

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Marcus Haney: So you were there.

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Marcus Haney: Look how far you have come.

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Marcus Haney: Now we don't have to go down to the Sports

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Mark Haney: That got me in the right mode, got over my

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Mark Haney: Now it's just me and Scott and we just wing

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Marcus Haney: He actually helps me prepare a little bit.

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Marcus Haney: I listened to the song Sentries before I

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Marcus Haney: That's right, that was the intro music back

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Marcus Haney: Yeah, absolutely, yeah, absolutely.

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Mark Haney: Okay, so enough about me and my show,

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Mark Haney: so I want to talk about that.

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Mark Haney: So much for our country and so much for the

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Mark Haney: people who really are the heroes of our

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Mark Haney: You are helping Allegiant Vets no excuse me,

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Mark Haney: you are helping the veterans of America.

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Marcus Haney: Yeah, great question.

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Marcus Haney: Appreciate the opportunity.

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Marcus Haney: The mission started back in the day when I

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Marcus Haney: Fast forward, I transitioned out of the

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Marcus Haney: But not most veterans have that opportunity,

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Marcus Haney: And actually my first job out of the

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Marcus Haney: I didn't really have much to parlay.

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Marcus Haney: I was an infantry guy.

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Marcus Haney: You know, people break things, I was all

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Marcus Haney: an opportunity out there and it's called

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Marcus Haney: the Skill Bridge Program, and for those of

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Marcus Haney: We'll end up helping about 2,500 service

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Marcus Haney: and help, and they've helped me take it to

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Mark Haney: and now I'm on the last three to six months

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Mark Haney: and I haven't decided what I want to do.

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Marcus Haney: celebrate are are robust and really

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Marcus Haney: exciting to hear about.

471
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Mark Haney: Whereas as a civilian I look at all

472
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Mark Haney: military people as heroes and appreciate

473
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Mark Haney: your service and its Veterans Day weekend,

474
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Mark Haney: so thank you.

475
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Mark Haney: But I've often been around you and other

476
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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
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Mark Haney: the Air Force or these jabbing and stuff.

479
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Mark Haney: But you're talking about this community

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Mark Haney: coming together, regardless of whether

481
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Mark Haney: you're in the Navy or the Air Force or the

482
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Mark Haney: Marine Corps or what have you.

483
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Mark Haney: It's like, hey look, we're all brothers and

484
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Mark Haney: sisters that have done some sacrificing.

485
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Mark Haney: When we're all kind of in the same boat

486
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Mark Haney: trying to make that transition to the new

487
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Mark Haney: thing, let's just help each other.

488
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Marcus Haney: Absolutely, and it's all good and fun.

489
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Marcus Haney: You know, call the names.

490
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Marcus Haney: And I even got sent a package anonymously

491
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Marcus Haney: yesterday in the mail and they say that

492
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Marcus Haney: Marines are dumb, that we eat crayons.

493
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Marcus Haney: So I got this package yesterday of edible

494
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Marcus Haney: crayons and guess what?

495
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Marcus Haney: I ate them All right.

496
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Mark Haney: I tried it out.

497
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Marcus Haney: I gave it a chance and it was not bad.

498
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Marcus Haney: I ate red.

499
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Marcus Haney: It wasn't like the active duty crayons.

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Marcus Haney: I got the.

501
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Marcus Haney: But yeah, the community comes together, no

502
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Marcus Haney: matter the banter, no matter the thing.

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Marcus Haney: We always tell everybody drop your rank at

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Marcus Haney: the door.

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Mark Haney: Oh, drop your rank to right because you

506
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Mark Haney: have people that are coming in there, maybe

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Mark Haney: like Capri or Colonel, okay, or you have

508
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Mark Haney: grunts or people that are maybe four years

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Mark Haney: in infantry.

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Mark Haney: Yeah, no, high school education, Right.

511
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Marcus Haney: So there's levels of this thing are so

512
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Marcus Haney: obfuscated, right, there's too many people

513
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Marcus Haney: that are in the same rank and then there's

514
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Marcus Haney: a lot lower level people, and those

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Marcus Haney: individuals have to be able to communicate

516
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Marcus Haney: and be on the same wavelength and be able

517
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Marcus Haney: to realize that person, whether they may be

518
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Marcus Haney: done four years and you did 20 can still

519
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Marcus Haney: support you.

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Marcus Haney: You guys can still be in the same community.

521
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Marcus Haney: And so, yeah, drop your rank at the door,

522
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Marcus Haney: kind of keep your pride to the side a

523
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Marcus Haney: little bit.

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Marcus Haney: That doesn't matter.

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Marcus Haney: In the next phase and getting into the out

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Marcus Haney: of the military, nobody really knows, like

527
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Marcus Haney: you said, as a civilian, what the

528
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Marcus Haney: difference between a Colonel or a corporal

529
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Marcus Haney: or a sergeant really is.

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Marcus Haney: Right.

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Marcus Haney: So if you just come into the world as

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Marcus Haney: somebody who's eager to jump into their

533
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Marcus Haney: next opportunity with, with vigor, right,

534
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Marcus Haney: if you have the grit and the intensity to

535
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Marcus Haney: jump into something, that's really what the

536
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Marcus Haney: corporate world wants to see.

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Marcus Haney: As somebody who's willing just to come in

538
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Marcus Haney: and be a team player and not need to flex

539
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Marcus Haney: who they've been in the past, because it

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Marcus Haney: doesn't really matter.

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Mark Haney: Yeah well, you've called it first Civ Div.

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Mark Haney: I've never heard that term until you have

543
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Mark Haney: brought that up to me.

544
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Mark Haney: Describe with that.

545
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Mark Haney: Okay, how did you?

546
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Mark Haney: What is that a common term in the military?

547
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Marcus Haney: Well, I guess it was for me.

548
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Marcus Haney: I would say most military members when you

549
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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
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Marcus Haney: going to be?

552
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Marcus Haney: Oh, I'm going to be in the first civilian

553
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Marcus Haney: division, so I'm going to be out in the

554
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Marcus Haney: civilian world doing my thing.

555
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Marcus Haney: So everybody that gets out of the military

556
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Marcus Haney: kind of rolls into this new division.

557
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Marcus Haney: Right, it's not the first battalion seventh

558
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Marcus Haney: Marines like I was in right, it's the first

559
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Marcus Haney: Civ Div, so that's sort of the transition

560
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Marcus Haney: world in which folks roll into through our

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Marcus Haney: program.

562
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Marcus Haney: And I even write a newsletter weekly on

563
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Marcus Haney: LinkedIn helping folks to get a couple tips

564
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Marcus Haney: and tricks and use some shout outs and

565
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Marcus Haney: things like that.

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Marcus Haney: But it's called the the first Civ Div

567
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Marcus Haney: safety brief, because every week in the

568
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Marcus Haney: military your commanding officer gets in

569
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Marcus Haney: front of you and gives you a weekly wrap up

570
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Marcus Haney: for the weekends.

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Marcus Haney: Don't do anything stupid this weekend.

572
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Marcus Haney: You know it's Veterans Day, right, happy

573
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Marcus Haney: birthday, marines, but don't go out and get

574
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Marcus Haney: a DUI and make us look bad.

575
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Marcus Haney: So this is my way of continuing that sort

576
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Marcus Haney: of way of communicating with my teammates

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Marcus Haney: out in the world and bringing a little

578
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Marcus Haney: humor to it.

579
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Marcus Haney: Right, because when stuff gets tough, in my

580
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Marcus Haney: opinion a little humor there now and then

581
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Marcus Haney: is good for the soul, right?

582
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Marcus Haney: And then it gives me the opportunity to

583
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Marcus Haney: realize that it's not so serious, right,

584
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Marcus Haney: you're gonna get through it.

585
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Marcus Haney: There is trough of sorrow, just like being

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Marcus Haney: an entrepreneur, just like any transition,

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Marcus Haney: but with a little bit of humility and a

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Marcus Haney: little bit of humor, I think that can go a

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Marcus Haney: lot of way to helping you be successful.

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Marcus Haney: Well, what are you?

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Mark Haney: seeing out there on the landscape of

592
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Mark Haney: opportunity.

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Mark Haney: What are the biggest opportunities now for

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Mark Haney: people entering the workforce?

595
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Mark Haney: Obviously, I'm focused on TAC, for the most

596
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Mark Haney: part, small business and startups and

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Mark Haney: technology companies, and that's one kind

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Mark Haney: of job and but what other?

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Mark Haney: What are the good jobs out there that

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Mark Haney: you're seeing?

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Mark Haney: What are the openings?

602
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Mark Haney: Where are people leaning?

603
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Mark Haney: Artificial intelligence oh, over the place.

604
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Marcus Haney: AI is obviously a new frontier in which

605
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Marcus Haney: everybody's sort of interested in.

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Marcus Haney: I think a lot of people that come into our

607
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Marcus Haney: program we have 12 training verticals and

608
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Marcus Haney: are too.

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Marcus Haney: Largest are cybersecurity and project

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Marcus Haney: management.

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Marcus Haney: So I think that there's a lot of people who

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Marcus Haney: want to evolve themselves into a technology

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Marcus Haney: professional and cybersecurity seems to be

614
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Marcus Haney: a really robust job market.

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Marcus Haney: Our program got a young lady with zero

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Marcus Haney: cybersecurity experience had a six month

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Marcus Haney: skill bridge program with us and ended up

618
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Marcus Haney: getting a junior level cybersecurity job at

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Marcus Haney: Lidos, which is a really large company.

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Marcus Haney: So from zero to job, cybersecurity that's

621
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Marcus Haney: what we kind of offer, and so we see the

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Marcus Haney: opportunities out.

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Marcus Haney: There are the ones that our veterans want

624
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Marcus Haney: to go attack right, because everybody's

625
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Marcus Haney: moving to a new state, a new county, a new

626
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Marcus Haney: situation and maybe it's not what they did

627
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Marcus Haney: in the military.

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Marcus Haney: So it's tough for us to go identify exactly

629
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Marcus Haney: where the opportunity is for every

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Marcus Haney: individual.

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Marcus Haney: But what we do go out and do is talk to

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Marcus Haney: companies and say, hey, if you have racks

633
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Marcus Haney: or if you have openings that maybe align

634
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Marcus Haney: with our veteran community, come and talk

635
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Marcus Haney: to them.

636
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Marcus Haney: So we host virtual career fairs for these

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Marcus Haney: companies to come in and present their

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Marcus Haney: opportunities to our veterans and we see a

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Marcus Haney: lot of good jobs coming out of that, and a

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Marcus Haney: lot of our folks, interestingly enough,

641
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Marcus Haney: have been asking, and so I delivered.

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Marcus Haney: We now have a entrepreneurship program in

643
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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

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Marcus Haney: group that we started, so I am teaching

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Marcus Haney: entrepreneurship yes, sir, the

647
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Marcus Haney: Entrepreneurs Club.

648
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Marcus Haney: That happens Tuesday in our skill bridge,

649
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Marcus Haney: and so we were talking about Ikegai last

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Marcus Haney: week and creating a big, hairy, audacious

651
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Marcus Haney: goal and all the different things that I've

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Marcus Haney: learned throughout this and throughout my

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Marcus Haney: business career right Of building

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Marcus Haney: businesses and being on here and learning

655
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Marcus Haney: from all the people that have come through

656
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Marcus Haney: the Marconi show.

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Mark Haney: Yeah, that's interesting.

658
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Mark Haney: So you've been on this show.

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Mark Haney: So, going back in the memory lane thing, so

660
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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

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Mark Haney: scenes and then I'd say, a year or two in,

663
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Mark Haney: you took on you and I started doing the

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Mark Haney: show together.

665
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Mark Haney: Yeah, and then you found some other

666
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Mark Haney: opportunities and you abandoned me.

667
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Mark Haney: You got too good for me and you went on to

668
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Mark Haney: do some other things.

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Mark Haney: But you, we even have a book always by your

670
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Mark Haney: side and because you had it was written by

671
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Mark Haney: Richard Bakken but it's a story, told

672
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Mark Haney: through your eyes, of what it was like to

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Mark Haney: help launch this show and using kind of

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Mark Haney: your memory of being in the military, your

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Mark Haney: experience of the military, and kind of

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Mark Haney: comparing and contrasting what it was like

677
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Mark Haney: to be you in the military and seeing the

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Mark Haney: heroic journeys of a lot of the guests on

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Mark Haney: the show, so you were able to, I guess,

680
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Mark Haney: digest from the best and the brightest in

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Mark Haney: Sacramento and help.

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Mark Haney: I mean, it's been almost like getting a

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Mark Haney: master's degree in entrepreneurship just

684
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Mark Haney: being a part of this show 100%.

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Marcus Haney: I say that all the time and at the time I

686
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Marcus Haney: was building my own business right.

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Marcus Haney: So I was hearing, listening, implementing,

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Marcus Haney: changing, hearing, listening, tweaking

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Marcus Haney: right, and I think that that's the

690
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Marcus Haney: entrepreneurial spirit is continuously

691
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Marcus Haney: growing and looking for that next

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Marcus Haney: opportunity.

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Marcus Haney: But I would say that the guests that have

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Marcus Haney: been on this show that I reflect on all the

695
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Marcus Haney: time are like the Dell Carlson's of the

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Marcus Haney: world and just his total impact and his

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Marcus Haney: humility and the ability for him to reflect

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Marcus Haney: into somebody like myself of what it's like

699
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Marcus Haney: to be an entrepreneur and what it's like to

700
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Marcus Haney: win right.

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Marcus Haney: And he does it with such grace and what's

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Marcus Haney: such humility that it's like man.

703
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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.

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Marcus Haney: There is a person, a group, a persona that

962
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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

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0:35:58,432 --> 0:36:01,000
Marcus Haney: our team personifies day in and day out.

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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
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Mark Haney: all our listeners.

974
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Marcus Haney: then look us up.

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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
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Mark Haney: This segment includes the personal

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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.

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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
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Mark Haney: Nothing in this segment constitutes a

1134
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Mark Haney: solicitation, recommendation or endorsement.