This new PenFed Foundation Study highlights where the resources, networks and opportunities are strongest, ranking the top 20 large U.S. cities for veteran entrepreneurs. 👉 Read the full report: https://penfedfoundation.org/2026-top-us-cities-for-veteran-entrepreneurs/

There's a big difference between knowing what to do and actually doing it. And that difference is why so many aspiring entrepreneurs and side hustlers are still working a 9-to-5 while trying to build their business on nights and weekends. Reading another book. Watching another YouTube video. Taking another course. Researching another business idea. Gaining more information. This is NOT taking action! Don't get me wrong. Education is important. But information only becomes valuable when you put it to work. After building nine businesses over the past 30 years, I've learned that you don't build a business by knowing everything. You build a business by taking action, making mistakes, learning from customers, and adjusting along the way. Jeff Arredondo, a veteran who went through the 5-Day Startup Veteran Challenge, shared this after completing the program, and it perfectly captures what I'm talking about: "Hal has been instrumental in getting me from an over analyzer of information to taking action! Sometimes you have to have enough information to take the jump and just take action!” That's exactly why I created the FREE 5-Day Startup Veteran Challenge. Not to give you another five days of information to consume. But to give you five days of specific actions designed to move you closer to building a business that can replace your paycheck. Five days. Five missions. All action. 👉 Join the challenge: https://startupveteran.com/challenge

GO ARMY! BEAT NAVY! I'm Nicholas Jordan, an Army veteran, new entrepreneur, and technical founder. I founded Acris Software in September 2025 to create a new AI-native Electronic Medical Records system for small-to-medium size neurology clinics due to my combat injuries. I'm currently completing PenFed Foundation's Incubator Program, IVMF's Syracuse University's EBV program, and will be attending Harvard University's Foundry program in September. I'm passionate about what I'm building and I've been writing software since I could walk. I spent the last 5 years rehabilitating from injuries, physical and mental, where I attended PTSD Foundation of America's Camp Hope in Houston Texas. That healing journey has led me to my new mission: revealing the unseen.

Hello all, I'm Jamal Braxton, an Air Force veteran. I used to work on C-130s at Little Rock Air Force Base. Now I'm out and interested in starting a business. I work full time, so I want to replace that with a business, and this seems like a good place to start. Thanks for having me.

Hi, I'm Tina Degge. My business is Therapy Center of Texas (therapycentertx.com), where I provide pediatric and adult speech language therapy through in clinic (Spring/Woodlands TX area), teletherapy, and home based services. I specialize in helping individuals improve communication, speech, language, cognition, swallowing, and overall quality of life. My outside interests are spending time with family, traveling, and volunteering with 2 non profits redM (joinredM.com) and Wounded Heroes hunting Camp (WHHC.org)