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Vietnam combat veteran James Mingey has returned to the show. Growing up with a WWII veteran father, James was dazzled with the TV shows and movies of brave soldiers saving people in war. Not such a great student, he dropped out of school and signed up in the Army, landing in the infantry. Sixteen weeks of training, a week to visit family, and then a plane ride to Vietnam. Dropped into the field, he learned about discipline and how to enjoy life, but it was nothing like the movies. The transition was not so bad for James. He had two years of college and found out about the GI Bill, so he streamed into the school system and "stuffed his combat experience away for later in life". His first job was a commercial mortgage banker. There he evaluated businesses as to their eligibility to be financed. He learned the financial metrics to assess the strength of a business and that training gave him the foundation to help other veterans plan, start and run a business. Many of the programs offered by Veterans Business Services are through Universities and many are for free to vets.\n\nVeteran Founder Podcast with your host Josh Carter \n\nWe record the Felony Inc Podcast inside NedSpace in the Bigfoot Podcast Studio in beautiful downtown Portland.\n\nAudio engineer, mixer and podcast editor is Allon Beausoleil\n\nShow logo was designed by Carolyn Main\n\nWebsite was designed by Cameron Grimes\n\nProduction assistant is Chelsea Lancaster\n\nTheme music: Artist: Tipsy Track: Kadonka Album: Buzzz Courtesy of Ipecac Records\n\n10% of gross revenue at Startup Radio Network goes to support women entrepreneurs in developing countries thru kiva.org/lender/markgrimes\n\nListen to the Veteran Founder Podcast every Friday at 1:00pm pacific time on Startup Radio Network at startupradionetwork.com