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911 Was a big call for many Americans and so for Steve Jimenez. However, his parents wanted him to go to college and figured after he graduated he would not be interested in a military career. They were half right: Steve graduated from Texas A&M, but went right on into the military. He wanted the Marines, deployed in 2010 to 17 countries. His expectations were to be life-long in the Marines, but the reality was family responsibilities and he transitioned. His first job was as a leader in a Texas company manufacturing with about 400 people. Lean and six-sigma was his calling card in building single-phase transformers, then recruited by Haliburton to build a huge manufacturing facility at age 29. He did it by working with amazing people and listening. Now, Hives for Heroes teaches people the "bee addiction", each bee has a specific job, there is an age hierarchy and every job needs to be done or the hive collapses - much like the military. The addiction builds the family, gives purpose in someone's life and helps reduce the suicide rate.\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