Veteran Influencer Podcast9 Loka 2019

Bronchae Brown - Marine Corps Pilot to Tech Startup Entrepreneur

Bronchae Brown is a former Marine Corps aviator and the CEO of Zoomiee, a company tackling the challenge of providing photography on-demand for attendees at school events, sporting games, and live performances who want to get out from behind their smartphone and be present in the moment.

Bronchae left a lucrative career in computer science after graduating college to pursue his passion and goal of becoming an aviator in the military, accepting a commission in the U.S. Marine Corps where he served for 20 years before making the transition to civilian life and entrepreneurship in 2014. He opens up about the good and bad elements of his journey to becoming a CEO and Founder, and how his deliberate planning skills from the military gave him a solid foundation for a career in business.

He shares his advice for:

Planning the transition from a financial perspective, including making a budget for a 6-month sabbatical to reset priorities and take a breather before jumping into the next chapter of your career.
Translating your experience and titles to avoid the resume screening algorithms that disqualify many veterans before they ever get a chance to interview for a civilian job.
Pivoting to a role in sales-leadership role to gain valuable selling experience when his first attempts at launching his own business revealed a weakness in his professional skillset.
How he is building a team at his startup and the confidence gained by bringing in experienced people who believe in your vision and want to contribute.

Connect with Bronchae on LinkedIn

Bronchae recommends: The Startup Owner's Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company by Steve Blank and Bob Dorf

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