Mastering the Military Transition with Mark Delaney

In this episode, Brock speaks with Mark Delaney. Mark is a former Army officer and his hyper focus on veteran transition. He hosts the Veteran Semi Professional podcast, which recently crossed over 100,000 downloads. He's also building that journey, saas tool that will track vets transition process and assist in their transition outside the service starting from a year out. Mark has had a ton of experience in veteran hiring and much of our conversation hinges around the barriers inherent there and the way he's trying to use that experience to tackle those huge problems. Episode Resources: Vet Semi Professional Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-veteran-semi-professional/id1513984220 The Veteran Professional Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theveteranprofessional/?hl=en The Veteran Professional Website: https://theveteranpro.com/the-veteran-semi-professional-podcast/ Twitter thread on hiring service members in Skilbridge: https://twitter.com/markbdelaney/status/1570038846846390273 Mark's Twitter: https://twitter.com/markbdelaney Show Notes: 00:00 Episode Introduction 01:49 Gotta love a good origin story 04:01 Thinking differently than everyone else 07:50 An early entrepreneur 11:13 A Military not designed for change 19:17 Balancing career risk 23:22 Mitigating downside risk and optimizing for big outcomes 28:41 Skillbridge and exiting the Army 30:31 Starting the Vet Pro, blogging and podcasting 37:06 Learnings from studying the veteran transition process 47:58 Knowing your audience and the flow of information in the military 55:20 Military Hiring Accelerator and the military job market 01:04:01 Building Vet Journey 01:16:33 Long term goals and outcomes 01:28:15 Coping with the unknown, and why military and entrepreneurship aren't that different 01:33:46 What we can learn: managing risk and fear 01:37:59 Book recommendations -- The Scuttlebutt Podcast - The podcast for service members and veterans building a life outside the military. The Scuttlebutt Podcast features discussions on lifestyle, careers, business, and resources for service members. Show host, Brock Briggs, talks with a special guest from the community committed to helping military members build a successful life, inside and outside the service. Follow along: • Episode & transcript: https://www.scuttlebuttpodcast.co/57-mastering-the-military-transition-with-mark-delaney/ • Brock: https://www.brockbriggs.com/