Fire And Adjust - Interviewing Today's Top Military and Veteran Entrepreneurs !

In today’s episode I take a few minutes and explain what has been going on over the last few months, from losing my little brother unexpectedly to graduating college and going full time on my business and podcast. We will be kicking off the regular shows next week and I have some big plans for […] The post 92 – Getting Back Up and Driving On appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Happy Veterans Day ! Today’s episode I get to talk with Diane Short from Together We Served (TWS) an online community connecting and honoring every American who has worn the uniform of the United States military. This is where you reconnect with old friends and share your service story as a lasting legacy for generations […] The post 91 – Veterans Day Special with Together We Served appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Today’s episode episode I have the pleasure of interviews Ivan Raiklin a Recovering Lawyer, Startup Advisor, Motivational Speaker and Angel Investor. Ivan is all over the place in fact he was on the other side of the pond when we did this interview. He is full of advice on growth hacking, angel investing and much more. Resources […] The post 90 – Ivan Raiklin a Recovering Lawyer, Startup Advisor, Motivational Speaker and Angel Investor appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Today’s episode is a solo episode and I explain about some of what I have been working on over the last few weeks. From working on building my first funnels to upcoming events, conferences and even a Free course and product giveaway ! Resources from Today’s Show The Digital Military Experiance with USAA Conferencetopia DotCom Secrets […] The post 89 – In the lab studying funnels, conferences and we are even giving courses and products away for free! appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

On today’s episode, I am welcoming back Mike Kelly from USAA and Deborah Bradbard with IVMF to talk about the 3rd research paper in this 4 part series. You can find links to the first to episodes of this series below.   Did You Know? One of three service members didn’t feel prepared to successfully transition from […] The post 88 – Mike Kelly with USAA and Deborah Bradbard with IVMF on the Workforce Readiness Briefs appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

In today’s episode, we’re featuring Michael O’neal. I interviewed him in the past which you can listen again at F&A episode 016. Michael is the host of the popular business podcast “The Solopreneur Hour.” He is coming back to the show to talk about his upcoming book “Either Unemployable or Proudly Unemployable,” a book that […] The post 87 – Michael O’Neal of The Solopreneur Hour on Finding your Swing and Conferencetopia appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

On today’s show we have Ryan Michler, a husband, father, Iraqi Combat Veteran, and the Founder of Order of Man. Ryan is a familiar voice in Fire and Adjust as I interviewed him a while back in Episode 33 when he was running a very different business. Ryan just got out of high school when […] The post 86 – Ryan Michler founder of Order of Man & The Iron Council appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

In this episode of Fire and Adjust, I invited John DiPiero, Military Advocacy Relationship Director at USAA to talk about the second paper in the employment research series called the “Workforce Readiness Research,” a project collaboration between the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) and USAA. In the first part of our conversation we […] The post 85 – John DiPiero with USAA on Revisiting the Business case for Hiring a Veteran part 2 of the IVMF Series appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

  In today’s episode, we talked with Michael Kelly, Assistant Vice President at USAA, and Debbie Bradbard the Senior Research Associate at Institute for Veterans and Military Families. I invited them to the show to talk about the first of four papers written through the collaboration of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) […] The post 84 – Work After Service: Developing Workforce Readiness and Veteran Talent for the Future appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

On today’s show we have Sam Meek, Founder and CEO of Sandboxx, a military social network. Sam enlisted in the Marine Corps in 2002 after the fall of the towers on 9/11. He followed in the yellow footprints of both his great grandfather and his grandfather. Sam was awarded several commendations and merits during his […] The post 83 – Sam Meek founder & CEO of Sandboxx.us appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

On today’s show we have Byron Chen. Byron was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, and grew up in Edison, New Jersey. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, and served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps. His six years of active duty included a deployment to Iraq, multiple company commands, […] The post 82 – Byron Chen author of Barracks to Boardrooms and Founder of SuccessVets appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

On today’s show we have Valerie Davenport. Val joined USAA in August 2013 as the Director of Talent Programs leading the sourcing and talent program efforts, including military programs. Her team enables strategic talent acquisition through competitive intelligence and development of proactive sourcing techniques for the enterprise. The team also has ownership of the Military Hiring […] The post 81 – Valerie Davenport from USAA on Resumes, Linkedin, Getting Hired and more! appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

On today’s show we have Michael Bluemling Jr author of Bridging the Gap from Soldier to Civilian a Road Map to Success for Veterans. Michael is a repeat offender here on Fire and Adjust and was featured on the show back on Episode 4 for his book Turning the Page.  In this episode Michael and […] The post 80 – Michael Bluemling Jr author of Bridging the Gap from Soldier to Civilian appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

On today’s show we have Angela Cody-Rouget, if you have been a long time listener you may recall that Angela was one of our first guests here on Fire and Adjust. Almost two years ago now she came on the show at talked about her military service in the Air Force and how she started […] The post 79 – Angela Cody-Rouget on Major Mom, Expansion Models, Raising Capital and Shark Tank appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Season 3 Kick Off and the Like, Listen and Win Contest   In this episode to kick off season 3 of Fire and Adjust, I go into some details of what I have been up to for the last few months as well as announce some big news about what’s new for the show this […] The post 78 – Season 3 Kick Off Episode and the Like, Listen and Win Contest appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

USAA’s Financial Readiness Tool Today we have Joseph “JJ” Montanaro on the show. JJ is a Certified Financial Planner with more than 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. His daily focus has been to help families realize their goals and his advice has appeared in numerous outlets including the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, […] The post 77 – JJ Montanaro a Certified Financial Planner with USAA about their new Financial Readiness Tool appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Auto-Ad Today we have Ryan Hammer on the show, an Air Force Veteran and founder of Auto-Ad.net.  Auto-Ad is a revolutionary new way for companies to advertise. Auto-Ad sells advertising space on a fleet of vinyl wrapped vehicles to companies who can elect to advertise on the drivers side, passenger side, front hood, or rear trunk. […] The post 76 – Ryan Hammer Air Force Veteran and founder of Auto-Ad.net appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Fast Track Today we have both Jennifer Giering with Hiring Our Heroes and Mike Kelly with USAA on the show to talk about Fast Track and some of the many other resources they have available for our military veteran and spouses.  With more than 1.5 million service members entering the civilian community over the next five years, […] The post 75 – Jennifer Giering with Hiring Our Heroes and Mike Kelly with USAA about Fast Track appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Barrel Backers Today guest on Fire and Adjust is Adam Rivette co-founder of Barrel Backers, a veteran owned and operated business that believes in the freedom of better beer for everyone !  Barrel Backers is co-founded by two sets of brothers, 3 of witch are Army Veterans who all went to West Point, and Adam tells an […] The post 74 – Adam Rivette co-founder of Barrel Backers a Craft Beer Discovery Community that Delivers appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Today we have Eric Engquist on the show, Eric serves as Assistant Vice President of Strategic Initiatives and Military Transitions for Enterprise Innovation at USAA. He leads USAA’s ability to anticipate and proactively respond to the functionally and emotionally distinctive life events that typify a military members’ career and pose a challenge to their financial security. Eric’s […] The post 73 – Interview with Eric Engquist, Assistant Vice President USAA Enterprise Innovation appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

I had the opportunity to go down to San Antonio Texas this last week to take part in USAA’s Zero Day PT Event ! This episode is a compilation of over 7 Gigs of audio files and with a few interviews mixed in as well. This was my first time recording a live event like […] The post 72 – USAA Zero Day PT and Interview with Brian Parks appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Today’s guests on Fire and Adjust  Rick Martinez, the Founder/CEO of ProjectBINK and author of The Power of BINK: The New Movement to Find Meaning in 4 Easy Steps. Rick is a United States Army Veteran, writer & author, mentor and amazingly successful entrepreneur. He founded MedTrust, a medical staffing company that grew to become a […] The post 71 – Rick Martinez CEO/Founder of ProjectBINK appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

  Today’s guests on Fire and Adjust is Clay Clark the Founder of Thrive15.com, online edutainment and practical training for entrepreneurs taught by millionaires, mentors, and everyday success stories. He has started numerous successful businesses, written 3 books is a contributor to Entrepreneur.com. He started his first business out of his dorm room at the age […] The post 70 – Clay Clark founder of Thrive15 appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Today’s guests on Fire and Adjust is Matt Miller an Air Force Veteran and founder of School Spirit Vending. Matt worked in the corporate world for awhile after transitioning out of the military, before he reached his tipping point and began taking steps towards what is now School Spirit Vending.  Matt and I get to […] The post 69 – Matt Miller founder of School Spirit Vending appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

The Direction Diva Today we have Judy Davis on the show, Judy is a Motivational Speaker, Author, Blogger, Military Life & Teen Suicide Prevention Expert and that is just the beginning. She is known by the military community around the world as The Direction Diva! She is the author of several books including Right Side Up, Stories Around […] The post 68 – Interview with Judy Davis The Direction Diva appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Today’s guests on Fire and Adjust is Lee Cockerell, an Army Veteran and former Executive Vice President of Walt Disney World Resorts. Lee is also a bestselling Author of The Customer Rules: The 39 Essential Rules for Delivering Sensational Service, Creating Magic: 10 Common Sense Leadership Strategies from a life at Disney and his newest […] The post 67 – Lee Cockerell: Army Veteran, Former Executive VP of Walt Disney World Resorts, Author and Mentor appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Today’s guests on the show is Kevin Kermes is an Army Veteran and founder of All Things Career, the parent company of Every Veteran Hired, Career Attraction and Career Meh, see links below ! Kevin is an Entrepreneur, Author and Speaker. He served as an Infantry Officer and later, worked as a Headhunter. Kevin has 288,000+ subscribers […] The post 66 – Kevin Kermes founder of All Things Career appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Today’s guests on the show is Stephanie Cameron author of Ella Mae: The Courageous Cheerleader. We talk a lot about what it takes to get over the fears of putting yourself out there, and how beneficial it can be not only for yourself but for the others you will be helping as well. Stephanie has done […] The post 65 – Stephanie Cameron Author of Ella Mae: The Courageous Cheerleader appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Today’s guests on the show are Chris Cerrone and Laci Urcioli from The Cerrone Show. If you do not recall Chris was actually the guest on the first episode of Fire and Adjust and I wanted to get him and his co-host and business partner Laci on to talk about some of the great things […] The post 64 – Chris and Laci from The Cerrone Show appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Today’s guest on Fire and Adjust is Mike Kelly Executive Director of Military Advocacy with USAA. This is a great episode, Mike and I talk about how he got into the Air Force and some about his families military background. Mike served for over 25 years both as enlisted and later coming back and serving as an […] The post 063 – Mike Kelly Executive Director of Military Advocacy for USAA appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Today’s show is just a short one where I just get a little more in depth with my goal setting process and what I will be adding to it here in 2015. I also get into some stuff about overcoming adversity and how to push past the hard times. Listen to the show for an […] The post 62 – Goal Setting and Pushing Past Sticking Points appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Today’s guest on Fire and Adjust is Brock Heath founder of Gauntlet Development and Author of “How to Succeed in the Civilian World, For Military Veterans” Brock has a long list of accomplishments, Business Owner, Author, Personal Coach, Career in Banking/Finance, Troy City Councilman, Dayton Business Journal 40-Under-40 nominee and named Troy’s 2012 Outstanding Man of the Year just to name […] The post 061 – Brock Heath Author and founder of Gauntlet Development appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Today I got to talk with Kalen Arreola the founder of Stars and Stripes Marketing. Kalen and I got to meet at the USAA Social Exchange 2014 and served in the U.S. Army Reserve as a Public Affairs Officer for ten years. She served in Operation Iraqi Freedom V supporting the 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) and the 3rd Infantry […] The post 060 – Kalen Arreola founder of Stars and Stripes Marketing appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Today I got to talk with Jonny Coreson who is still currently serving in the Untied States Navy. He is also the founder of Pillar Games and has his first game Quiz Hero set to launch in just a few days on December 17th.  This episode is packed with great content we talked about everything from […] The post 059 – Jonny Coreson founder of Pillar-Games.com appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Today I wanted to talk some about what I have been working on and why, from slowing down on shows for a temporary time period to upcoming projects like a course on podcasting, sponsorship’s, donations and more. I want to hear from you about what part of the shows you enjoy most and what if […] The post 058 – Do you want to start a podcast ? appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Today I got to talk with CWO Dylan Raymond who has over 25 years of service with the United States Army and continues to serve in the Army Reserves today. Dylan climbed the ranks from E-1 – E-8 where he then crossed over to the other side ! This was a great conversation where Dylan offered tips […] The post 057 – CWO Dylan Raymond author of Rucksack to Briefcase appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Today I got to talk with Jennifer Pilcher founder of MilitaryOneClick.com. Military One Click is one of the nation’s foremost experts on military families, is a premier online resource for active duty military, reservists, veterans, and their families. This is one you will not want to miss, one thing we discussed was if its harder being a military […] The post 056 – Jennifer Pilcher founder of Military One Click appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Today I got to talk with Chad Storlie the founder of Combat to Corporate. He is the author of two books and many other articles and blogs around the internet to include Harvard Business Review blog, USA Today, Military.com and many more. His most recent book is titled Battlefield to Business Success – applying military leadership and […] The post 055 – Chad Storlie founder of Combat to Corporate appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Today I got to talk with Rick Yost co-founder of Veterans List, where they are helping veteran owned business be found. The site is available for registration and will be live by the end of October if everything goes as planned. Rick is a United States Army Veteran and also a fellow tanker. We got to […] The post 054 – Rick Yost founder of Veterans List appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Today I got to talk with Ben Kohlmann. Ben is currently serving in the United States Navy as a speechwriter for Admiral Bill Gortney, and we talk about how blogging and other projects help get him that position. Ben is also a combat tested F/A-18 pilot and we got to talk some about what its like […] The post 053 – Ben Kohlmann founder of Defense Entrepreneurs Forum appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Today I got to talk with Chuck Baird founder of Baird Media and he is the man behind Alaskan Pioneer.  Chuck is one of the guest that has done so many amazing things already with his life and he is just getting started, we could have talked for hours about each different adventure he has been […] The post 052 – Chuck Baird the Alaskan Pioneer appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Today I got to talk with Yinon Weiss who served as an officer in both the United States Marine Corp and in the Army Special Forces. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in Bio-engineering from UC Berkley. He has worked at places like Goldman Sacks and the Boston Consulting Group as […] The post 051 – Yinon Weiss co-founder of Rally Point appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Today I had the pleasure of taking with Frank Gustafson, a United States Marine Corp veteran.  Frank has been an action taker since he was just a young man, and we get to hear how Frank has been taking bold moves his entire life and is now helping others do the same. He is an Executive […] The post 050 – Frank Gustafson founder of One Bold Move appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Today I had the pleasure of taking with Anthony Tran a United States Air Force Veteran and Family Man.  We talk about how Anthony got into the Air Force and how he stated his online business Marketing Access Pass. We discuss how sometimes you need to take action and how to apply what you learn […] The post 049 – Anthony Tran founder of Marketing Access Pass appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Today I got to talk with John Lee Dumas the founder of Entrepreneur on Fire. John is a fellow United States Army Armor Veteran and we got a chance to talk  some about what John did while in ROTC, where he started off as kinda of a rebel like so many young kids do when entering […] The post 048 – John Lee Dumas founder of Entrepreneur on Fire appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Today I got to talk with Jason Anderson founder of PreVeteran and author of Active-Duty Entrepreneur. Jason has started two businesses now and wrote a book all while still serving in the Unite States Air Force.  We talked about how starting a business while serving is a great idea and that the military does support Active Duty […] The post 047 – Jason Anderson founder of PreVeteran appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Today I got to talk with Edward Domain founder of Techli Ed is a United States Army Veteran, Writer and Serial Entrepreneur that has worked in startups in Silicon Valley and Chicago. Ed has also founded, grew and successfully exited his own startup, prior to launching Techli.com Today we get to hear some of Ed’s […] The post 046 – Edward Domain founder of Techli appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Today I had the pleasure of chatting with Tami Jackson Co-owner and founder of RightVoiceMedia.com, host of the Tami Jackson Radio Show that goes live every Tuesday night, and the co-host of the Hump Day News Report. We got to talk some about how Tami got into doing her show and how she has soldiers listening […] The post 045 – Tami Jackson founder of Right Voice Media appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Today I had the opportunity to bring Tim Lawson back to Fire and Adjust. Tim was inspired to start the 1, 2, Many Project after seeing media coverage of the epidemic of veteran suicide concentrate on the statistics rather than the human beings caught inside the crisis. As a veteran and a survivor of suicidal […] The post 044 – Tim Lawson founder of the 1,2 Many Veteran Suicide Project appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Today I had the opportunity to talk with Tara Crooks on Fire and Adjust. Tara is co-founder of Army Wife Network and producer of Army Wife Talk Radio, “the original internet talk radio program for Army wives” She has been a featured military family life expert in Military Times, Stars & Stripes, USAA Magazine, Military.com, and Army.com, just […] The post 043 – Tara Crooks co-founder of the Army Wife Network appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.

Today I had the chance to get a friend of mine from a mastermind group on the show today.  This man knows how to take action and move forward with a project and I wanted to chat with him about that. He worked in the wireless industry almost his entire life but found himself wanting […] The post 042 – Rey Brown founder of Smartphones Made Easy appeared first on Fire And Adjust with Ron Fugle.