Quick note: Veterans Playbook TV Show

Series premieres: Wednesday Evening at 8 PM (EDT)

Airing Wednesday, October 4, 8:00-8:30 pm EDT and Thursday, October 5, 9:00-9:30 pm PDT

On Discovery Network’s Destination America Channel: Optimum (Channel 172) & Verizon Fios (Channel 168/668 HD) as well as numerous streaming services.

In our last post, Different Kinds of Veteran Heroes, we introduced a project headed by long-time SKA partner, GCSEN, a group headquartered in the Hudson Valley of New York with years of experience helping social impact entrepreneurs create a “4P Impact – People, Planet, Profit, Place.”

The project has now come to fruition:

Veteran’s Playbook is a brand new show with a purpose - to inspire active military and veterans to consider business ownership as a viable path to success and fulfillment.

Each episode will tell the compelling story of a U.S. veteran entrepreneur and their unique life, career, and venture “Playbooks”. Each story is a journey into their military experience, transition to civilian life and entrepreneurship, and showcases the destination communities where they live, work, and make an impact.

Series Premiere: Destination: Newark, NJ Trailer

“IRON” Mike Steadman, United States Naval Academy graduate and Veteran Entrepreneur

His IRONBOUND Boxing Academy develops young underprivileged athletes in and out of the ring. His next challenge is launching IRONBOUND Courage Academy, which combines the boxing gym with a small business incubator and co-working space to create a 21st-century “Boys and Girls Club” in Newark. 

He is also giving back to other veteran entrepreneurs, with a special place in his heart for black veteran entrepreneurs. He is the author of Black Veteran Entrepreneurs, and he launched IRONBOUND Media, a podcast production company to help other veteran entrepreneurs to produce podcasts.