VETERAN ENTREPRENEURS
The Veteran's Playbook Programs
These are three synergistic linked programs offered by GCSEN to serve the needs of active-duty veterans and military families through our new National Center for Veteran Ventures. These programs will benefit from visibility through Discovery Network’s Destination America prime time show, Veteran’s Playbook, featuring veteran businesses, visible in 300 million households.
- Perfect-Fit Life
- Perfect-Fit Career
- Perfect-Fit Venture
Perfect-Fit Life
The Veteran's Playbook Programs
The Perfect-Fit Life will equip learners with the right mindset for a new start in life. The Perfect-Fit Career program will meet the needs of veterans who aren’t interested or able to start a new venture as they re-enter the workforce after active duty, or change careers once they are out of the service. This program will help the participants to discover their uniqueness, design a career around their unique talent, passion, purpose, and values, and then execute a plan to make it a reality. This also helps align each student to their future venture if desired.
The Perfect-Fit Venture is based on GCSEN’s multi-year research-proven program model. We will extend this program significantly through phases of support over several years, to increase the odds of success of the venture. These phases and program modules are outlined below.
Perfect-Fit Career
The Veteran's Playbook Programs
The Perfect-Fit Life will equip learners with the right mindset for a new start in life. The Perfect-Fit Career program will meet the needs of veterans who aren’t interested or able to start a new venture as they re-enter the workforce after active duty, or change careers once they are out of the service. This program will help the participants to discover their uniqueness, design a career around their unique talent, passion, purpose, and values, and then execute a plan to make it a reality. This also helps align each student to their future venture if desired.
The Perfect-Fit Venture is based on GCSEN’s multi-year research-proven program model. We will extend this program significantly through phases of support over several years, to increase the odds of success of the venture. These phases and program modules are outlined below.
Perfect-Fit Venture
The Veteran's Playbook Programs
The Perfect-Fit Venture is based on GCSEN’s multi-year research-proven program model. We will extend this program significantly through phases of support over several years, to increase the odds of success of the venture. These phases and program modules are outlined below.
I. Discover Phase
- Think Like an Entrepreneurial Leader
- Discover Your Powerful Uniqueness
- Identify Your Why? Your vision and mission.
- ID Targeted Social Problem & Solution
- Perfect- Fit Life and Career
II. Pre-Launch Phase
- Perfect-Fit Venture, Get Pitch Ready and MVP Demo Ready
III. Launch Phase
- Launch your Perfect-Fit Venture
IV. Post-Launch Phase
- Achieve Sustainable Operations
- Realize Your Vision
Program Sign-Ups, Scholarship Information, and more are coming soon! Sign up for more information here.
WHY VETERANS
The Veteran's Playbook
GCSEN Foundation has worked for many years in different capacities: with colleges, Master’s programs, independent adults, inmates, and more. In 2022 we decided to focus more on one group that could truly and deeply benefit from our direction: US Veterans, active-duty military, and their families.
The veterans and military communities have been hit hard by the inherent risks of their careers, as well as a culture where it can be hard to seek help. Veterans are at an extremely high risk of suicide, addiction, mental help struggles, and financial debt. GCSEN’s 4P social entrepreneurship has long been focused on helping people find their passion, purpose, and meaning, while succeeding financially. Seeing the Veterans’ Playbook stories has strengthened our resolve to use entrepreneurship to help bring purpose back into veterans and military lives.
