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Ready Founder™ Spotlight

Meet the founders building companies worth watching. The Ready Founder Spotlight series features growth-stage SaaS and defense tech entrepreneurs, many of them veterans and MilCom members, on their businesses, their lessons, and what's ahead.

One Success Leads to Reinforcement

Some of the small business owners Sergey Alkorn talks to would rather not pay him $500 for a...

We Went to the Fire and Put It Out

Ross Puritty walked into a fire station and asked the crew a question. Do you have the same problem...

Treat Cybersecurity Like a Trade

Derrich Phillips joined the Army two weeks after he graduated from high school in 2002. September...

Your Men Have to Eat First

When COVID hit and the company Charlie Raffay was working with began laying off its development...

We All Still Have That Reason Deep Down

Daniel Hendrix didn't know it growing up, but law enforcement was the family business.

His...

Cash Flow Is Not a Theory

When Douglas Clark was a kid, he and his brother used to play a game with the dictionary. One of...

Here’s What I Can Do for You

On Maury Argento’s first day at Siemens Ultrasound, one of the warehouse employees looked at her...

People Lie, but the Data Never Does

Mike Pendleton woke up one morning shortly after retiring from the Air Force and started scrolling...

Write It in Pencil

The first business Hillary Boyce ever started was born on her couch, late at night, with a glass of...

We Help You Keep Your Promises

Devin Mahoney’s six-year-old daughter asked him a question over breakfast. “Dad, how many jobs do...

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