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We were recently identified 00:02:20.340 --> 00:02:25.120 as the in the 15th spot, if you will, of the 00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:30.080 top 100 veteran centric podcasts by Feet Spot. 00:02:30.639 --> 00:02:33.020 So really pretty proud of being in the top 15. 00:02:33.659 --> 00:02:38.400 So listen in wherever you're at to veteransradio 00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:41.879 .org and its podcasts. We're talking today on 00:02:41.879 --> 00:02:44.919 Veterans Radio with Keith King, CEO and founder 00:02:44.919 --> 00:02:48.400 of National Veteran Business Development Council, 00:02:48.740 --> 00:02:53.659 better known as NVBDC .org, about an upcoming 00:02:53.659 --> 00:02:57.280 conference they have on October 29th and 30th. 00:02:57.379 --> 00:02:59.819 Keith, welcome back to Veterans Radio. Tell us 00:02:59.819 --> 00:03:03.439 about this upcoming conference. Well, thank you, 00:03:03.560 --> 00:03:08.319 gentlemen. It's good to be back. When you hear 00:03:08.319 --> 00:03:10.500 something like that on the radio, it's another 00:03:10.500 --> 00:03:14.460 conference. No, it isn't. This is the greatest 00:03:14.460 --> 00:03:18.860 opportunity most veterans will ever have to work 00:03:18.860 --> 00:03:23.599 with our corporate members. And I say that because 00:03:23.599 --> 00:03:29.180 in two dates, October 29th and 30th, down in 00:03:29.180 --> 00:03:34.740 Spartanburg, South Carolina, we have currently 00:03:34.740 --> 00:03:41.460 33. Corporations already signed up to attend, 00:03:42.639 --> 00:03:45.419 but they are specifically looking for veteran 00:03:45.419 --> 00:03:49.419 -owned businesses to talk to. We call that one 00:03:49.419 --> 00:03:55.020 -on -one. Those one -on -one meetings have proven 00:03:55.020 --> 00:03:59.780 so successful that our corporations love them. 00:04:05.389 --> 00:04:09.310 At the end of, well, it was yesterday, I got 00:04:09.310 --> 00:04:13.629 three emails from our corporate members asking 00:04:13.629 --> 00:04:18.829 me to send them the 26 conference details and 00:04:18.829 --> 00:04:22.589 I know I should have them. Hey, let's get through 00:04:22.589 --> 00:04:27.209 October 29th and 30th, 2025 down in Spartansburg, 00:04:27.470 --> 00:04:30.459 South Carolina first. And actually, I missed, 00:04:30.620 --> 00:04:32.740 I didn't read the title of this conference. It 00:04:32.740 --> 00:04:34.399 really goes back to what you said. This isn't 00:04:34.399 --> 00:04:37.220 just a, oh boy, another boring conference. This 00:04:37.220 --> 00:04:39.899 is the National Veteran Business Matchmaking 00:04:39.899 --> 00:04:42.660 Conference and Veteran Marketplace. As you say, 00:04:42.800 --> 00:04:46.660 you have 33 corporations coming there to talk 00:04:46.660 --> 00:04:50.319 to veteran business owners and do business. I 00:04:50.319 --> 00:04:53.560 see Sunoco on the list. I see Denny's on the 00:04:53.560 --> 00:04:55.839 list. I see Stellanus on the list. I mean, this 00:04:55.839 --> 00:04:59.699 is cutting across all industries, isn't it? Of 00:04:59.699 --> 00:05:04.379 course. And, you know, I mean, I don't like necessarily, 00:05:04.379 --> 00:05:08.240 you know, pointing out the what I would call 00:05:08.240 --> 00:05:11.839 the cherries, you know, on top. But, you know, 00:05:11.959 --> 00:05:14.660 I got a little companies, I'm sure most people 00:05:14.660 --> 00:05:19.300 have heard about called like Wal -Mart Coca -Cola. 00:05:19.300 --> 00:05:25.040 Right. Right. Oh, wait, that little. Oh, that's 00:05:25.040 --> 00:05:28.430 Amazon. You know, so when you start looking at 00:05:28.430 --> 00:05:32.110 who is actually here, or not here, but will be 00:05:32.110 --> 00:05:36.810 at Spartanburg on the 29th and 30th, this is 00:05:36.810 --> 00:05:40.709 an opportunity, regardless of what you do, to 00:05:40.709 --> 00:05:43.430 come in and sit down and actually have a one 00:05:43.430 --> 00:05:47.850 -on -one with these various corporate people. 00:05:49.410 --> 00:05:54.939 And the good news of this is that they... have 00:05:54.939 --> 00:06:00.279 chosen. I mean, they select on a one -on -one 00:06:00.279 --> 00:06:03.060 because they want to know what's new. They want 00:06:03.060 --> 00:06:05.899 to know what's great. They want to know what 00:06:05.899 --> 00:06:10.360 our veterans are bringing to the table. So we 00:06:10.360 --> 00:06:15.720 just find it to be one of those things where, 00:06:16.120 --> 00:06:18.040 well, I know you've been there and it kind of 00:06:18.040 --> 00:06:21.060 takes on its own energy. It takes on its own... 00:06:21.199 --> 00:06:24.399 Oh, there's so much networking that you could 00:06:24.399 --> 00:06:28.819 never do otherwise by getting all these big shots 00:06:28.819 --> 00:06:32.839 and purchasing agents in a room where veteran 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:35.920 business owners can talk to them. Keith, if they 00:06:35.920 --> 00:06:38.079 want to know more, I'm going to direct them to 00:06:38.079 --> 00:06:44.459 nvbdc .org slash events. This National Veteran 00:06:44.459 --> 00:06:47.439 Business Matchmaking Conference and Veteran Marketplace 00:06:47.439 --> 00:06:51.899 is. Coming up, it's October 29th and 30th, but 00:06:51.899 --> 00:06:54.560 go to the website, click on the conference registration. 00:06:55.100 --> 00:06:57.199 They've got hotel information. They've got the 00:06:57.199 --> 00:07:00.639 agenda there. As you say, I've been these things 00:07:00.639 --> 00:07:04.319 and the energy is dynamic. Nobody will really 00:07:04.319 --> 00:07:08.379 walk away disappointed. Well, the other thing 00:07:08.379 --> 00:07:13.319 here too is that I've upset my entire staff because 00:07:13.319 --> 00:07:18.170 they have. wanted to and basically put out, hey, 00:07:18.189 --> 00:07:21.870 registration is closed. No, it's not. It's never 00:07:21.870 --> 00:07:25.750 closed. If you hear my voice, if you hear my 00:07:25.750 --> 00:07:29.850 voice saying, hey, registration is open. And 00:07:29.850 --> 00:07:32.290 one of my people say it's closed. You say, I 00:07:32.290 --> 00:07:35.790 heard Keith King say it's open and then I'll 00:07:35.790 --> 00:07:40.470 take the heat. So as far as I'm concerned, you 00:07:40.470 --> 00:07:44.279 can show up on the morning of the 29th. and register 00:07:44.279 --> 00:07:48.480 and join the rest of these corporations, but 00:07:48.480 --> 00:07:51.500 frankly, our fellow veterans. Well, this is a 00:07:51.500 --> 00:07:54.279 great program. We recommend it to folks. We're 00:07:54.279 --> 00:07:58.019 going to move on to some other things that are 00:07:58.019 --> 00:08:02.819 going on at NVBDC. Beyond this conference and 00:08:02.819 --> 00:08:05.660 beyond planning for next year's conference, you've 00:08:05.660 --> 00:08:08.439 got other things going on besides certifying 00:08:08.439 --> 00:08:10.920 veteran owned businesses. Tell us a little bit 00:08:10.920 --> 00:08:17.759 about that. You know, if you're a business owner, 00:08:18.600 --> 00:08:22.439 I have been working behind the scenes for 10 00:08:22.439 --> 00:08:28.600 years on this idea that we know that we have 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:32.360 a lot of Americans overseas owning and running 00:08:32.360 --> 00:08:36.879 a business. Now, how many of them are veterans? 00:08:37.539 --> 00:08:40.799 Well, in talking to the various organizations, 00:08:41.559 --> 00:08:45.679 a lot of them, I should say, These organizations, 00:08:46.039 --> 00:08:49.340 we actually have a lot of Americans overseas 00:08:49.340 --> 00:08:55.639 now in the group. That we have put together is 00:08:55.639 --> 00:08:59.559 the ITA, the International Trade Association, 00:09:00.700 --> 00:09:05.059 the Department of Commerce, that those guys have 00:09:05.059 --> 00:09:08.179 been phenomenal. They said, we didn't know about 00:09:08.179 --> 00:09:11.379 you. I said, I didn't know about you and let's 00:09:11.379 --> 00:09:15.039 see what we can do together. They have worked 00:09:15.039 --> 00:09:18.820 now with me and, of course, the Export -Import 00:09:18.820 --> 00:09:22.539 Bank, who has been supporting us for a long time, 00:09:23.039 --> 00:09:26.299 and they're opening up their doors of information 00:09:26.299 --> 00:09:30.019 and all the different backgrounds. And we're 00:09:30.019 --> 00:09:33.340 working with the SBA. We're working with a lot 00:09:33.340 --> 00:09:37.340 of, there's a group out there that says Vetsco 00:09:37.340 --> 00:09:41.360 Global. One of the two guys who are the founders 00:09:41.360 --> 00:09:45.220 of that. work for the government and I know both 00:09:45.220 --> 00:09:48.559 and they're now excited with the rest of the 00:09:48.559 --> 00:09:51.960 team that we've built. I am going to announce 00:09:51.960 --> 00:09:56.059 all of what you're hearing today at the event. 00:09:57.220 --> 00:10:00.860 We are going to have representatives of the organizations 00:10:00.860 --> 00:10:06.039 I just mentioned there as well. And usually what 00:10:06.039 --> 00:10:09.759 we all try to do is do an individual breakout 00:10:09.759 --> 00:10:13.759 session. for people who are interested, not only 00:10:13.759 --> 00:10:18.220 in importing, but exporting. And we have phenomenal 00:10:18.220 --> 00:10:23.899 ideas and support. I talked to one of my guys, 00:10:24.500 --> 00:10:30.399 says he's got three plants overseas. Well, the 00:10:30.399 --> 00:10:32.960 companies, the ITA, all these guys I mentioned 00:10:32.960 --> 00:10:35.879 to you, said, hey, I wanted a name right now 00:10:35.879 --> 00:10:38.179 because the thing that they would love to have 00:10:38.179 --> 00:10:41.710 happen. is to see what they can do to help bring 00:10:41.710 --> 00:10:45.669 him back to America. I mean, I'm talking about 00:10:45.669 --> 00:10:49.549 money to move the plants. I'm talking about financial 00:10:49.549 --> 00:10:54.190 and civic and all kinds of support that I didn't 00:10:54.190 --> 00:10:56.529 know existed. Well, that really highlights it, 00:10:56.529 --> 00:10:59.590 doesn't it, Keith? We don't know what we don't 00:10:59.590 --> 00:11:02.529 know. And unless you go talk to people like this, 00:11:02.889 --> 00:11:07.840 you're not going to know. Well, exactly. Some 00:11:07.840 --> 00:11:10.399 people said what what you took ten years to find 00:11:10.399 --> 00:11:16.259 this out? Yeah What am I supposed to be embarrassed 00:11:16.259 --> 00:11:19.299 that I've been working on something for ten years 00:11:19.299 --> 00:11:25.440 no Because what I wanted to do is make sure That 00:11:25.440 --> 00:11:29.720 once we come public and say hey if you're interested 00:11:29.720 --> 00:11:32.740 in doing any kind of international business either 00:11:32.740 --> 00:11:36.720 import or export Come to this meeting You would 00:11:36.720 --> 00:11:39.639 talk to the right people. These are the people 00:11:39.639 --> 00:11:43.399 who do this every day. And thankfully, they love 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:47.340 what we do. And, you know, so I get to announce 00:11:47.340 --> 00:11:50.759 this, and we're going to be up and running. So 00:11:50.759 --> 00:11:54.600 well into the future, you can imagine the companies 00:11:54.600 --> 00:11:59.480 that I mentioned earlier who are part of the 00:11:59.480 --> 00:12:02.940 matchmaking one -on -one conference. You wouldn't 00:12:02.940 --> 00:12:07.419 be surprised, I'm sure, Jim, that if I start 00:12:07.419 --> 00:12:09.700 naming these names all over again, you'll know 00:12:09.700 --> 00:12:14.600 that they're doing international. Oh, absolutely. 00:12:14.720 --> 00:12:17.360 And again, if people are interested in this area 00:12:17.360 --> 00:12:20.379 and want to be following along, the nvbdc .org 00:12:20.379 --> 00:12:24.340 website, resource website, go to Global Initiatives, 00:12:24.360 --> 00:12:27.580 and it has a whole explanation and more detail 00:12:27.580 --> 00:12:31.830 on this. So it really has come together. Just 00:12:31.830 --> 00:12:34.029 one of the many projects you're working on. Do 00:12:34.029 --> 00:12:39.049 you want to talk about another? Okay, we lost 00:12:39.049 --> 00:12:45.370 you. Let me start it back again. Do you want 00:12:45.370 --> 00:12:47.230 to tell me about some other projects you're working 00:12:47.230 --> 00:12:52.070 on? Yeah, I want to tell the veterans here in 00:12:52.070 --> 00:12:57.350 Michigan about another great victory for us. 00:12:58.049 --> 00:13:00.769 The state of Michigan, and BDC in particular. 00:13:01.179 --> 00:13:07.240 has awarded us a grant so that we can take this 00:13:07.240 --> 00:13:11.080 grant and put a program together for our veteran 00:13:11.080 --> 00:13:17.200 businesses in Michigan to one, help pay or pay 00:13:17.200 --> 00:13:22.980 in full their certification fee. Training, entrepreneur 00:13:22.980 --> 00:13:27.950 training, the idea that One of the things that 00:13:27.950 --> 00:13:30.809 we have run into over the years, and I know you've 00:13:30.809 --> 00:13:34.529 seen it live, Jim, but our guys who have been 00:13:34.529 --> 00:13:38.809 working in the federal space don't really seem 00:13:38.809 --> 00:13:43.149 to understand or realize that when you're talking 00:13:43.149 --> 00:13:47.529 to a corporation, that's a different conversation 00:13:47.529 --> 00:13:51.289 than if you're talking to a project manager or 00:13:51.289 --> 00:13:54.470 a buyer at the federal level. Because when you're 00:13:54.470 --> 00:13:57.360 talking... Absolutely. You're talking to Delta. 00:13:57.480 --> 00:14:01.299 You're talking to Amazon or, you know, Apple 00:14:01.299 --> 00:14:09.240 for God's sake. They all have pretty much a standardized 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:13.940 process and procedure that we have to train, 00:14:14.159 --> 00:14:18.840 or we do train anyway, our veterans on how to 00:14:18.840 --> 00:14:23.240 do, act, interact, and work with our corporations. 00:14:23.919 --> 00:14:29.519 So the state... has done a phenomenal positive 00:14:29.519 --> 00:14:33.139 effect for our veterans. We are going to roll 00:14:33.139 --> 00:14:36.840 out the campaign probably by the end of this 00:14:36.840 --> 00:14:40.480 year. We're expecting it in December. We'll roll 00:14:40.480 --> 00:14:44.159 it and then roll it most of 26. But the fact 00:14:44.159 --> 00:14:48.720 is, is again, this is the kind of thing that 00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:52.080 because of working, you know, with the state 00:14:52.080 --> 00:14:55.700 and the state said, hey, We want our vets to 00:14:55.700 --> 00:14:59.019 be successful that we've gone ahead with this 00:14:59.019 --> 00:15:01.700 grant, and we're really excited about rolling 00:15:01.700 --> 00:15:04.279 it. And it's one of the few times I'm going to 00:15:04.279 --> 00:15:07.879 ever have to work with our vets where I have 00:15:07.879 --> 00:15:11.519 somebody basically supporting us financially, 00:15:11.740 --> 00:15:15.320 supporting them financially, and wanting them 00:15:15.320 --> 00:15:18.820 to be successful. So we have a lot of positive 00:15:18.820 --> 00:15:22.759 things on the table, and we're working hard to 00:15:22.759 --> 00:15:25.850 make them all real. Well that's an amazing grant 00:15:25.850 --> 00:15:28.129 from the state and actually it sounds like a 00:15:28.129 --> 00:15:31.149 great pilot program. Once you do this in the 00:15:31.149 --> 00:15:33.889 state of Michigan and prove it up, you just know 00:15:33.889 --> 00:15:38.129 your friends down in Ohio and Virginia and Florida 00:15:38.129 --> 00:15:40.169 are all going to say we ought to be doing the 00:15:40.169 --> 00:15:43.110 same thing for our veteran -owned businesses. 00:15:43.250 --> 00:15:46.909 So again, it's all about being a certified veteran 00:15:46.909 --> 00:15:51.120 -owned business. Well, I think you must be psyched 00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:55.419 because I just a couple of months ago did a full 00:15:55.419 --> 00:16:00.059 -blown presentation to basically the state of 00:16:00.059 --> 00:16:07.120 Ohio and a lot of their corporate members as 00:16:07.120 --> 00:16:11.419 well as the state members about what we do. And 00:16:11.419 --> 00:16:14.960 although I always have to be careful with the 00:16:14.960 --> 00:16:22.259 Michigan, Ohio state issue. In this particular 00:16:22.259 --> 00:16:25.779 case, it's like, okay, we can, for our veterans, 00:16:26.080 --> 00:16:28.320 we'll make an exception and we'll actually sit 00:16:28.320 --> 00:16:31.259 down. So I know that you're absolutely right, 00:16:31.460 --> 00:16:35.360 Jim, in the sense that the states that you mentioned, 00:16:35.759 --> 00:16:39.799 we have either already talked to or have them, 00:16:39.799 --> 00:16:42.940 you know, basically in our sites so that we can 00:16:42.940 --> 00:16:45.080 sit down with these guys and say, okay, here's 00:16:45.080 --> 00:16:48.350 what we do and look at the people who are. supporting 00:16:48.350 --> 00:16:51.909 us. And oh, by the way, besides the work in Michigan, 00:16:52.730 --> 00:16:55.669 we're already doing similar work in California 00:16:55.669 --> 00:17:00.029 and yada, yada, yada. Now these are, this is, 00:17:00.070 --> 00:17:03.690 yeah, that's exciting stuff. And again, I think 00:17:03.690 --> 00:17:08.130 even more reason why value is received. It's 00:17:08.130 --> 00:17:11.230 all about ROI, right? Return on investment for 00:17:11.230 --> 00:17:13.509 a business owner, a veteran owned business owner 00:17:13.509 --> 00:17:17.089 to say, I'm going to go through the process of 00:17:17.089 --> 00:17:20.569 getting certified, which is rigorous. But in 00:17:20.569 --> 00:17:24.190 the end, I can see there's a lot of value of 00:17:24.190 --> 00:17:27.430 having that stamp of approval from an outside 00:17:27.430 --> 00:17:32.369 organization like NVBDC. Well, I know that whenever 00:17:32.369 --> 00:17:34.970 you and I are together, we always talk about 00:17:34.970 --> 00:17:37.690 knowing the return on investment of the certification. 00:17:38.349 --> 00:17:42.829 But what we're realizing, even more so, is that 00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:46.420 When a veteran calls things and says, I just 00:17:46.420 --> 00:17:49.180 want you to know because of your certification, 00:17:50.079 --> 00:17:53.420 you saved my business, my marriage, all these 00:17:53.420 --> 00:17:58.980 different things that we never can say, hey, 00:17:59.119 --> 00:18:01.680 get certified, we're going to be able to save 00:18:01.680 --> 00:18:03.980 your marriage. We can't say that. We would never 00:18:03.980 --> 00:18:07.720 say that. But the vets who call us will. And 00:18:07.720 --> 00:18:10.099 what we know is exactly what you're talking about. 00:18:10.279 --> 00:18:13.900 These are the ancillary benefits. Because again, 00:18:14.140 --> 00:18:17.839 the call and events will be at the event. You 00:18:17.839 --> 00:18:20.039 may have heard it as well as when they'll come 00:18:20.039 --> 00:18:24.160 up to us and say, oh my God, you know, ever since 00:18:24.160 --> 00:18:27.240 we've been certified, we have been talking to 00:18:27.240 --> 00:18:29.779 X, Y, and Zingy and we're having great, you know, 00:18:29.880 --> 00:18:34.079 response. You know, and this is really, you know, 00:18:34.180 --> 00:18:37.500 been beneficial to me and, you know, my job and 00:18:37.500 --> 00:18:40.180 my business and all those things. So, you know, 00:18:40.180 --> 00:18:44.009 we're believers. Absolutely. Well, we appreciate 00:18:44.009 --> 00:18:46.890 the time you've given us today, Keith King, CEO 00:18:46.890 --> 00:18:51.829 and founder of NVBDC .org. You've got this great 00:18:51.829 --> 00:18:56.049 upcoming conference in October, early 29th and 00:18:56.049 --> 00:18:59.549 30th, and we look forward to talking to you next 00:18:59.549 --> 00:19:03.950 year about both how that all went, but also how 00:19:03.950 --> 00:19:06.450 this new program with the state is going to work 00:19:06.450 --> 00:19:10.460 out, and the international aspect of it. A lot 00:19:10.460 --> 00:19:13.500 more to talk about in the future. You got it. 00:19:13.980 --> 00:19:16.759 And thanks again for all of your help and support 00:19:16.759 --> 00:19:22.579 with our vets and NVVDC. So we'll just keep on 00:19:22.579 --> 00:19:26.339 working, buddy. You got it. Thanks, Keith. We'll 00:19:26.339 --> 00:19:29.259 talk soon. And I want to thank everybody for 00:19:29.259 --> 00:19:32.859 listening to Veterans Radio today. I am Jim Fawzone. 00:19:33.140 --> 00:19:35.420 It's been a pleasure to be your host. 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