John B. Allen (MrBallen)
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Podcast Appearances
You leave and you have some level of income, but it wasn't a lot.
And so I was suddenly out with kids and a wife and no plan.
I was like, oh, in a year, I'll figure it out when I get out because my retirement date's over there.
I'll figure it out.
And so when I got out, I had to find a job.
And it was sort of ironic.
In my effort to find a job for myself, I began networking a lot and meeting people in the city and in New York.
And I ended up sort of putting together these networking events with the help of this guy, Jordan, who I met in the city.
He's a former investment banker, not a veteran.
He's a civilian.
And we put together these amazing networking events.
that were actually for me to like meet employers and like get a job.
But we brought other veterans to these events.
We brought other employers and everyone's like, wow, what a great service this is.
And nobody was approaching me to get a job because they're like, oh, this is his job.
He runs this like networking event.
And so I created a job that helped other people get jobs.
And then shortly after that, I got into the Mr. Mullen thing.
And honestly, dude, it's just, there's another critical part of this.
I sleepwalk like a maniac.