John B. Allen (MrBallen)

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.