Veterans Are Ready to Build. Are Ecosystems Ready to Help?

Описание: Every year, 200,000 veterans transition out of the military. Many have the leadership, systems thinking, and crisis management skills to succeed as entrepreneurs. So why do so many of them hit a wall?

In this powerful talk from Ideas Worth Championing at SCN Augusta, Courtney Zaugg outlines how traditional startup ecosystems are failing veteran and military-connected founders — and what it takes to fix it.

This video dives into:
• The “protector pipeline” that limits veteran career options
• Why military experience isn’t translating into entrepreneurial access
• How to design infrastructure that actually serves veteran founders
• A replicable playbook for regional economies

Veterans and military spouses are starting businesses at higher rates than the general population. But ecosystem gaps, short-term programs, and one-size-fits-all accelerators are costing them — and all of us — real opportunity.

🎤 Speaker: Courtney Zaugg
🏛 Event: SCN Augusta
🤝 Hosted by: Make Startups & Startup Champions Network

Part of the Ideas Worth Championing series on equity, inclusion, and founder-first ecosystems.

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