 DAV Patriot Boot Camp happening this week. I'm joined by a very special guest, Don McDonald, who's been involved with the program for quite a while. Don, if you could introduce yourself and tell us how long and how you've been involved with Patriot Boot Camp. Sure. I've been involved with Patriot Boot Camp for about five years or so, and we got involved through USAA, who is a customer of the company I worked at, and basically said, hey, we need mentors, we need people to help share their knowledge and experience with veterans who are starting or running their own companies. And of course we were delighted to step up. When we actually got here and started working with DAV PBC, it was a real joy, and so we've been addicted to helping and contributing ever since. We know this program depends a lot on mentors and mentorship. What's it like for you to be able to mentor these entrepreneurs? A lot of it is we take for granted the experiences we've had, not just the successes, but also the many failures. That's so valuable if you're running your own business. What can you tell me that will help me get up and running, stay up and running, and avoid some of the pitfalls that people have made millions of times before? So the knowledge that all of us have as mentors is pure gold. I don't think we appreciate it, but if you can take advantage of that dissemination and distribution of knowledge and experience, then again, if a small portion of that can help an entrepreneur who was a vet, then that's fabulous. Tell us what kind of things you'll be doing this week and what you're looking forward to. Well personally, I'll be presenting three times once on identifying your ideal target audience. I'm a passionate marketeer and defining your target audience with precision is job number one in my mind. So we'll be spending one session on that. And then on the other sessions we'll be talking about three things, branding, product positioning, and then actually naming your company your product, which is hard work, but a lot of fun. And then my colleagues and other presenters will be talking about fundraising and many other things that are really important to help people get up and running and be successful. We know that there are a lot of great resources for entrepreneurs and workshops. What do you think makes DAV, Patriot Boot Camp unique or special? What do you like about this community? It's very boutique, so you get up close and personal with people. You can ask them the questions that you might be afraid to ask in a much larger setting. So we pride ourselves on saying, hey, there's no dumb questions. Just come up and talk to us over a beer or just talk to us over the sessions or whatever it might be. But it's very informal but very, very pragmatic. And I think that's the key thing, which is it's not Fufu presentations. There are things that you can go away from here and turn immediately into your business plan or into getting your business up and running. For any veterans or active duty service members or military spouses that are watching and maybe they're interested in a program like this, but maybe intimidated by it and afraid to ask those questions, what would be your advice to those folks? My advice would be come along and participate. We get a real kick from people who serve their country. You've got a need of getting information, getting skills, getting experiences. Many of us have those experiences and it's just fun. It's very casual but it's incredibly valuable. So don't feel intimidated but just come and contribute, come and take and between the two groups of people will have a great time and you'll feel more empowered than you've ever been before. Don, thank you so much. Thank you for your support and your contributions. Thank you for tuning in. You can learn more at patreon.bootcamp.org and follow DAV on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and all of our social media channels throughout the week.