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Accelerating Defense Innovation | Operational Leadership | Project Management | Cross-Functional Team Development | MBA | Navy Veteran
I was looking forward to a longer drive the other day so I could catch up on a good podcast. I was already a big fan of The Military Veteran pod with Brendan Aronson, and was excited to catch this interview with Larsen Jensen, former U.S. Olympic swimmer, Navy SEAL, and Founder of Harpoon Ventures, a VC firm focused on San Diego's growing Defense Startup industry. Larsen shares his inspirational story preparing for the 2004 and 2008 Olympic games, where he achieved a Silver and Bronze Medal respectively and set an American record in the 1,500 freestyle. Several key highlights: 1. Visualize your goals. He shaved off an impressive 20 seconds off his 1,500 time to battle head-to-head with the world record holder. Key to this accomplishment was the visualization of his goal down to the 1/10th of a second. Visualization can help tackle any personal or professional goal you have. 2. For transitioning veterans, get uncomfortable and challenge yourself. Consider graduate school, Skillbridge fellowships, and surround yourself with talented people to widen your view of your current skills, values, and options. Leverage the courage you've developed in uniform in your career transition. And give yourself some grace during the process. 3. The future of the defense industry is in startups that can provide faster and more agile innovation to accelerate solutions to the warfighters. The San Diego defense startup scene will continue to grow and attract investors. Check out the Military Veteran podcast and this episode here: https://lnkd.in/g5583kY4 #themilitaryveteran #harpoonventures
Great post Ryan Hayes and fantastic information/perspective. None of us likes to be uncomfortable but we all have been many times throughout our careers. Keep sharing valuable tips amongst the community as it makes us all that much better. Semper Fidelis.
Brendan Aronson is a great dude, helping vets all over the place.
Entrepreneur | VC Investor | Wharton MBA | Military Veteran
3moGreat summary and I'm so happy to hear you like the pod!