Cigars and Sea Stories with Marine Veteran Michael Penney

136: Marine veteran Michael Penney is the founder and host of the Cigars and Sea Stories podcast.  Cigars and Sea Stories provides a place for veterans to act out and speak their minds. We discuss relevant topics, interview prominent veterans and, share stories of war.  Michael recently took over as the director of the Bunker in Raleigh Durham, NC.  Bunker Labs is a national not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization built by military veteran entrepreneurs to empower other military veterans as leaders in innovation. Through local chapters organized in 12 different cities, Bunker Labs provides educational programming, mentors, events, and thriving local networks to help military veterans start and grow businesses.

Any Marine or FMF corpsmen can be a guest on the show, just shoot us an email and we’ll skype you in!

Intent: Our goal is to empower veterans to act as a whole. Veterans, this is our country, let’s make it better by creating positive change, voting on issues that matter, raising awareness for a worthy cause and, speaking out against injustice.

Desired end state: a network of veterans that can accomplish any task and, an America that can actually police itself.

Execution

We work together to network with fellow veterans that create positive change in the world. The C&S team travels to their location and records on site. This provides our audience with candid access to veterans making a difference. They share valuable insights and sea stories so that others may learn and grow from their experiences.

Upon launch, Cigars and Sea Stories will maintain an operation cycle of 2 episodes per week. Every Tuesday and Thursday.

The Veteran On the Move podcast has published over 100 episodes giving listeners the opportunity to hear in-depth interviews conducted by host Joe Crane featuring the people, programs and resources to assist veterans in their transition to entrepreneurship:  Marine Corps, Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard veterans, DOD, entrepreneurship, business, success, military spouse, transition, education, programs and resources.  Veteran On the Move has garnered over 500,000 listens verified through Stitcher Radio, Sound Cloud, Itunes and RSS Feed Syndication making it one of the most popular Military Entrepreneur Shows on the Internet Today.