Winner of the Apprentice Army Veteran Kelly Perdew CEO of Target Close

93: Is Donald Trump’s hair real?  Army Veteran Kelly Perdew tells all about how he made it onto the Apprentice.  Competing on the set of the apprentice.  Dealing with adversity, competition and drama to pull a team together and succeed.  Kelly reveals what it was like working for Donald Trump.  How Kelly’s Army experience helped him win the apprentice.  How Kelly used his success on the Apprentice to launch successful businesses after working for Donald Trump. 

Army veteran Kelly Perdew is the father of Twins, Co-founder and CEO – Targetclose, Winner of the Apprentice Season 2, Author, Entrepreneur and Angel Investor.

Prior to co-founding TargetClose, Kelly was CEO of Fastpoint Games, a venture-backed software development company that created live data-driven games for Fortune 500 brands including the NBA, NASCAR, Fox Television and Sony Online Entertainment. Kelly was previously President of ProElite.com, an online social network for combat sports enthusiasts. As President, Kelly helped raise over $40M, and signed Showtime and CBS to televise their mixed martial arts fights. He was also a manager at Deloitte Consulting in the Braxton Strategy Practice.

Kelly acts as a board member or advisor for TroopSwap.com, Ustream, Scopely, GatherGreen, and was previously an advisor or board member for LinkedIn (LNKD), Pandora (P) and eteamz (ACTV).

Kelly is a nationally recognized speaker on leadership, technology, career development and entrepreneurship.

He earned a BS from the US Military Academy at West Point, a JD from the UCLA School of Law and an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA. He served in the US Army as a Military Intelligence Officer and Airborne Ranger.

Listen to Free Audio version of Kelly Perdew’s book – Take Command

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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 RadioSound Cloud, Itunes and RSS Feed Syndication making it one of the most popular Military Entrepreneur Shows on the Internet Today.

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