This Labor Day Weekend we are thinking about workers and veterans after their service, finding the right civilian job can be difficult, but those military skills learned can be a valuable tool in starting a new business. Our Contessa Brewer went to the university where a boot camp is helping veterans. Reporter natasha spent 20 years in the army. I had opportunities to be a commander. I was airborne i worked in special operations i supported special operations around the world. Reporter when she retired, with all of her skills and logistics and management, she took a jock at william sonoma. There were some hurdles. There was lack of camaraderie, lack of values, military value. Reporter after seven months, she quit though she landed an interview at amazon, she opted to start her own business shoes. I remember how much i loved shoes from being stationed in italy. Reporter to get her shoe business off the ground, she needed a boot camp, one designed especially for entrepreneurs and especially for veterans. She found it here at syracuse, university with an institute for veterans and military families, syracuse is tackling the challenge of transitioning from the armed forces to civilian life, but for women, that can be especially challenging. Getting their transition right is core to ensuring longterm financial ability. Reporter she went to congress about the problem women vets spend longer looking for work, make 30 on average less than their male counterparts, and may struggle in a corporate environment. We have seen an uptick. Running counter to the trend where we see a decrease in veterans going into entrepreneur ship. Reporter with lessons on business strategy, marketing, pitching, the boot camp has been so successful, its been activated at eight other universities another Program Helps women vets with Small Business skills and has seen 3,000 graduates 90 of those are still operating. If this woman, the growing is invaluable and helps her program business. It prepares you to be up for your the challenges, and, you know, know matter what you can keep persevering. Reporter its expanded to nine Consortium Schools including florida state, purdue, which has graduated 2,000 studented to date. Thats incredible i know the boot camp is free for veterans actually selected for it whos footing the bill for one, you have howard schultz, the former ceo of starbucks who gave 7. 5 million. But the others include jpmorgan chase, pepsico, walmart among others really this is the private sector stepping up to help veterans put their best feet forward, and the thing is the Companies Need to do it, becky, because they are desperate for skilled talent theyre just looking for a few good men and women. Contessa, thank you Contessa Brewer. Joining us right now is a recent graduate of the syracuse program. Hes the found er of his compan. Thank you for being here. Thank you for having me. You spent years in iraq thank you for your service. Thank you. What did you find when you came out of the military what kind of skillsdied you have, and what did you need . For me, i initially went to undergrad, florida university. I was commissioned as a lieutenant and then straight to active duty in iraq and several rotations down range so to speak. As i came back stateside, i was assigned to a National Security agency, and there i was doing a lot of Cyber Security work there, and then when i transitioned out, you know, i in a limbo so to speak as to what i wanted to do essentially i wanted to stay within that community, so i had already obtained certifications and the technical acumen to transition, you know, easily, so to speak, but it was what did i want to do with my career at that point. What skills do you think you developed in the military that helped you in your entrepreneurial push, and what did you maybe need a little help from from the boot camp . Like i said, time management, selfdiscipli selfdiscipline, you know, just that belief in self that, you know, no matter what adversity, you know, befalls me, i can overcome it and push through when i was starting the business, there were several knowledge gaps that i had. I had developed a strong technical background and a consulting background, but as far as owning and operating a business, there were key elements of information that i didnt have. So it took me about two years to get all that information together, and a little bit of trial and error interspersed in there. And then i finally, you know, started getting the ball rolling. But when i got to, you know, that part of the program at syracuse, essentially it pack jed all of that information i took years accumulating and trying, you know, to put together and packaged it up in a bow and essentially put it right there for you. I kept asking myself, why didnt i know about this Program Years ago. What was your experience there . What did you learn. I learned a lot identifying which type of legal structure to select, you know, be it an llc, a ccorp, an scorp, what are the pros and cons associated with each one of those, which states to incorporate in, financing, 000 obtain financing you do take v. C. Money or not, you know, a business plan. I had spent, you know, what, probably about four months writing one and rewriting one and going through edits and sending them to several individuals to review, but, you know, having that resource there. So, kela, tell me about red trace technology. Its a Cyber Security technology primarily focused on supporting the u. S. Intelligence community. So we provide full spectrum Cyber Operations support that includes the offensive mission, defensive mission, red and blue team, essentially, you know, looking at owners networks and trying to apply the best sound Cyber Security networks to those practices. Is it as scary out there in cyber space as we think it is. For me its not ive been operating in this realm for ore a decade but, yeah, to the lay person, it would be. Again, i want to thank you for your service. Thank you. And thank you for sharing this experience with us. I wish you all the best of luck in this new endeavor too. Thank you. Kela, thank you. Up next on on the money, after posing as an Airline Pilot and a doctor, in the move catch me if you can, how the documentary helps prevent scammers. We know what you need to be ready for in case it does. Right now lets take a look at how the stockmarket ended the week think you need to pay prestige prices for better skin results . Try Olay Regenerist. The rich, hydrating cream is formulated with vitamin b3 and peptides to plump skin cells, brighten, and visibly smooth wrinkles. In fact, just 1 jar has the hydrating power of 5 jars of the prestige cream. For visible results without prestige prices, try Olay Regenerist with a money back guarantee. And complete your routine with the olay eye collection. Brand power. Helping you buy better. Welcome back, everybody. Remember the movie catch me if you can . Based on the truestair Leonardo Dicaprio plays a teenager who cashed bogus checks. Since then the fbi had helped catch new criminals. His new book is scam me if you can. Frank, thanks for being here. Thanks for having me. Love the movie. What you were doing at the time seemed more innocent you were a kid but for more than 40 years now, youve been helping the fbi. Yes. What are you doing . Why are you helping the fbi . Why have you been, and what did you learn about the book ive written other books, but theyve been about banks and Financial Institutions i have written this book on behalf of aarp who has 30 million members, theyre all seniors. But it was a time to look at all of the type of scams that are perpetrated against not only seniors, millennials, people coming home that are veterans, every type of scam the veteran scam, the sweepstakes scam i always felt education is the best tool. Whether im teaching bankers or fbi or consumers, if i say to them, this is a scam, heres how it works, this is the regular flag, if they remember that, theyre ghoingt to get scammed thats what i try do with this new book. I think about the things portrayed in the movie, where you were dressing up as an Airline Pilot and things along the way. Thats different from today. Back then there were con men and con women which stood for confidence people. They were well dressed, well spoken, very likeable, and, of course, being a human being, there was a little bit of compassion they may have said, im not going to take all of this mans money. Im just going to take some because hes a nice guy. Now youre dealing with someone in pajamas with their cup of coffee in the kitchen in moscow. They never see you you never see them there is no emotion. Theyre going to take every penny you have because compassion has gone out the door. One of the lessons youre very actively telling people is dont use a debit card why . Whats wrong with a debit card. I understand that some people dont handle money wrong i always use a credit card because theres no risk to me. If someone steals from me, i have no liability. If i buy somebody and they refuse to take it back, theres no liability if i travel overseas, i use my credit card. Yes, they charge me a fee to use the cash advance, but that fee is worth it in not exposing my bank account to somebody overseas. If you dont want to pay a fee, pay it off at the end of the month. Of course, when you pay it off and pay the minimum due, you build credit in your nard r name in terms of a debit cart, you build nothing. In terms of social media where they hand out information, what would wow warn them. Two things to remember. You never want to tell anybody where you were born and your date of birk thats 98 of stealing identity. If you tell them that, youre basically telling them your identity be careful of the photos you post of yourself are they a graduation style . Those can be used by someone else a picture of you with your family or doing sports, but not a straight on photograph about yourself. All of these photographs you get, are they stoppable or is there anything people should know. 50 of the robocalls are scams. Were seeing regulations where the company can alert you. Can they make it stop they really cant make it stop because theres soo many hundreds of phone companies around the world whats going to happen is once you put a stop to robocalls, youre going to get robo texts its another form of scam. Its a hydra. It really is. Franks, thank you. Thanks for having me. Up next, were on the money. Are you ready if a recession hits from Retirement Savings to job hunting, the steps you can take to make sure you are prepared. And later, dominos gets technical. Why your next pizza delivery could look like this their choice . Crest 3d whitestrips. Our exclusive formulation whitens safely for a 100 noticeably whiter smile. Guaranteed. Trust americas 1 whitening brand, crest 3d whitestrips. Take prilosec otc and take control of heartburn. So you dont have to stash antacids here. 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Lots of questions, lots of worry, lots of panic stop, breathe. Think about what you can do. What do you have control over . We dont have control over the markets or the economy, either, but we do have control over our own income, our own savings, our own spending, and where we put our investments. So perhaps we can make some tweaks starting with your income and starting with your job. Meaning i should get a second job . Go out and get a raise. No, focus on your job and step up your game. Monday morning say im going to give it all i vrk im going to be a cy cal play e theyre not going to be able to live without me so if there are layoffs down the road, youre not going to be the first one to go. Every couple of months update your resume. Make sure people know what youre doing and reach out to recruiters, to your professional contacts again, keep that going on an ongoing basis. Thats something we should all be doing, but we dont think about it now that theres all this talk, lets see if we can do something about it. Think about your finances, your savings. People dont have Emergency Savings at all look at your budget, how much more can you save, put into your savings account, and where can you put it put it where you can get the best interest you can. Online savings account is going to be the best place if you were to get laid off or an emergency, three to six months worth of Living Expenses is a great start six to 12 months ma i be more realistic in terms of the time it may get you to get that job. You mention saving more does that mean we should be cutting back on Spending Review your budget and think of things you maybe can cut out, and you want to make sure youre paying down the debt that you can. This is something we dont do enough of. Use cash you know, it can really help to curb what youre spending because youre just using cash, youre just using your debit card youre not going to rack up more debt again, if anything happens, if theres a recession, you want to have as little debt as possible. What about a nest egg. If your money is invested in the stockmarket, youre not going to want to get access to that money for at least five year that should be a general rule of thumb. If its money youre going to need, dont get access to the stockmarket. If its already there, leave it there for retirement, college savings, whatever the longterm plan is. Think about where youre going to put it. Make sure youre diversified make sure if you can, maybe you convert some of your traditional 401 k ira money to a roth account. Maybe you consider putting more of your money into a roth. Those are some things to think about. Not just investing it but wherere putting your money. Sharon, thanks. Sure. 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Theres a dedicated space for testing new offerings, including gps tracking for orders, which is expected to roll out by the end of the year. Ebikes are a way to look at delivering food to Geographic Area and theres this the neurorobot is ready to deploy later this year its an unmanned vehicle that will show up at your door. To use this, enter your fourdigit code right here, the doors open on up, you grab your pizza, and go. Theres also no tipping necessary. Dominos isnt the only major restaurant letting investors and shareholders behind the screens as it innovates. Star box has a hub called the trier centerwhere its testing out things in its headquarters in seattle for dominos, its important to develop new ideas like its on unlike other competitors who have deemed up with doordash and stubhub. Putting stores closer to one another will be a good strategy. The first thing, were not going to outsource our experience to someone else we want our customers interfacing with us any number of 20 odd ways they can order pizza from us. Delivery is now available for any type of food customers are craving, companies are working overtime to stay ahead and inee vat. He says he believes there will be a shakeout and the deep discounting that many of the thirdparty Food Delivery Services is not sustainable long term. The neurorobot, when you open the door, how do you know people didnt go through your pizza theyre testing that. There are two shelves. Maybe theyll do one order on this side, one on the other. More lockboxes. I know. We know you dont want anyone touching your food i dont blame you. Im sure theyll figure it out. Good to see you. Thank you. Thats it im becky quick. Next week, what not to do when youre shopping for new wheels each week keep it right here were on the money. 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