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Turning to you, how about millenials? is this important to them? i think this is a good step. if we look at all things considered about the millennial generation the military is a good fit. millenials want to live their values. they don t want big distinction between work and their life. to go into an institution that is saying we understand that you are participating in same-sex marriages, this is your family, and even if you aren t it s a value you strongly support. it s the same with transgender service, which we re moving closer toward. it s the same with opening combat roles to women. it makes the force more attract attractive to millenials. it s something that should be there that would be attractive. this generation has grown up in primarily wartime, in primarily post 9/11. so it s a constant wartime. many of the stories we hear coming out especially in the early years, were a lot about ptsd traumatic brain injury. not a lot of stories have been ....
Prior generations came back when there was prior, our generation that s not the case. we set up the platform where veteran-owned companies come in and pitch for a loan. then our network of investors compete to lend to that veteran. it s in essence shaker tank meets ebay for veterans. how about historically, mark when the world war ii came back, greatest generation, came back, the economy was booming in america. our generation, we came back, and it was the great recession frankly. you know, it s getting better been getting better but still. you know has that made street shares even more important when you talk about veteran businesses? yeah, absolutely. there s a tradition of veterans entrepreneurship in america. that greatest generation, when they came back, part of what made them so great wasn t just what they did on the battlefield but what they did when they came back. a study out of syracuse found that 49% of our grandparents fengz generation went on to own or operate a bus ....
Sharers, a marketplace for lending. and matthew griffin, former army ranger to served in afghanistan and iraq and provides jobs in conflict zones around the world. gentlemen, thank you very much for joining us. appreciate it. great to be here. mark, let me turn to you. big news you guys just got named one of from harvard business school, one of the best venture backed companies. tell us about that. the hrveard business school, new harvard business school named the number-one best investment globally for a startup that is run by an hes alumni. my co-poundser erfounder went to co-founder went there. the street shares is an onloon marketplace in which veteran-owned company pitch for a loan. we re all iraq and afghanistan veterans here. our generation came back from that war to find a capital landscape here that s as barren as the afghan countryside. ....