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employees. >> 8 veteran employees. brian: jen, did you expect to get this big. >> no, i didn't. so excited it's amazing. brian: 15% use the "fox & friends" code. great to see you. great to see you. we have navy and army. we have brenda and austin anderson, street shares. tell mee about it? >> yeah. started five years ago to provide for veteran small business owners nationwide. also nonveterans. every day americans back street shares they give us -- they ear -- brian brian people right here watching right now maybe i can invest with you guys and i can earn some money and also give back. >> that's correct. 5% return on your investment over the course of the year. and that money goes to small businesses that fund veterans. have. >> a foundation that gives grants because of sam adams brewing company thank you very much. $25,000 every three months.
a lot of people. but when we try to strip that away and look at what the actual policies are that are going to generate growth and going to generate an increase in wages, which is so critical and so important in this economy right now, a lot of those policies regardless of what you think of him are very beneficial. sounds like the small business owners are universally telling you things are looking up. >> yeah, that's right. so my company is called street shares. we fund primarily veteran-owned small businesses. we have 50,000 members of veteran-owned businesses and their supporters. if you talk with those folks, they're extremely optimistic. it's the tax reform that is part of it. it's sort of pent up demand. there was excessive regulation that can be released and four
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 business. many in our generation want the same thing, we just don't have the access to capital. >> let me turn to you, buddy.
years active duty i think it was. you know you came come back and you're now the ceo of street shares. what was the lesson learned that you brought with you in this new position? >> i think our generation of veterans is probably the most tech lodgejdgegically aexecute sophisticated and -- technologically acute, sophisticated and used to working in confusing environments. as a jag lawyer, i was trying to establish rule of law in iraq. that's a difficult job in a difficult environment. you know it, as well. you were there, as well. that's what business is right. it's operating at a complex environment on limited information, and to lead a team toward a common objective. i think veterans make outstanding ants. >> and the success as you -- you studied at the university veteran-owned small businesses do better than civilian counterpart. how much funding has street shares gotten so far? >> yes we've done a couple