How Two Veterans Built a Platform for Military-Owned Businesses
Launch Break with Bolt.new: Veteran Brands
Welcome to the first episode of Launch Break, our new live series. Each episode, we sit down with a founder who is taking an idea from zero to one on Bolt.
November is Veterans Month, so we’re opening the series with two veterans who are building a home for the veteran economy.
🙋 Got questions for Jeff and Mikah? Submit them here and we’ll answer as many as we can live on the show https://bolt.fyi/veteranbrands
Meet the guests
Jeff West and Dr. Mikah Sellers bring Army and Navy backgrounds to Veteran Brands, an AI-powered platform that connects consumers, businesses and government buyers with verified veteran-owned businesses. Their public launch is December 1, so you’ll get an early look before anyone else.
What we’ll cover
🎖️ The story: How their service led them to found Veteran Brands, and the problem they kept running into
🖥️ Live demo: A walkthrough of the platform, including Scout (their AI discovery assistant), Shop Live, the Forge brand profile builder, the veteran-to-veteran network and more
⚡ Building with Bolt: How they went from idea to a live production system, what came together fast, and what took the most iteration
💡 Launch Break tips: Tips for building with Bolt and for building a company
🙋 Live Q&A: Bring your questions for Jeff and Mikah
Who should join
Founders, builders and anyone with an idea they want to take to the next level.