Never too Late! Vietnam vet, Veteran Business Project founder empowers entrepreneurs

In this episode we’ll go from the jungles of Vietnam to a small-town diner in Illinois! Mr. Lynn Lowder is a Vietnam veteran and former Marine Corps Force Recon Team Leader who in his seventies, founded Rosie’s Home Cooking. This classic diner builds off the famous portrait of Rosie the Riveter and delivers the vintage 1950’s experience. But his impact is felt far beyond his small town in Illinois.

He’s also the co-founder of The Veterans Business Project, a non-profit organization that has helped thousands of vets start their own business. 

We open the show with his memories from Vietnam.  Few people can say they were part of a team who invented something that has saved countless lives in combat. Lynn Lowder recalls how members of his Marine Force Recon unit invented the “SPIE” rig (Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction) a strap that’s used to deploy and extract combat forces and is still being used by Special Operations teams today. 

After the military, Lowder founded the Veteran Business Project. This non-profit organization has helped many veterans become business owners, through mentorship and a unique way of pairing aspiring veteran entrepreneurs with successful founders who wish to sell their business to a skilled vet.

Lowder concludes our conversation with the inspiring story of Rosie’s Home Cooking. And how it’s become so successful paying homage to our nation’s heroes while serving up American diner classics. 

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