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Follow on Google News | Stoddard Takes Lessons Learned While A Marine And Incorporates Them Into BusinessAfter being discharged from the Marines Corps in January 2009, Jonathan Stoddard started the Kahuna Technology Group that help small businesses with their technology needs. Stoddard leverages his experience from the Marines to grow his business.
By: Kahuna Technology Group Inc In January 2009, after leaving the Marine Corps as a Captain, Jonathan Stoddard moved to Denver and started a technology services company called Kahuna Technology Group Inc (http://www.ktgdenver.com) Stoddard now uses the lessons he learned from the marines and incorporates them into his business (http://www.ktgdenver.com/ So, did it get easier for Stoddard as he prepared for his second deployment to Iraq? “I was much more confident my second time in Iraq.” Much of Stoddard’s confidence came from something his old boss told him after his first Iraq deployment. “A few weeks after we were back in the US he told me that ‘he had no doubt people’s lives were saved because of the reliable communications network I established.’ Key lessons Stoddard learned: - Stoddard created a vehicle registration database for an Iraqi town using open source software. He came to rely on open source software to meet his battalion’s needs because it was free and customizable. - Stoddard always looks at the weakest link in any network architecture. If something can fail, then it will fail, and you need to have a backup plan in place before it does. - Phone and email communication is important, but nothing beats meeting with someone in person, Stoddard often relied on visiting his outlying sites to talk with the marines to ensure communications were working at the lowest levels. About Veteran Entrepreneurs (from:http://www.sba.gov/ - 22% of veterans in the U.S household population were either purchasing or starting a new business or considering purchasing or starting a new business. - Although 62 percent of new veteran entrepreneurs planned to initially locate their business entirely in their residence, more than 67 percent of these prospective home-based business owners planned to expand beyond their residence in the “foreseeable future.” - 37% of Veteran Business Owners say they learned business skills of direct use while on active duty. # # # About the Kahuna Technology Group Inc The Kahuna Technology Group (KTG) is an information technology (IT) consulting and services company that assesses IT needs and develops and implements quality solutions for small businesses. KTG provides the same quality IT solutions seen at large firms while also providing high levels of customer service and interaction characteristic of small businesses. The Kahuna Technology Group's goal is to provide small businesses in the Denver area with technology solutions that level the technological advantage medium and large businesses often possess because of their full-time IT staffs. After working with several small businesses on a case-by-case basis the founder realized the need to provide small businesses with quality technology support. Thanks to the flattening of technology now even the smallest companies have access to enterprise level IT systems. End
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