Episode 9 is an interview with Major Rob Dyer, CEO of RuckPack. Rob is an active duty Marine Corps aviation officer, a highly decorated combat veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan, and an entrepreneur who is combining his wartime experience and business acumen to create supplemental nutrition and energy products for military and active civilians alike. Rob was featured on the ABC hit show Shark Tank, where he received investment from Kevin O’Leary and Robert Herjavec.
Rob shares his story on the founding of RuckPack and the skills he learned in the Marine Corps that helped make it successful. Learn how their product evolved from a pill pack to a nutrition shot. Rob applied to be on an episode of Shark Tank and was rejected. Later, he posted his companies story on Help A Reporter Out which led to a full page article in Entrepreneur Magazine. Shark Tank producers read the article, got Rob on the show, and now his business is taking off.
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