Todd Connor, Navy Veteran, Entrepreneur, CEO The Bunker Incubator
Todd Connor is a former Navy Officer. He is currently an entrepreneur and the CEO of The Bunker Incubator in Chicago, IL. The Bunker “targets existing veteran owned tech startups and aspiring entrepreneurs to come, create, and conquer the business world through their ideas, hard work, and strategy.”
Todd grew up in Chicago. He attended Northwestern University and was later commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy. Todd served two tours on the USS Bunker Hill (He served with Episode 48 guest Ben Williams in the Persian Gulf).
After leaving the Navy, Todd Founded Flank 5 Academy. At the same time he began talking about building
…something for the veteran community that is exciting, that speaks to entrepreneurship, that doesn’t just identify the veteran community as a group that needs help, but…really accesses and capitalizes on the significant leadership potential, abilities, and talents of the veteran community.”
Those conversations led to a press release with the Mayor of Chicago, The Governor of Illinois, and Chicago based 1871 announcing The Bunker.
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