Photo: GCSEN CEO Mike Caslin with graduates and AJ Beaudoin, the 2025 NY State Veteran Entrepreneur of the Year.
"I think everybody should do this program– anybody who...wants to make a business that doesn’t just grow, but leaves a legacy, while making money."
– Dr. Marie Anne C. Raguso, U.S. Air Force Veteran, Teacher, Entrepreneur, and GCSEN Program Graduate
GCSEN is seeking your generous support to sponsor a Veteran, Military, or First Responder for our upcoming cohorts.
This is your organization's chance to be part of helping our nation's heroes become economic success stories, generating generational wealth and giving back for People, Planet, Place, and Profit!
In 2023, after many years of focusing our educational efforts on colleges and universities, GCSEN decided to add more offerings for post-graduate adults. We identified an area of huge need: U.S. Military Veterans, Active Duty in Transition, and their families.
We began by launching our first-ever TV show, Veteran's Playbook, which aired on Discovery Network and CBS stations nationwide. In our show, hosted by our founder and CEO Mike Caslin, we sought out and highlighted the stories of entrepreneurs who told of the struggles and successes of life after the military.
A 10 YEAR TRACK RECORD OF SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS – NOW FOR VETERANS!
"Mike Caslin of GCSEN is a champion for Veteran entrepreneurs, and his program is fantastic.” – Mark A. Cozzupoli, Director, Ulster County Veteran Services Chief Master Sergeant, USAF (Ret)
Veteran News
In February 2026 ,GCSEN launched our first cohort of our Veteran Ventures FastTrack Program in New York’s Hudson Valley.
This 4-week, 50-hour blended program with both face-to-face and online meetings with graduation at the Hudson Valley National Center for Veteran Reintegration based in Saugerties, NY, was in partnership with the NYS Ulster County Veteran Services with generous funding help from Barclays Bank and Ulster Savings Bank.
Photo: Three Veterans who starred in GCSEN's TV Show, Veteran's Playbook: Patrick Powers, AJ Beaudoin, and Alex Othmer
Veterans' Programs
US Military Veterans have never had it easy. Especially those Transitioning from Active Duty or Long-Term underemployed. You know the challenges. It doesn’t have to be this way. That’s where GCSEN comes in… We assist & train Veterans to open their own venture businesses!
- In 2024, there were 17.5 million Veterans in the US civilian population.
- About 8 million Veterans were employed; about 9 million were over age 65. (Dept. of Labor)
- Over 60% of those 8 million working Veterans, 4.5 million were Underemployed (Penn State Veterans & LinkedIn Studies)
- And over 250,000 were completely Unemployed (Dept. of Labor)
- At least 48,000 US Veterans are Homeless today (Dept. Veterans Affairs)
- Since 2001, there are over 6,000 Veteran suicides in America annually. And the rate is ever increasing.
