Mark Rockefeller calls post-9/11 U.S. military veterans “the next greatest generation,” as soldiers, aviators, sailors and Marines have returned home with a mindset of restarting their lives by starting small businesses and being their own bosses.

But there was a distinct difference for this generation and the World War II greatest generation, of which 49 percent embarked on staring their own small businesses namely the financial crisis that crippled bank lending in 2008.

“Veterans make good entrepreneurs because they are gritty,” Rockefeller told Technical.ly DC. “The place to be is helping veterans, because they are the ones who historically start businesses and banks aren’t lending to them.”

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