Veterans: Tired of Taking Orders? Start a Business

Business attorney and Navy veteran Jim Wilson knows just how hard it can be trying to find a job after completing military service. In fact, it can be so grueling that he came up with another solution: Rather than going to work for someone else, he suggests veterans start their own businesses.

"Veterans generally have some great characteristics that will help them be successful as business owners," Wilson says. "I think there are quite a few veterans who should consider being business owners and carrying on the success they realized in uniform to the business world."