Danny Diaz Maher

Founder of Vet Tv @Vet Tv - Veteran Entertainment Television

San Diego, CA, US

Imagine a show that\'s similar in style to \"The Office\" that takes place in an Army Admin shop on Fort Irwin. We made it, it\'s called \"The Shop\"Imagine a show like \"Scrubs\" that\'s about Navy Corpsmen and takes place in a Battalion Aid Station on Camp Pendleton. We made it, it\'s called \"Devil Docs\"Here are a few more of the shows that VET Tv has made.\"Checkpoint Charlie\"-\"Its Always Sunny\" meets \"Reno 911\" about Army MPs at the back gate of Fort Stewart.\"Recruiters: Mission First\"- If \"Breaking Bad\" was a dark comedy that took place in a Marine recruiters office in San Diego.\"A Grunt\'s Life\"- If \"Generation Kill\" and \"Full Metal Jacket\" were written by the guys who wrote \"South Park\" about a Marine platoon in Afghanistan.\"Combat Sports Network\"- A parody of \"ESPN\" where the sport is COMBAT.And 25 more shows about the military experience, written by those who lived those experiences.With a team of incredibly hard working and talented people, an initial investment of $150k, plus $300k from a Kickstarter campaign, I bootstrapped my first business - A television network for the veteran community. Starting this company required me to become a screen writer, Director, actor, and producer, because our product is Episodic Television ranging in length from 10-35 minutes per episode, with budgets ranging from $5k -$120k per episode.I had no business experience when starting this company, other than starting the non profit Irreverent Warriors. I was a delusional visionary, and I was fortunate to partner with John Acevedo, who was the integrater/executer of the vision. He built the infrastructure of the company, to include the marketing machine, while I guided the brand and created the products which were tv shows about the military experience. To date over 400k people have subscribed to VET Tv, and we\'ve made $25 million in revenue.It\'s been a wild ride and I\'m grateful for everyone who\'s believed in the vision of this company and helped make it reality.

San Diego State University

Bachelor of Applied Science - BASc, Kinesiology and Exercise Science