PE M&A Activity ↑12.4%│ Industrial EBITDA Multiples 7.2×│ B2B Buyer Trust Index ↓31%│ SEO Click-Through Rate ↓44%│ LMM Deal Volume ↑8.1%│ Sales Hire Failure Rate 67%│ Organic Growth Gap 2.3× plan│ PE Dry Powder $2.59T│ PE M&A Activity ↑12.4%│ Industrial EBITDA Multiples 7.2×│ B2B Buyer Trust Index ↓31%│ SEO Click-Through Rate ↓44%│ LMM Deal Volume ↑8.1%│ Sales Hire Failure Rate 67%│ Organic Growth Gap 2.3× plan│ PE Dry Powder $2.59T│
Ed Marsh Consulting · HubSpot for Veterans

Resources for Veteran and Military Spouse Businesses The Tools to Grow

Ed works primarily with middle market industrial manufacturers. He also supports entrepreneurship among veterans and military spouses, as a charter member of the HubSpot for Veterans program.

Amazing ideas, an incredible work ethic, and grit, combined with the power of digital marketing tools, are a recipe for success. This page collects the resources that help veteran, military, and spouse owned businesses grow.

Talk to Ed About Your Business
See the resources
"Veterans and their spouses are incredibly resourceful and resilient business people. Sometimes they are so good that working for someone else will not cut it. They make great entrepreneurs too." Ed Marsh, Ed Marsh Consulting
Ed Marsh, private equity operating partner advisor, in a navy blazer
A Special Project

Ed works almost exclusively with B2B industrial companies. He also gives time to entrepreneurship among veterans and military spouses.

He has been an active supporter and a charter member of the HubSpot for Veterans program, and his record of service to the veteran business community runs deep.

Charcoal illustration of a veteran-owned small business owner at a workbench growing the business with digital marketing tools

Veterans and their spouses bring an incredible work ethic and grit to business. Combined with the powerful tools of digital marketing, that is a recipe for success, and sometimes for a family's livelihood. Deloitte research finds that using digital tools correlates to real outperformance on growth, revenue, exporting, and employment.

Ed's support for the veteran and military business community is active, not honorary:

  • Founded and runs a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business that helps companies with digital marketing
  • Active supporter of a Family Readiness Group in the 3rd Infantry Division, where one of his sons is stationed
  • Speaker at a USAA sponsored military blogging conference
  • As a VFW post commander, built a vetrepreneurship training program that brought the VetToCEO program into the classroom and awarded $30,000 in startup funds
Who This Helps

Support for the people who serve, and for the families who serve alongside them.

 

Vetrepreneurs

Veteran owned businesses building and growing on their own terms.

 

Military Spouses

Spouses of active duty military and veterans, running businesses through every move and deployment.

 

Active Duty Military

Those serving at home and abroad, and preparing for what comes next.

Tools

Get hands on with the platform and the programs built to help veteran businesses grow.

Register for a HubSpot demo

See how HubSpot can help grow a customer base and increase revenue, and how other startups use the inbound methodology to do the same. Learn how select startups access HubSpot software at a steep discount through the HubSpot for Startups program.

Part of the HubSpot for Startups programRegister for the demo

Watch a demo on your own schedule

Prefer not to register for a set time? Watch a recorded, on demand demo whenever it suits you, and skip ahead past the introduction to the substance.

Watch the demo

HubSpot for Veterans scholarships

A full page of discounted programs and scholarships, built to help veteran businesses maximize their digital footprint without a heavy upfront cost.

See the scholarships

How to sign up

Wondering how the process works? The HubSpot for Startups page walks through eligibility and how to apply, from checking if you qualify to setting up your account.

See how to sign up
Learning

Build the skills behind the tools, from coaching to certification to going global.

Talk it through with Ed

Book a short call with Ed to talk through your veteran or military spouse business and get answers specific to where you are. No pitch, just a straight read and the right next step.

Book time with Ed

On demand HubSpot Academy

Videos, webinars, articles, and an array of campaigns in a box that answer common questions and provide a lot of inspiration, all in one place.

Open the Academy

Get certified and make it official

Structured, self paced certification programs give a real edge. Content marketing, email marketing, inbound sales, and contextual marketing are just a few of the options.

Get certified

Take your business global

As digital marketing gets rolling, it opens up the entire globe. Ed has served as an export advisor and written on the power of the internet for small business exports, and he built a free guide to help.

Read the export guide
Talk to Ed

Straight Answers About Growing a Veteran or Military Spouse Business

No pitch and no proposal cycle. Ed answers real questions and points to the resources that fit. If Ed is not the right person to help, he will tell you who is.

Real answers for veteran and spouse owned businesses.

No pitch and no proposal cycle. Ed answers real questions about growing a veteran or spouse owned business and points to the resources that fit. If Ed is not the right person to help, he will tell you who is.

  • A few things you can do this week to grow
  • The right HubSpot for Veterans resources for your stage
  • A referral if Ed is not the right person to help
Ed Marsh, industrial sales growth consultant, in a pink dress shirt
Edward Marsh
Principal · Consilium Global Business Advisors · Service Disabled Veteran
✉ Prefer to leave Ed a message instead? Consilium is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business and Presidential E Award Winner. ▼

Ed reads every message personally and usually responds within 24 hours.