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About Kelly Perdew

Kelly Perdew is a successful entrepreneur who served as a Military Intelligence Officer in the US Army after graduating from West Point. He also completed Airborne and Ranger training. After getting out of the Army, Kelly earned his JD and his MBA at UCLA. Since then he's started or been a part of the teams that have started six different companies. Most recently, Kelly won the second season of the "The Apprentice" and spent a year working with Donald Trump as an Executive Vice President in the Trump Organization.

Kelly is a partner in Angel-Led Venture Partners, a venture capital fund raising $50 million to co-invest with the top angel groups in the country in early-stage companies.

Kelly is a published author, "TAKE COMMAND: 10 Leadership Principles I Learned in the Military and Put to Work for Donald Trump" (read book review), accomplished businessman, and frequently speaks to corporations and other organizations on many topics including leadership, entrepreneurship and the military in business.

Kelly is hosting a show on The Military Channel called "GI Factory," where he will take the viewers into the factories that make the vehicles, weapons and other equipment our troops use in the field. The world premiere is March 24 at 8pm.

Share your leadership stories with Kelly at www.kellyperdewforums.com

Kelly's blog on leadership, technology, networking and entrepreneurship: http://takecommand.zaadz.com/

Listen to Kelly talk about career transition via Podcast at "From the Editor's Desk"