It was while working at a marketing job several years ago that former Kyle resident and military veteran Christie Smith had enough with her authoritarian boss.

Her former boss, who went too far one day, drove her over the edge and prompted her to quit her job.

“I thought to myself, ‘screw this. I don’t need this job,’” Smith said.

But amid the chaos of leaving that job, Smith soon discovered her desire to start her own business. She joined a large number of veterans wh...