How a Career Gap Helped One Parent Return as a Military Spouse Entrepreneur

The Comeback Career Podcast with Fexingo: Returning After a Gap, Stay-at-Home Re-Entry · Jul 7, 2026 · 9m · transcript

After a seven-year career gap following relocations as a military spouse, Anna Velez started a virtual assistance business that now serves 12 clients across three time zones. In this episode, Lucas and Luna break down the specific strategies Anna used to rebuild her professional network from scratch—including how she leveraged a free online directory for military spouses to land her first client, and why she recommends starting with a single service offering instead of a full menu. They discuss the emotional challenges of justifying a business launch during a partner's deployment and the…