ERLANGER, Ky. — As dozens of veterans from across the country gathered last week for an intensive business bootcamp at the Disabled American Veterans headquarters in Erlanger, local small business owner Kisiah Cole was ready to build up her massage therapy practice.

Cole, who served in the Army National Guard, founded Calming Souls Massage with a mission to help people live pain-free. She attended the three-day Patriot Boot Camp to learn how to better run her business.

"I realized there was a demographic that really needed this help consistently, and those were athletes, you know, they're constantly beating their bodies up quite similar to how I did when I was in the army," Cole said.

The bootcamp, which has been running since 2012, addresses a unique challenge veterans face in entrepre

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