Andrew o'brien aka the publicity guy and member of the warriors council / vetrepreneur tribe sold me on pr services.
His branded website with numerous publications claiming to have mentioned or featured him was an enticing marketing strategy to convince me and many other members of the digital marketing community to believe he was the real deal.
Unfortunately, he could hear the excitement in my voice and required me to pay 1 year in advacnce for his services.He was not willing to take a credit card payment over the phone. Later, i learned this is because he has 100's of charge backs and finally got smart and started requiring cash up front or wire transfers.
Andre o'brien took me for $20,000 and never delivered on his promised and documented services.
Vetpreneur tribe / publicity
1033 la posada dr, ste 300austin, tx 78752
Upon trying to get a refund, i began learning more and more of the many other people that we're scammed by this guy with losses ranging from $5,000 to more than $80,000.
Andrew o'brien, removed himself as the ceo of the publiity guy brand due to all of the legal trouble heading his way with credit card charge backs and fraud.
If you are Veteran or currently serve in the Military, you are reading this and have been warned! Beware, there are people that prey on you because you served. They will scam you, they will abuse you, and they will take advantage and you will not even realize until it’s too late.
By most peoples standard you can call bogus and misleading claims a form of scam.
You need to be aware of a man named Andrew O’Brien who setup a group and website called Vetpreneur Tribe. https://vetpreneurtribe.com
Vetpreneur Tribe
1033 La Posada Dr
300
Austin, TX 78752
Why you need to be warned: Andrew O’Brien makes false and misleading claims about his experience and track record.
His goal is to get you into joining his coaching program.
This coaching group is where you have to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars to join his Warriors Council, a so called mastermind for Veteran entreprenurs. He claims his expertise and training will help you start a business making hundreds of thousands and millions of dollars.
Andrew O'Brien also makes claims to have setup a University within Vetrepreneur Tribe. Andrew O'Brien a high school drop out. He vever obtained a degree. Has no professional certifications. But he did pop pills and abuse acohol. An article publish in LAWeekly states "On Nov. 22, 2010, he swallowed four bottles of pills. "
-"He scrawls his name for them into copies of the 32-page book he has written, Welcoming Your Soldier Home. He wrote it in one day, the day he heard the statistics from the Department of Veterans Affairs: 22, laweekly.com/arts/army-veteran-andrew-obrien-saw-something-terrible-in-iraq-so-terrible-that-he-attempted-suicide-4183122
So a book written by a high school drop out, pill popping, sucidial veteran - 32 pages long and written in 1 day is what he has accomplished. I can only imagine how poorly written this shorty story is.
In a news cast on KVUE on Nov 16, 2016 he is featured"
"O’Brien tried to get help for his PTSD, but says he faced ridicule from his First Sergeant. So one night, he swallowed four bottles worth of pills, drank alcohol, and prepared to die. But as he felt himself dying, O’Brien said he realized he had made a mistake. He called 911."Two days later I wake up in the ICU with machines connected to me…and the first thing I thought when I woke up is 'Thank God I'm alive,’” said O’Brien.", kvue.com/article/news/investigations/charlie-foxtrot/two-central-texas-soldiers-struggles-with-suicide/351260929
This statement connects his suidcide attempt with his First Sergeant, which probably means he was still in service. When you attempt suicide in the military, you typically receive an immediate discharge from service for medical seperation, or general discharge. I asked for Andrew OBrien to show me if he was honorably discharged - to which he got very angry and aggresive on why I was questioning his service in the Army. I wanted to know if he had a dishonarble discharge or not. To which he wouldn't reply.
So the reason why I posted this to Rippoff Report is Andrew O'Brien is targeting Veteran entreprenuers with his scam. He wants you to pay hundred or thousands of dollars for his consulting services and fake university courses. He makes claims on how he can grow a business in 90 days and be profitable within 90 days. He continues to make false and misleading claims to trick Vets into joining his supposed University or Mastermind. Andrew O'Brien is not qualified to even attened a university and the only thing he mastered was popping pills and abusing acohol.
According to his own written account, his videos, and interviews this guy has given, you can piece together the bullshit. I took the liberty to put together the time line with links for you to make up your own opinion.
First, according to Andrew he joined the Army when he was 19
(https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/302896 )What branch did you serve ?
“I served in the Army from 2007-2011 and was deployed to Iraq from 2008-2009.”
So if joined in 2007 at 19, in 2018 that makes him 11 years older. About 29 or 30. Apparently some time between 2011 and 2015, according to online blogs and comments, O’Brien claims to have a PR company he claims he founded the , thepublicityguy.com or may somehow be related or to be connected.
So between 2012 in 2013 Andrew O’Brien is supposedly touring the country, promoting his “ 32-page book he has written, Welcoming Your Soldier Home” and the PR company didn’t exist. He doesnt make any claims of any business before or during his 4 year enlistment.
According to the statesmen “He tried a semester at DeVry Institute studying computer science, but decided school wasn’t for him. He tried his hand at a number of jobs and briefly started an errand-running business, but nothing seemed right. After about four months, he left his brother’s place and over the next few months moved eight times, living briefly with old Army buddies and on the couches of friends in Texas and Chicago.”
“He eventually landed in Austin, a place he had visited and loved, in the spring of 2012, renting a room in South Austin from a woman who had advertised on Craigslist.”
So up until 2012, he is not doing so well. Job hoping and bouncing from city to city trying to get his s**t together. Although he does seem to be doing some good in the world by speaking to Vet groups and parents about suicide prevention. And maybe his book is promoting something helpful to suicidal Vets and parents who are grieving. But for some reason, he seems to have stopped that book promtion and public speaking.
Now according to his website thepublicityguy.com, (if that is his, that he owns outright, without any partners) they were founded in 2015. The next year, in a Huffintonpost interview it is published that “Andrew launched his company, The Publicity Guy, in the start of 2016 and today has seven employees and is on pace to do over $1M in revenue for the year.” That article was written in September of 2016 so it is possible that Andrew’s company made a million that year. However not likely as there are many red flags that show they are not actually making one million in annual revenues.”
So which is it, did the company start in 2015 according to their website or did they start in 2016 according to O'Briens interview?
So now somewhere between September 2016 and November 2017 is where the bullshit comes to light. According to Andrew’s interview in , entrepreneur.com/article/302896, he makes this statement “My biggest problem in business was passion -- or lack thereof. I built a successful seven-figure publicity business. Money was flowing, revenue was increasing, credibility was growing and yet I was miserable. I hated waking up every morning and checking my email. I did not believe in what I was doing. I decided to fire myself as the CEO of my publicity business and hire someone else.”
At his own company “I did not believe in what I was doing” Wow is all I have to say. Is that a scam or what? You don’t believe in what you are doing but you are selling that to your customers? Who does that? Who sells something they do not believe in?
So Andrew O’Brien fired himself as the CEO from an almost making 7 figure company prior to November of 2017. Yet somehow Andrew O’Brien claims in Vetrepreneur Tribe that he has run many 7 figure companies and can help if you pay him thousands of dollars to join his coaching program.
Vetpreneur Tribe Reviews
Andrew o'brien aka the publicity guy and member of the warriors council / vetrepreneur tribe sold me on pr services.
His branded website with numerous publications claiming to have mentioned or featured him was an enticing marketing strategy to convince me and many other members of the digital marketing community to believe he was the real deal.
Unfortunately, he could hear the excitement in my voice and required me to pay 1 year in advacnce for his services.He was not willing to take a credit card payment over the phone. Later, i learned this is because he has 100's of charge backs and finally got smart and started requiring cash up front or wire transfers.
Andre o'brien took me for $20,000 and never delivered on his promised and documented services.
Vetpreneur tribe / publicity
1033 la posada dr, ste 300austin, tx 78752
Upon trying to get a refund, i began learning more and more of the many other people that we're scammed by this guy with losses ranging from $5,000 to more than $80,000.
Andrew o'brien, removed himself as the ceo of the publiity guy brand due to all of the legal trouble heading his way with credit card charge backs and fraud.
If you are Veteran or currently serve in the Military, you are reading this and have been warned! Beware, there are people that prey on you because you served. They will scam you, they will abuse you, and they will take advantage and you will not even realize until it’s too late.
By most peoples standard you can call bogus and misleading claims a form of scam.
You need to be aware of a man named Andrew O’Brien who setup a group and website called Vetpreneur Tribe. https://vetpreneurtribe.com
Vetpreneur Tribe
1033 La Posada Dr
300
Austin, TX 78752
Why you need to be warned: Andrew O’Brien makes false and misleading claims about his experience and track record.
His goal is to get you into joining his coaching program.
This coaching group is where you have to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars to join his Warriors Council, a so called mastermind for Veteran entreprenurs. He claims his expertise and training will help you start a business making hundreds of thousands and millions of dollars.
Andrew O'Brien also makes claims to have setup a University within Vetrepreneur Tribe. Andrew O'Brien a high school drop out. He vever obtained a degree. Has no professional certifications. But he did pop pills and abuse acohol. An article publish in LAWeekly states "On Nov. 22, 2010, he swallowed four bottles of pills. "
-"He scrawls his name for them into copies of the 32-page book he has written, Welcoming Your Soldier Home. He wrote it in one day, the day he heard the statistics from the Department of Veterans Affairs: 22, laweekly.com/arts/army-veteran-andrew-obrien-saw-something-terrible-in-iraq-so-terrible-that-he-attempted-suicide-4183122
So a book written by a high school drop out, pill popping, sucidial veteran - 32 pages long and written in 1 day is what he has accomplished. I can only imagine how poorly written this shorty story is.
In a news cast on KVUE on Nov 16, 2016 he is featured"
"O’Brien tried to get help for his PTSD, but says he faced ridicule from his First Sergeant. So one night, he swallowed four bottles worth of pills, drank alcohol, and prepared to die. But as he felt himself dying, O’Brien said he realized he had made a mistake. He called 911."Two days later I wake up in the ICU with machines connected to me…and the first thing I thought when I woke up is 'Thank God I'm alive,’” said O’Brien.", kvue.com/article/news/investigations/charlie-foxtrot/two-central-texas-soldiers-struggles-with-suicide/351260929
This statement connects his suidcide attempt with his First Sergeant, which probably means he was still in service. When you attempt suicide in the military, you typically receive an immediate discharge from service for medical seperation, or general discharge. I asked for Andrew OBrien to show me if he was honorably discharged - to which he got very angry and aggresive on why I was questioning his service in the Army. I wanted to know if he had a dishonarble discharge or not. To which he wouldn't reply.
So the reason why I posted this to Rippoff Report is Andrew O'Brien is targeting Veteran entreprenuers with his scam. He wants you to pay hundred or thousands of dollars for his consulting services and fake university courses. He makes claims on how he can grow a business in 90 days and be profitable within 90 days. He continues to make false and misleading claims to trick Vets into joining his supposed University or Mastermind. Andrew O'Brien is not qualified to even attened a university and the only thing he mastered was popping pills and abusing acohol.
According to his own written account, his videos, and interviews this guy has given, you can piece together the bullshit. I took the liberty to put together the time line with links for you to make up your own opinion.
First, according to Andrew he joined the Army when he was 19
(https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/302896 )What branch did you serve ?
“I served in the Army from 2007-2011 and was deployed to Iraq from 2008-2009.”
So if joined in 2007 at 19, in 2018 that makes him 11 years older. About 29 or 30. Apparently some time between 2011 and 2015, according to online blogs and comments, O’Brien claims to have a PR company he claims he founded the , thepublicityguy.com or may somehow be related or to be connected.
So between 2012 in 2013 Andrew O’Brien is supposedly touring the country, promoting his “ 32-page book he has written, Welcoming Your Soldier Home” and the PR company didn’t exist. He doesnt make any claims of any business before or during his 4 year enlistment.
According to the statesmen “He tried a semester at DeVry Institute studying computer science, but decided school wasn’t for him. He tried his hand at a number of jobs and briefly started an errand-running business, but nothing seemed right. After about four months, he left his brother’s place and over the next few months moved eight times, living briefly with old Army buddies and on the couches of friends in Texas and Chicago.”
“He eventually landed in Austin, a place he had visited and loved, in the spring of 2012, renting a room in South Austin from a woman who had advertised on Craigslist.”
So up until 2012, he is not doing so well. Job hoping and bouncing from city to city trying to get his s**t together. Although he does seem to be doing some good in the world by speaking to Vet groups and parents about suicide prevention. And maybe his book is promoting something helpful to suicidal Vets and parents who are grieving. But for some reason, he seems to have stopped that book promtion and public speaking.
Now according to his website thepublicityguy.com, (if that is his, that he owns outright, without any partners) they were founded in 2015. The next year, in a Huffintonpost interview it is published that “Andrew launched his company, The Publicity Guy, in the start of 2016 and today has seven employees and is on pace to do over $1M in revenue for the year.” That article was written in September of 2016 so it is possible that Andrew’s company made a million that year. However not likely as there are many red flags that show they are not actually making one million in annual revenues.”
So which is it, did the company start in 2015 according to their website or did they start in 2016 according to O'Briens interview?
So now somewhere between September 2016 and November 2017 is where the bullshit comes to light. According to Andrew’s interview in , entrepreneur.com/article/302896, he makes this statement “My biggest problem in business was passion -- or lack thereof. I built a successful seven-figure publicity business. Money was flowing, revenue was increasing, credibility was growing and yet I was miserable. I hated waking up every morning and checking my email. I did not believe in what I was doing. I decided to fire myself as the CEO of my publicity business and hire someone else.”
At his own company “I did not believe in what I was doing” Wow is all I have to say. Is that a scam or what? You don’t believe in what you are doing but you are selling that to your customers? Who does that? Who sells something they do not believe in?
So Andrew O’Brien fired himself as the CEO from an almost making 7 figure company prior to November of 2017. Yet somehow Andrew O’Brien claims in Vetrepreneur Tribe that he has run many 7 figure companies and can help if you pay him thousands of dollars to join his coaching program.