September Recap: All the Places

September was a busy month for us here at Instant Teams! While we’re primarily a remote company, we always jump at the chance to connect in person with our teammates, partners, and customers.  Here’s a quick rundown: In September, our team spoke at VetsInTech, attended HubSpot’s INBOUND  Conference and the Defense Innovation Summit; sponsored MilSpouseFest Read more…

LinkedIn Live Recap: Joy + Purpose = Good Business

Devon’s Military Spouse Story

When we launched Twelve Million Plus, we wanted to give military spouses a safe place to connect and share their stories. We’re excited to highlight Devon’s experiences as a male military spouse and working father. (Did you know 8% of military spouses identify as male?)  Devon’s Story Devon and his family have moved all over – Read more…

Spouses Hiring Spouses

As a military spouse-founded/led corporation on a mission to employ military spouses, we’ve always strived for meaningful collaboration that brings value to all. When Liza and Erica started Instant Teams in 2016, many of the company’s first customers were fellow military spouse entrepreneurs.  As we’ve grown Instant Teams over the past 7 years (and launched Read more…

Empowering Women in Tech: Liza Rodewald’s Journey from Engineer to CEO

As a female-founded company, our CEO and Founder, Liza Rodewald, is a 4x entrepreneur and software engineer with more than 20 years of technical experience and has built multimillion-dollar enterprise software for the government and healthcare industry.

Is it possible to shake up the BPO space? We think so.

Twelve Million Plus: LaPora’s Story

Building community is the heart of what we’re doing at Twelve Million Plus. Each week, we sit down with a military spouse and share their story. We recently had the privilege to meet up with LaPora Lindsey. We learned A LOT – and we’re still feeling inspired.  LaPora is a nationally recognized speaker on workforce Read more…

Military spouse remote work is now allowable in Italy

Huge news for military spouses!  According to the United States Army Garrison Italy website states, “Dependents in Italy with a missione visa are now authorized to telework to U.S. employers.” We’ll say it again: this is incredible news for military families and remote work opportunities for military spouses stationed in Italy! The SOFA has long Read more…

Instant Teams attends the Executive Order Signing for Military Spouse Employment

It’s a historic day for the ongoing fight to improve Military Spouse Employment. From the White House’s official announcement, “Today, at Fort Liberty, North Carolina, President Biden will announce a comprehensive set of executive actions to increase the economic security of military and veteran spouses, caregivers, and survivors. Joined by First Lady Jill Biden, alongside Read more…

Bipartisan Legislation Updates for Military Spouses

“We applaud the leadership of Senator Klobuchar and Senator Tillis for acting to provide critically needed resources to military spouses to better enable them to start companies and become entrepreneurs,” said Erica McMannes, co-founder of Instant Teams.