Arts By Ced LLC is a consulting firm for military Veterans. We help educate Veterans on the different benefits that are available to them in their State. Unlike most, we want to make sure that the Veterans we help have a detailed understanding of the process. We provide an array of free services. Our main priority is help Veterans understand what benefits are waiting for them. Rather it be medical, financial hardships, discharge upgrades, understanding compensation and pension, ordering records; we will do our best to help. We operate everywhere except California. However, we will help California residence find a place that will help them.
What inspired you to become an entrepreneur?
Entrepreneurship is something that has been in me since I was a kid. My first business was a yard cutting service when I was 12. My mother had a friend that worked as a paralegal. She helped me write a contract that stated nobody could cut the client’s grass, not even them, but I guaranteed it cut. I had different prices depending on the size of the yard $20, $30, $40. I had about 9 people on that contract. I usually keep a decent job, but I never stop having different businesses on the side. When I made the decision to go back to school to get my masters of social work in 2019, I started Arts By Ced to help supplement my income. It has been my longest sustaining venture yet. Once I’m done with the requirements needed to start a private practice, I intend on implementing therapy sessions as a part of Arts By Ced’s services.
What does success look like for you?
I think of success as a mindset. When I graduated high school, I felt successful. When I got my DD 214 that said Honorable on it, I felt successful. When I make it to the bathroom on time, I feel successful. Even now, being in a position where I have the knowledge and the ability to help people, gives me a feeling of success. I may not possess many of the riches the World has to offer, but I feel success all the time.
Tell us about something that you had to overcome.
I had to overcome my own mind. For a long time, I didn’t think that a certain lifestyle was for me. When I got out the military, I was lost. I know now that my leadership failed me during my discharge. I had the thought that once I was out the military, the government was throwing me away. I didn’t even know I was a Veteran. I thought you had to retire or lose a leg to get that title. I resorted back to my natural entrepreneurial spirit, just not in the most honest ways. I thought that this was the best chance I had at life. I had to overcome that thought process and truly understand the endlessness of opportunities available. I had to understand that I was able change my environment and my circumstances as long as I had a plan and the focus. I had to understand that I was the one playing defense on myself. Once my mind and my body got on the same team, I began accomplishing my goals.
What does being a veteran mean to you?
When I see a Veteran, I see someone that was a part of something much bigger than them. At one point in their life, they were a part of the same collective unit as myself. Regardless of the branch, rank, or duty; we shared the same thoughts and fears at some point. We have all been in a position where we helped a stranger in some manner, just because they were wearing a military uniform. Some of us have a distaste for the military and some of us love the military. Regardless of which, we all had to do pushups because some strange and angry person told us too. Being a Veteran means there is an entire community of people that understand me and I want to help as many of them as I can.
Born in Chicago, Cedrik is a 4 year Army Veteran that comes from an extensive military family. After his military service in the Army as an intelligence analyst, he found himself lost without direction and too proud to ask for help.
He was eventually hired by a nonprofit “Leave No Veteran Behind” and soon learned about the various benefits available to Veterans and their families.
He was able to utilized these benefits and change the trajectory of his life. He thought about other Veterans like himself that were living with injuries sustained by the Military the caused difficulty with his quality of life.
Arts By Ced was originally created so Cedrik could support himself in graduate school by selling his paintings. It eventually grew into a platform for events that specialized in Veteran vendors and artist. He began to utilize his knowledge about Veteran benefits to help the Veterans he came in contact with. After successfully helping hundreds of Veterans acquire their benefits in multiple States, he decided to acclimate this skill to his business.
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