Category: Veterans Administration VOSB News

Massachusetts Veteran Owned Business Numbers and Statistics

The following is a statistical look at veteran owned small businesses (VOSB) and service disabled veteran owned small business (SDVOSB) numbers in the state of Massachusetts. GEOGRAPHICAL AREA ALL FIRMS VETERAN OWNED (at least...

Homeless Veterans Stand Down Event Scheduled For April 5th – 7th, 2013

On any given night in the Big Bend area, we have several hundred Homeless Veterans, countless numbers of these veterans are homeless due to conditions resulting from combat in a foreign country while giving...

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SBA To Host Veterans Small Business Forum January 9th

The forum is geared towards U.S. military veterans, their spouses, and active duty, guard, and reservists who own, or are interested in starting, small businesses.

Fewer Veterans Starting Businesses; New Program Will Train Veteran Entraprenuers

Veterans made up only 6% of all new entrepreneurs last year, compared to 12% in 2000. That’s a 50% decline in new veteran owned businesses. From 1999 until 2008, veterans started their own businesses at a greater rate than civilians, but from 2009 on, civilians have outpaced veterans in starting new companies. To help resolve this problem, the military is expected to launch a program to offer help starting a business to the approximately 250,000 who leave the military every year.