Category: FL Veteran Owned Businesses News

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...

5th Annual Vet Net Event

VOB Attends 5th Annual Central Florida Vet Net Event

The no-cost festive holiday-themed Meet and Greet featured over a dozen companies and offered veterans an opportunity to promote their business or provide assistance to veteran owned small businesses.

Florida Ranks 3rd For Most Businesses Owned By Military Veterans But 39th In Percentages

The top five states in terms of percentage of veteran owned vs. civilian owned businesses are South Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia, Tennessee and Alabama.

Several States Now Offer or Require Military Status on Veteran’s Driver’s Licenses

There are currently 27 states that feature a veterans designation on drivers licenses or have legislation that permit the issuance of a separate veterans ID card at the state or county level.

Attn SDVOSBs: Winter 2012 Issue of VetLikeMe Newsletter is now available

GAO agrees with SDVOSB companies that the VA should consider SDVOSBs first. This does not mean that an SDVOSB wins a specified contract, but GAO agrees that, according to PL 109-461, SDVOSB must be considered first

Entrepreneurial Development Training for Veteran Women (V-WISE) Comes to Jacksonville, Florida

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has partnered with Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management and the Institute for Veterans and Military Families, to provide veteran women with a unique training opportunity to start or grow a business. This training is open to current veteran women, active-duty women who are transitioning out of the military in the next 24 months, and a spouse or female partner of a veteran.

Veteran Owned Business Project Celebrates its Fourth Anniversary

Since its inception, the number of Veteran Owned Business members has grown to nearly 15,000 members with over a million visitors to the Veteran Owned Business website.