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April Veteran Business Owners Stickers

Veteran Owned Business Stickers – April 2023

Just sent out another batch of VeteranOwnedBusiness.com “Verified Member” stickers and sponsor certificates to several members including several #PestControl businesses, a #RealEstateAgency, #InsuranceAgencies, several #homeinspectors, several #Restaurants and a few dozen other VOB members!...

Veteran Owned Business Stickers - March 2023

Veteran Owned Business Stickers – March 2023

Just sent out another batch of VeteranOwnedBusiness.com “Verified Member” stickers and sponsor certificates to several members including several #restaurants, a #DriveInMovieTheater, #RVRental biz, several #homeinspectors, a #TravelAgency, a #mattressstore and a few dozen other...

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.

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.