Resources for Veteran Business Owners Veteran Business Outreach Centers The SBA provides assistance to veterans
SBA Contracting Support for Small Businesses
Institute for Veteran and Military Families
in their local communities through Veteran Business Outreach Centers. The centers
The SBA also offers resources for service-
can help veterans access resources such as
disabled veteran-owned businesses looking
A program of Syracuse University, IVMF
to procure federal contracts.
toward veterans re-entering the workforce or
business training, counseling and mentoring, right in their local communities.
Veteran Fast Launch Initiative From SCORE, the Veteran Fast Launch
Initiative provides mentoring and training,
along with free software and other services,
This non-profit organization connects
NaVOBA
mentorship and career advice.
Association is a membership-based program
U.S. veterans to business leaders for
BusinessUSA The BusinessUSA Veterans Resource tool
Veteran Entrepreneur Portal
business owners find the most relevant
vantaged Business Utilization, the Veteran Entrepreneur Portal provides access to a
number of business tools and services, from
is an interactive guide to help veteran
federal, state and local tools to help start
The National Veteran-Owned Business
that advocates for veteran business owners.
The association works as a watchdog to hold the federal government accountable to its veteran contractor mandates.
21 Gun Salute Initiative
and grow their businesses.
The GSA’s program to support service-
VetBiz
includes an action plan aimed at meeting
business education to financing opportunities.
The VA’s VetBiz site provides information
Boots to Business
tion’s verification process for veteran-owned
Boots to Business is another program of the
looking to start their own businesses.
American Corporate Partners
to military veteran entrepreneurs.
A part of the VA’s Office of Small and Disad-
provides a wide variety of resources geared
about the Center for Verification and Evaluabusinesses looking to gain eligibility for the
disabled veteran-owned businesses
or exceeding the goal of reserving 3 percent of contracts to service-disabled veteranowned small businesses.
VA’s Veterans First Contracting Program.
V-Wise
course and an eight-week online course that
FedBizOpps
Entrepreneurship is an organization that
and other essential elements of early busi-
provides a portal for businesses looking for
SBA. It’s a two-step entrepreneurial training program that includes a two-day classroom
offer instruction on forming a business plan
The Federal Business Opportunities website
ness ownership.
active federal contracting opportunities.
Veteran Women Igniting the Spirit of
provides resources, courses and mentorship to female veterans who have started businesses or are looking to do so.
National Veteran Small Business Coalition
Victory Spark
EBV Foundation
This organization supports veteran-owned
As part of the Global Entrepreneurship
Collective, Inc., Victory Spark is an accelera-
EBV Foundation’s Entrepreneurship Boot-
tor program focused on startups led by U.S.
experiential training in entrepreneurship
small businesses by promoting policies that
encourage participation of veteran-owned businesses in federal contracting opportunities.
military veterans. The program includes a
12-week mentor-driven Lean LaunchPad Program, along with grant funding for entrepreneurs who complete the program.
camp for Veterans with Disabilities offers
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