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Wisconsin Starts Seed Fund for New Veteran Owned Businesses

The Wisconsin Economic Development Commission (WEDC) has put $150,000 into a fund for start-up seed grants aimed at supporting new companies run by Wisconsin military veterans.   The investment will make Wisconsin the first state to launch such a fund to support veteran owned businesses. The fund will be managed by Entrepreneurial Veteran Transfer, Inc.., a Milwaukee nonprofit business incubator/accelerator for U.S.… Read more

Congressman Bob Turner (NY-09) Urges Passing of The Veteran Owned Business Enterprise Act and SDVOSB Act

Attention Veteran Owned Business Members and Visitors: Congressman Bob Turner (NY-09) sent letters to Senator John Defrancisco, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, and New York State Senate Finance Committee ranking member, Liz Krueger, urging them to pass S6819, The Veteran Owned Business Enterprise Act and S6818, The Service Connected Disabled Veteran Owned Business Enterprise Act, both of which… Read more

New Orleans Selected as 2011 National Veterans Small Business Conference Location

National Veterans Small Business Conference Selects New Orleans as 2011 Venue WASHINGTON — Thousands of small business owners, Veterans, military personnel and federal employees will attend the federal government’s premier national event for Veteran-owned small business in New Orleans in August 2011. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric K. Shinseki, “It allows us to draw attention to a region that is… Read more