Services
The Veterans Business Outreach Program consists of six stages:
- A pre-business workshop
- Assessment of your business concept
- Preparing your business plan
- Comprehensive feasibility analyses
- Entrepreneurial training (including on management assistance, developing effective marketing plans, help in locating government procurement contracts, and others)
- Mentor assistance
While we cannot provide you with a loan, we can help put your business in position to obtain the financing you need.
By the way . . . there is no charge for these services.
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How it Works
If you’re a veteran in any of these four areas, a network of resources is available to start or sustain your business:
- local Small Business Development Center
- regional SBA or SCORE offices;
- veterans assistance groups;
- military organizations
By calling or e-mailing, we’ll serve as a reference point to the skills of these people to provide your business with the help it needs.
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Mentorship Program
If you are a veteran running your own business, how about lending another veteran a helping hand by signing up for our VBOC Mentorship Initiative? Share your experience and expertise with another veteran who wants to start a business. Call this toll-free number:
1-800-732-SBDC
The VBOC is a program initiated by the U.S. Congress to enable men and women who have served in the Armed Forces to take full advantage of the opportunities presented by owning and operating their own business.
Service-disabled veterans are especially encouraged to use this program.
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Outside New York State
The New York State SBDC serves veterans in New York State.
If you and/or your business is outside New York, look to these other Veterans Business Outreach Centers:
- Veterans Business Outreach Center - Region III (serving veterans in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, and the District of Columbia)
Veterans Business Outreach Center
Robert Morris University
600 Fifth Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219
Contact: Regional Coordinator, Mr. Richard G. Portis or
Project Manager, Ms. Danyael F. Clark
Phone: (412) 397-6842 or toll free: 1-866-929-6243
Fax: (412) 397-6850
E-mail
- Veterans Business Outreach Center - California
VBOC
7270 E. Southgate Drive
Sacramento, California 95823
Contact: Indria Gillespie, Business Development Specialist
Phone: 916.393.8387 ext. 25
Fax: 916.393.8389
E-mail
- Veterans’ Business Outreach Center - Region IV (serving veterans in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee)
VBOC
2500 Minnesota Avenue
Lynn Haven, FL 32444
Phone: 800.542.7232
Fax: 850.271.1109
E-mail
- The University of Texas - Pan American - Region VI (serving veterans in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas)
UTPA Annex - VBOC
1201 W University Drive
Edinburg, TX 78539-2999
Phone: 956.292.7535
Fax: 956.292.7561
E-mail
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