Self-Employment & Small Business Ownership
Resources to help you become self-employed or start and grow a small business.
2009 Calendar for Small and Veteran Business Conferences
2009 Minority Enterprise Development Week
Offers a week long conference to share advice, counsel and insight to help veteran-owned and minority businesses stay competitive in the marketplace. The conference will take place on August 26-28, 2009 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C.
2009 National Capital Access Forum
Showcases new initiatives and solutions to the financing issues faced by minority and veteran-owned businesses. The conference will take place on May 11-12, 2009 at George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
2009 Tribal Management Grant Program & Training Calendar
Provides participants with basic grant proposal writing skills, ability to identify potential funding sources, and will allow time to begin writing a grant application. Next class is on May 24-25, 2009 in South Dakota and registration is required.
Answers for Starting a Business
Assistance for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Businesses
Balancing Business & Deployment Resource Guide
Balancing Business & Deployment Toolkits
Business Development Support for Veterans
Business.gov - Community for Small Business
Center for Veterans Enterprise
Contract Opportunity Matching System & Business Plan Writer
Provides an on-line system that allows Veterans to register their minority company with the Minority Business Development Agency's database. Registration opens doors to being able to access contract opportunities, post opportunities and seek business partners.
Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities
Federal Contractor Program for Veterans
Describes the affirmative action obligations of federal contractors regarding the hiring and promoting of qualified special disabled Veterans of the Vietnam era and selected other Veterans who served on active duty. See answers to frequently asked questions about the federal contractor program.
Franchise Opportunities for Veterans
Free Online Small Business Training
Getting Veterans Back to Business
Getting Veterans Back to Business Toolkits
GovAmerica - Free Federal, Military & Family Guides
Provides comprehensive information on a variety of topics for Active Duty, Veterans and their families from employment issues such as pay, benefits and retirement to health care and personal family issues including finances, consumer issues and identity theft, and much more. Also offers a free newsletter for the federal and military communities and their families.
Job Accommodation Network (JAN) - Entrepreneurship Resources
Provides information, resources and referrals about self-employment and small business ownership opportunities for people with disabilities. The Job Accommodations Network's toll-free number (1-800-526-7234).
Military Reservist Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program
National Veterans Business Development Corporation
National Veterans Entrepreneurship Conference
Patriot Express Pilot Loan Initiative
SCORE - Help for Veteran, National Guard & Reservist Small Biz Owners
START-UP/ USA - Self-Employment Technical Assistance, Resources & Training
Provides technical assistance, resources and training to individuals throughout the country who are interested in pursuing self-employment. Site offers a Web cast series in which successful entrepreneurs share their secrets for success and online seminars on topics including self-employment for individuals with disabilities.
Self-Employment Resources for Military Spouses
Service Disabled Veterans Comprehensive Rehabilitation Opportunities Program (SDV/CROP)
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Initiative
Small Business Administration (SBA) - Microloan Program
Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Veterans Business Development
Small Business Administration (SBA) Office of Women's Business Ownership
Promotes the growth of women-owned businesses through programs that address business training and technical assistance, and provides access to credit and capital, federal contracts and international trade opportunities.
Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs)
Small Business Resources for National Guard & Reservists
Social Security Administration Service-Disabled Small Businesses
The American Veterans & Service Members Survival Guide
Using Education Benefits to Start a Small Business
Information on using the Montgomery GI Bill education benefits to pay for the training needed to start a small business.
Using Your GI Bill for Entrepreneurship Training
Learn how to use education benefits to start or enhance a small business. Contact your local Small Business Development Center for guidance in starting a business.
Provides a list of resources, including government agencies, that can help Veterans start and grow small businesses.
VetBiz - Center for Veterans Enterprise
Learn about business opportunities, financing, business coaching, federal contracting opportunities and other information to help you start a small business. See the Center's outreach conference schedule for an event taking place near you.
Veteran-Owned Small Business Program
DoD Office of Small Business Programs provides information for Veteran-owned and service-disabled Veteran-owned small businesses interested in doing business with the DoD.
Veterans with Disabilities & Self-Employment Training Series
Online seminar that discusses what the Veteran needs to know and understand in the transition from the military lifestyle to that of a business owner with a disability. For more online training resources see the brochure Self-Employment Webcast Series.