SBA’s Patriot Express Loan Initiative Delivers Nearly $500 Million to 6,000 Vets and Military Community
The SBA issued the following press release on July 1st:
Washington, DC – In just three years’ time, the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Patriot Express Pilot Loan Initiative has supported nearly $500 million in Patriot Express loans to small businesses owned and operated by veterans, reservists and their spouses.
Patriot Express Loans, which can be used to [...]
SBA Adds Eight New Veterans Business Outreach Centers to Assist Veteran Entrepreneurs
The SBA will be offering Veterans in business and those considering getting into business support and services in eight new markets:
State University of New Jersey – Newark, New Jersey
Old Dominion University – Norfolk, Virginia
University of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Fayetteville State University – Fayetteville, North Carolina
New Mexico Department of Veterans’ Services – Santa Fe, New Mexico
Southwest [...]
SBA Adds New Training Tools to Increase Opportunities for Vets
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Small Business Administration today announced a three-year agreement to expand and deliver entrepreneurship training for service-disabled veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The agreement with SBA’s Office of Veterans Business Development will support the expansion of the year-long Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV). The expansion of this [...]
