Veteran-Owned Small Business News

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- Veterans to Get More Small Business Loans
  May 21, 2013
  NEW YORK (TheStreet) – Just in time for Memorial Day, the U.S. Small Business Administration Tuesday began a lending program that will involve 20 of the country's largest banking institutions. Wells Fargo , JPMorgan Chase , U.S. Bancorp , TD Bank head the list. The aim is to increase lending to military veterans by 5% per year over the next five years. Veterans looking to start a business …
- Score helps counsel small-business owners
  May 23, 2013
  The Wichita Score Chapter (Counselors to America’s Small Business) has accomplished in 2012 what it would like to refer to as an outstanding year in supporting its mission, which is to help small businesses grow and prosper through the willingness of a dedicated group of volunteer counselors who donate their time and business expertise.
- Small business loan guarantees growing
  May 22, 2013
  By Scott Blake Small businesses in South Florida are on pace to receive more federally-guaranteed loans this year, a sign that the region's economy is on the upswing, according to a US Small Business Administration official.
- Workshop offers free advice on sequestration, contracting
  May 15, 2013
  SIERRA VISTA — Join the Cochise College Small Business Development Center for a free workshop to discuss surviving sequestration, the Small Business Association’s Veterans Initiatives and the Arizona Procurement Technical Assistance Center ( AZPTAC ) from 1 to 4 p.m. June 11 in room 900 of the Sierra Vista Campus. Rob Noone, counselor for AZPTAC , will discuss how the center can help small …
- Citi and Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University Launch “Realizing Your Dream” Business …
  May 5, 2013
  Citi and the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University today announced the launch of the Citi Salutes: Realizing Your Dream Business Competition, a call for veterans who are established or aspiring entrepreneurs to submit formal small business plans in hopes of receiving a share of $130,000 in available seed funding.
- Wineries want to help raise a glass to veterans
  May 16, 2013
  If you're looking to raise a glass to veterans this Memorial Day you might consider filling it with wine that will raise funds for them, too. A number of wineries are making the veterans-and-vines connection. And if you're not so fine on wine, there's even a liquor — Wild Turkey — that's gotten into the spirit with a Boots and Bourbon campaign.
- Business news: Ventura County to regulate hydraulic fracturing
  May 23, 2013
  Ventura County to regulate hydraulic fracturing
- Coastal Bend Business Datebook: 05.19.13
  May 19, 2013
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- California wineries want to help raise a glass to veterans
  May 22, 2013
  If you're looking to raise a glass to veterans this Memorial Day you might consider filling it with wine that will raise funds for them, too. A number of wineries are making the veterans-and-vines connection. And if you're not so fine on wine, there's even a liquor — Wild Turkey — that's gotten into the spirit with a Boots and Bourbon campaign.
- Disabled veterans to receive fee relief from county for home modifications
  May 23, 2013
  Thursday, May 23 rd , 2013 Issue 21, Volume 17. SAN DIEGO – San Diego County Supervisors Dianne Jacob and Bill Horn want to help ease the transition from active duty to home life for disabled veterans.

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