Boots to Business

Operation Boots 2 Business is a great program to help entrepreneurial veterans! We have decided to promote this organization for all those awesome vets that we love so much!
What is Bots 2 Business?
From Service to Start-up is a U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)-sponsored, worldwide program offered as a component of the Department of Defense’s (DoD) redesigned Transition Assistance Program (TAP) renamed Transition GPS. Boots to Business is offered by the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University (SU) and operated by SU’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), in partnership with SBA resource partners. Boots to Business is a three-step training program developed to introduce and train transitioning service members to business ownership. Boots to Business helps ensure that every transitioning service member has access to a standardized entrepreneurship training track and small business resources in their local communities. After completing Boots to Business participants will have the tools and knowledge they need to identify a business opportunity, draft a business plan, connect with local small business resources, and launch their small business.
 To participate in the Boots to Business entrepreneurship track, the transitioning service member (or spouse/partner) should contact their on base TAP coordinator or reach out to a SBA district office*. Once participants complete the 'Intro to Entrepreneurship' and the '2-Day Intensive Workshop', the instructor will provide a login and password to gain to access to register for the Foundations of Entrepreneurship.
There are no registration fees or tuition for any portion of the Boots to Business entrepreneurship training track. All service members will receive textbooks and resources necessary to complete the program.

Here's some great resources for Veterans in businesses:

• Boots to Business resources
• Business USA Resources 
• VBOC
• My Next Move
• VetBiz

We love to do what we can for veterans and their families. If you are a veteran or know anyone who is and could use some help of any kind, please let us know. Thank you!