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APRIL 2024
MILITARY-CONNECTED SMALL BUSINESS NEWSLETTER
As the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) resource for Veterans, The UTA Veterans Business Outreach Center (UTAVBOC) is a one-stop shop to assist Veterans, Reservist, National Guard, Active Duty Personnel and Military Spouses in starting and growing their businesses through education, training, advising and entrepreneurial development services.

Our monthly newsletter provides you with valuable and up-to-date information on military-connected entrepreneur events, resources and services to assist in your entrepreneurial endeavors!
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Upcoming Events
Boots to Business

The “Introduction to Entrepreneurship” course is the foundational piece of Boots to Business (B2B). Participants are introduced to the skills, knowledge, and resources they need to launch a business, including steps for developing business concepts, how to develop a business plan, and information on SBA resources available to help.

After completing the “Introduction to Entrepreneurship” course, participants can elect to further their study through the B2B Revenue Readiness online course that prepares participants to take their business idea from concept to an executable business model in a relatively short timeframe.
Scale Your Business with National Diversity Veteran Small Business
May 16, 2024 | 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM CST

Learn how to leverage affordable technology to scale your business in the public and private sector and effectively sell to Government Purchase Cardholders without a GSA schedule or other contract. Specifically, you'll learn about eProcurement Services (ePS) ability to provide the technology needed to scale and grow your business in the private and public sectors as well as National Diversity Veteran Small Business (NDVSB) and how it can serve as a gateway to federal acquisitions.


A Guide to Selecting Legal Structures
On-Demand

Selecting the right legal structure is critical. However, it often falls low on the priority list. It affects the way you pay taxes, how you handle bookkeeping, your personal liability, and funding. Finding the right balance of legal protections and legal benefits is pivotal. Learning the basics early on can save you significant time and effort and also improve profits. Register here- search the platform for the course.
Find Your Fit in the Market
On-Demand

This course covers the basics to help you understand and achieve Product Market Fit with your business products and offerings. A strong indicator of product market fit is when existing users recognize your product’s value and tell others about their great experience with the product and your company then replicates that same experience for new customers. In this course you will uncover the way Product Market Fit is quantified and steps you can take to achieve it with your own customer base. Register here- search the platform for the course.
SBIR Program for Veterans
UNTHSC has partnered with VBOC to bring the HSC Next SBIR Phase 0 program to Tarrant County veterans.

The free program helps small businesses apply for federal money through America’s Seed Fund (SBIR/STTR), which seeks to assist small businesses in bringing new technologies to market.

The money companies receive doesn’t have to be repaid and companies keep 100% ownership of their business and intellectual property.

Visit SBIRphase0.com to apply or email nicole.reilley@unthsc.edu for more information.
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Free Advertising for UTAVBOC Clients
May is Military Appreciation Month and we love to shine a spotlight on the remarkable veteran-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned, and military spouse-owned small businesses within our client network in order to increase awareness and potentially attract new customers to support these enterprises*.


*Opportunity exclusively for UTAVBOC Clients.
UTAVBOC's partnership with Govology provides no-cost, online support for small businesses pursuing government contracting opportunities by connecting them with trusted knowledge, resources, experts, and support so that they may learn, prepare, connect, and win. Be unstoppable with Govology's weekly webinars, 150+ on-demand courses, and cohort programs from experienced industry professionals. Save $675 and access this content for FREE as a client of UTAVBOC.

Vision
The Veterans Business Outreach Center University of Texas Arlington (UTAVBOC) is the premier resource for education, training and inspiration to empower the military connected community to build profitable businesses that add value to the member, their local community and the nation.
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Business Beyond the Battlefield
The University of Texas at Arlington is the nation’s top public university for military service members and veterans and No. 2 among all universities, according to the 2023 Military Times Best for Vets: Colleges list.
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