Veteran Entrepreneurship

Veteran Representative Available for Free Business Development Assistance

WHO: Miguel Moralez, Veterans Business Development Officer promoting business ownership for veterans, financing options to start or grow a business.

WHAT: A Veterans Business Development Officer from the New Hampshire District Office, U.S. Small Business Administration will be available at the Amoskeag Business Incubator to provide the military community members full access to the SBA’s range of programs and services, including the benefits of SBA’s Patriot Express program for veterans. No appointment is necessary.

WHERE: Amoskeag Business Incubator â€" 33 South Commercial Street- Manchester, NH

In just two year’s time, the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Patriot Express Pilot Loan Initiative has supported more than $315 million in loans to more than 3,750 veterans and their spouses who are using the SBA-guaranteed funds to establish and expand their small businesses.

Patriot Express, launched June 28, 2007, builds on the more than $1 billion in loans SBA guarantees annually for veteran-owned businesses, and the counseling assistance and procurement support it provides each year to more than 200,000 veterans, service-disabled veterans and Reserve members. Details on the initiative can be found at www.sba.gov/patriotexpress.The SBA and its Office of Veterans Business Development (OVBD) provides comprehensive assistance, outreach and support to veterans. Each year the SBA assists more than 200,000 veterans, service-disabled veterans and reservists. Go to www.sba.gov/vets.For more information, please contact Miguel Moralez at 603 225-1601 or via email at miguel.moralez@sba.gov. For a full array of SBA services and information offered by the SBA under the Recovery Act, visit our web page at www.sba.gov. NEW visit the SBA YouTube channel www.youtube.com/sba to inform current and potential entrepreneurs on how to start and grow a small business, and small business success stories