The 海角直播 Business Incubation Program will offer up to 40 veterans free training in how to start and run a business, thanks to funding and network partner status from the Veterans Florida Entrepreneurship Program.<\/p>\n
The program will reimburse UCF up to $85,000 to provide the four-month-long training module. \u201cWe are fully committed to providing veterans with the guidance and mentoring that will put them on the path to successful business ownership,\u201d said Gordon Hogan, director of UCF\u2019s incubator program and a U.S. Army veteran. \u201cWe want to be sure that when they make the decision to go ahead with forming a business that they make an informed decision.\u201d<\/p>\n
UCF already has a history of helping veterans through the business-incubation program. The UCFBIP has helped launch at least 20 veteran-owned companies and it has benefited from having leaders who are also veterans eager to help others make the transition from the military to entrepreneur.<\/p>\n
Rafael Caamano, site manager for the UCFBIP\u2019s Winter Spring location, served in the U.S. Army from 1991 to 1999. In 2013, as an associate director of the UCFBIP, he was trained by the Kauffman Foundation to lead its veteran\u2019s entrepreneurship course.<\/p>\n
Ricardo Garcia, who manages the government resources program for the UCFBIP, took the course and afterwards felt compelled to help lead it. A U.S. Air Force veteran who served in Afghanistan, Garcia said that he was impressed with the course because it focused on the strengths that veterans typically possess \u2013 loyalty, commitment and a sense of discipline \u2013 and helped them parlay that into success in the business world.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Veterans Florida Entrepreneurship Program offers veterans in the state access to high-value, entrepreneurship education through our world-class state colleges and universities,\u201d said Bobby Carbonell, the organization\u2019s executive director. \u201cThis education will empower the next generation of great veteran entrepreneurs to make lasting contributions to the state\u2019s economy.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, military veterans own an estimated 2.4 million businesses which account for 9 percent of all businesses nationwide.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe VARC looks forward to collaborating with the UCF Business Incubation Program as a partner in our quest to offer as many opportunities as we can for student-veterans to succeed and excel in their academic and post-academic careers,” said Paul Viau Jr., director of the center. “With the approximately 1,400 student-veterans at UCF, we look forward to helping UCFBIP expand its offerings to this most-deserving population.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Veterans Florida Entrepreneurship Program is a 15-week course, consisting of both online and in-person training, where participants will attend in-class training at the UCFBIP 海角直播 Towers office every two weeks on Saturdays from Jan. 20 through May 6. Online coursework will be held in between the Saturday sessions.<\/p>\n
Following the completion of the education phase, participants will receive ongoing mentorship from Florida SBDC business consultants and businesses leaders from their local area.<\/p>\n
Applications are being accepted now at http:\/\/www.veteransflorida.org\/veterans\/veterans-florida-entrepreneurship-program\/. A program open house will be held at the UCFBIP on Dec. 16. The office is at 12201 Research Parkway, Suite 2001, Orlando.<\/p>\n
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