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Men and women leaving the Armed Services today have the leadership, the discipline, and the training to be successful entrepreneurs. Of the eighty million small businesses in the United States, about four million, or five percent, are veteran-owned, more than one would expect given the number of veterans in the population. Moreover, the success rate of veteran business startups is high in comparison to other business startups, partially due to the experience the veterans have gained in the Armed Services.   more

1st Steps:

• 10 Steps to Starting a Business
• Business Ownership in the Veteran Population
• GI Bill for Entrepreneurship Training
• Michigan Veterans Business Resource Center
• Military Spouse Self Employment Resources
• Pros and Cons of Working From Home
• Small Business Ownership, SBA
  • Choosing to Run Your Own Business
  • Most Requested Items
  • Veteran Small Business Notes
  • Starting Your Business SBA
• Small Business Ownership, HireVetsFirst.gov
• Small Business Start-Ups - MEDC
• Start a Business, VA
• Starting Your Own Business, The Riley Guide

Disabled Veterans, Business Opportunities:
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• Association for Service-Disabled Veterans
• Business Resources for Disabled Veterans, Business.gov
• Doing Business with the State of Michigan
  •  Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Businesses
    • Governor Granholm Audio Clip
    • Governor Granholm Video Clip
    • Win Millions in Michigan Government Contracts 
  • Q & A about Public Act 91 of 2005
• Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities
• Procurement Technical Assistance Centers of Michigan
• SBA - Microloans 
• SBA Office of Veteran Business Development
• Service Disabled Veteran Small Business Initiative, GSA
• The Job Accommodation Network Entrepreneurship

Financing:
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• Best Banks for Entrepreneurs
• Business Finance and Financial Assistance
• Business.gov - Gateway to Federal Resources 
• Center for Veterans Enterprise
• Directory of State-Administered Grants
• Federal Grant Resources - SBA
• Federal Grants, Grants.gov
• Financing Your Business, MI Business One Stop
• Financing - Yahoo.com
  • Small Business Loan Calculator 
• Financing Resources, VA
• Key Bank Small Business
• Michigan Banks 
• Michigan Credit Unions
• PriceWaterhouseCoopers - MoneyTree Report
• Self Employment Assistance, DOL site
• Small Business Administration - Micro Loans
• US Government Grants
• Veterans' Business Development
• Veterans' Corporation
• Women's Business Ownership - SBA

Franchises:
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• Best of the Web - Franchising
• Bison (franchises and franchising)
• Franchise Aptitude: A Self-Test
• Franchise Opportunity Research 
• Franchise Solutions
• Franchise Zone
• Franchising - Yahoo.com
• G.I. Jobs Franchise Opportunities 
• International Franchise Association
• Little Caesars Pizza Veterans Program
• Military Franchising  
• The Franchise Doctor
• Two Men and a Truck
• VetFran (Veterans' Transition Franchise Initiative)
• Yahoo Small Business Directory - Franchise Information

Resources for Business:
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• Access America Business Services - FirstGov  
• BBC Business News
• Beehive Entrepreneur's Center
• BizJournals.com
• BizWeb.com
• Business Center - CareerOneStop
• Business Data and Statistics
• Business.gov - Gateway to Federal Resources
• Business Opportunities, Federal Government
• Business Tools - Yahoo.com
• Business Wire
• Company Listings. CareerBuilder.com
• CorporateInformation.com  
• Department of Defense
  • Army Defense Contractors (large listing )
  • Central Contractor Registration - DoD
  • Mentor-Protege Program
  • National Guard Contracting
  • Office of Small Business Programs
• Entrepreneurs (U.S. Department of Labor - Project GATE)
• Hoover's Online - worldwide business news and information
• INC online
• Manta - Data and Analysis 
• Marketing - VOX (Voice of Online Marketing)
• Michigan Technology News
• Nekkei.net
• Red Herring
• Small Business Administration
  • Characteristics of Veteran Business Owners
  • Delivering Success - SBA video interviews
  • Free Newsletters & Publications
  • Free Online Training Courses
  • National Guard and Reservists - SBA
  • Regulatory Alerts from SBA
  • Veterans Business Development - SBA
• Small Business - Yahoo.com
• Social Security Benefit Calculators
• State of Michigan
  • Business One Stop
  • Business Entity Search
  • Local Economic Development Organizations - MEDC
  • Small Business and Technology Development Center
    • Calendar of Training Courses
• Thomas Register - North American Companies & Products
• U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
• VA, Center for Veterans Enterprise
  • Business Opportunities
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization
• VetBiz Registry - list and find veteran-owned businesses
• Veterans in Business - Military.com
• Veterans Business Resource Center
• Veteran Entrepreneurs - veteranscorp.org
• Veteran Owned Businesses, Business.gov
• Veteran-Owned Business Directory, VetFriends.com
• Veteran-Owned Business Directory, VetBiz.gov
• Wall Street Journal
• WomenBiz.gov