Enjoy an album of photographs from UCLA Anderson’s 2015 EBV
Celebrating its 10-year anniversary nationally this month, the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) returns to UCLA Anderson July 9–17 for the ninth consecutive year. EBV was launched at Syracuse University’s Whitman School of Management in 2007. Since the original class, the Institute for Veterans and Military Families has expanded the EBV Program to 10 world-class universities throughout the U.S.
More than 80 veterans with disabilities will converge on the UCLA, Texas A&M and Syracuse University campuses in July to leverage the valued skills gained from military service and learn the basics of business ownership. The Institute for Veterans and Military Families at Syracuse University (IVMF) and nine other EBV consortium schools across the country deliver the EBV Program to post-9/11 veterans with service-connected disabilities, who desire to develop the skills and tools needed to launch and maintain successful businesses. Assistance from the U.S. Small Business Administration, corporate partners and donors allows participants to attend the EBV program cost-free.
“EBV has produced more than 1,300 graduates since 2007, of whom 68 percent have launched new ventures,” said Tina Kapral, Senior Director of Education and Training at IVMF. “The IVMF at Syracuse University is excited to work again with UCLA and Texas A&M to support our nation’s veterans in creating and growing their own small businesses.”
EBV is a three-phase program, beginning with a three-week online instructor-led course in which participants shape business plans and learn business language. During the second phase, participants will complete an intensive eight-day residency at each university, learning the “nuts and bolts” of business ownership from established entrepreneurs and educators. Following the residency, EBV graduates will receive access to a year-long support and mentorship program through EBV Technical Assistance, managed by the IVMF.
In addition to Syracuse University, UCLA, and Texas A&M University, the EBV Program is offered at the following universities:
- College of Business at Florida State University
- Krannert School of Management at Purdue University
- School of Business at the University of Connecticut (UCONN)
- E.J. Ourso College of Business at Louisiana State University (LSU)
- School of Hotel Administration at Cornell University
- Haub School of Business at Saint Joseph’s University
- Trulaske College of Business at the University of Missouri
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