1. Small Business Administration Entrepreneurship Track
BOOTS TO BUSINESS (B2B)
Small Business Administration Entrepreneurship Track
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2. Objectives Eligibility requirements Describe what B2B provides
Where to attend
Identify agency providing training

3. Benefits of business ownership
Being your own boss
Challenge and satisfaction of building something that belongs to you
Financial rewards
Franchise opportunities

4. Who is Eligible? Transitioning Service members
Enlisted and Officers (all pay-grades)
Veterans
Spouses

5. What is Boots to Business?
Two-step training program offered during T-GPS Entrepreneurship Track
Administered Small Business Association (SBA)
Provides Introduction to Entrepreneurship and Foundations of Entrepreneurship

6. Introduction to Entrepreneurship
Two-day Course offers an overview of the process of starting a business
Core component parts required to develop a business or nonprofit organizational plan.

7. Foundations of Entrepreneurship
Eight-week instructor-lead online course
Detailed in-depth instruction
Focused on creating a proper business plan and providing tips and techniques to get started.

8. Boots to Business / Reboot
Reboot is training for separated Veterans and their dependents
Training is held at military installations calendars are posted on the SBAVETS website.

9. Small Business Administration (SBA)
SBA created by congress to “aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns”
Assists in business plan development and financing
SBA Website

10. Resources available to Veterans starting a business

11. Conclusion
The Boots to Business program is the SBA’s program designed to give transitioning members tools and skills needed to be successful in starting and maintaining a business or franchise

12. Review What organization delivers the Boots to Business courses?
What are the two courses that make up the Boots to Business training?
How is each one delivered?

13. Questions?