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Veterans Business Outreach Center

The Veterans Business Outreach Center (VBOC) program offers resources to transitioning active-duty members, veterans, reservists national guard members, and military spouses who are interested in starting or growing a small business. Through 28 different locations across the country and serving every state in the U.S., all VBOC programs are participating through a cooperative agreement with SBA that is designed to provide entrepreneurial development services such as business training, counseling, navigational resources, and resource partner referrals.

UTRGV VBOC by the numbers for 2023

725

Counseling Hours

549

Clients Served

320

Number of Trainings

$ 394 K

Capital Formations

Entrepreneurial Trainings

Boots to Business Register for B2B

The two-day “Introduction to Entrepreneurship” course introduces participants to key elements of small business ownership to assist in determining if entrepreneurship is a feasible and practical transition strategy.

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Boots to Business Reboot Register for B2BR

This one or two-day in-person course is offered off installation and provides participants with an overview of business fundamentals, while introducing techniques for evaluating the feasibility of business concepts.

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Entrepreneur Training Program Request Information

The UTRGV Entrepreneur Training Program is an eight-module training course covering topics in business fundamentals, such as: Introduction to...

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What is a B2B-Reboot

Boots to Business Seminars

Get motivated to find out more about us by seeing how our staff members selflessly engage with the veteran community in their Boots to Business seminars! You know what's even better? It's a YouTube video.

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Services Provided

By Veterans Business Outreach Center


Pre-Business Plan Workshops

VBOCs conduct entrepreneurial development workshops dealing specifically with the major issues of self-employment. An important segment of these workshops entails the usage of the Internet as a tool for developing and expanding businesses. Each client is afforded the opportunity to work directly with a business counselor.

Concept Assessments

VBOCs assist clients in assessing their entrepreneurial needs and requirements.

Business Plan Development

VBOCs assist clients in developing and maintaining a five-year business plan. The business plan includes such elements as the legal form if the business, equipment requirements and cost, organizational structure, a strategic plan, market analysis, and a financial plan. Financial plans include financial projections, budget projections, and funding requirements.

Comprehensive Feasibility Analysis

VBOCs provide assistance in identifying and analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of the business plan to increase the probability of success. The results of the analysis are utilized to revise the strategic planning portion of the business plan.

One-On-One Counseling

VBOCs, working with other SBA resource partners, target entrepreneurial training projects and counseling sessions tailored specifically to address the needs and concerns of the service-disabled veteran entrepreneur.

Navigation of Resources

VBOC assists with navigation of resources throughout its coverage area in the West, Central and South Texas regions.

Funded through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration. All opinions, conclusions or recommendations expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SBA.