Guides
January 28, 2026
How To Find A Business or Career Mentor
Have you ever felt stuck in your career or business? Are you hitting a wall when it comes to understanding how to get better at what you do, or unsure what the next steps on your path are? Sounds like you’re in need of some mentorship. So, since January is National Mentoring Month, let’s talk about it.
By IVMF
July 29, 2025
How To Integrate AI Into Your Business: A Practical Guide for Veteran and Military Spouse Entrepreneurs
The general feeling pushed in the entrepreneurship spaces is adopt the emerging technology, or get left behind. In fact, incorporating an AI use-case is key to attracting investors in 2025 (with the caveat that the rest of the business fundamentals still need to be strong, AI isn’t a magic bullet).
By IVMF
March 14, 2025
A Veteran’s Guide for How To Publish Your First Book
A lot of veterans want to publish a book. Often, it’s a memoir with stories about their military service. Some veterans might have dollar signs in their eyes...
By IVMF
February 9, 2025
Pitching 102: What Goes in The Pitch?
Your pitch communicates two ideas about your business as clearly and concisely as possible. First, you need to clearly explain what problem your company solves and how you do it.
By IVMF
February 8, 2025
Pitching 103: The Leave Behinds
The post-pitch generally encompasses two things, fielding questions about your pitch, and figuring out your leave-behind strategy.
By IVMF
January 9, 2025
Pitching Pro Tips
There are a handful of key concepts that are common to every successful pitch. If you nail these, you have a shot at success.
By Chris Carlson
October 23, 2024
The Spookiest Things No One Warns You About Business Ownership
It’s spooky season, and to celebrate we’re going to talk about some of the most terrifying aspects of business ownership! Owning a business can be a high-pre...
By neconnor
June 18, 2024
Veteran and Military Spouse-Owned Businesses to Help Your Next PCS move
It’s PCS season, and hundreds of thousands of servicemembers and their families will face the daunting task of moving across state or even national lines. Pi...
By IVMF