Entrepreneurship
July 1, 2026
The Accidental Entrepreneur: How Military Spouses Take Their Careers into Their Own Hands
Follow one military spouse’s journey from bedside nurse to accidental entrepreneur.
By IVMF
March 6, 2025
Empowering Veterans through Skills-Based Hiring
There are many advantages for veterans when employers enact a skills-based employment strategy. Veterans bring unique skills and attributes to the workforce, many of which are critical today and expected to be increasingly sought after in the future of work. Skills-based employment opportunities can benefit both employers and veterans.
By Adam Pritchard | Rosalinda Maury
October 1, 2024
Military-Connected Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
The Advancing Military-Connected Entrepreneurship Initiative, funded by Walmart, aims to enhance the entrepreneurship ecosystem and support veterans, military spouses, and other military-connected business owners as they develop their businesses.
By Rosalinda Maury | Adam Pritchard
June 13, 2024
NSMAE: Military Spouse Entrepreneurs 2024
Overall, the findings reveal a strong entrepreneurial spirit among military spouses, with 89% viewing themselves as entrepreneurs and 48% as social entrepreneurs focused on solving social, cultural, or environmental issues.
By Rosalinda Maury | Adam Pritchard | Mirza Tihic
January 1, 2024
Military-Connected Small Business Profiles: Access to Capital and Resources Across Revenue Stages
This research brief presents a thorough analysis of the military-connected entrepreneurship ecosystem, detailing the progression of business development from inception to sustainability.
By Jeanette Harvie | Rosalinda Maury | Rachel Lisner
March 12, 2021
Veteran Certification: Demystify and Align
The Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University, has worked to increase the number of procurement-ready veteran-owned businesses (VOBs), while simultaneously working with corporations to build and expand upon their veteran business procurement strategies. In 2016, IVMF partnered with Fiserv to create the CVOB in an effort to further this work
By Misty Stutsman Fox | John Perez | Kayla Eberhardt
January 1, 2019
Veteran Entrepreneurship: Access to Capital Challenges and Opportunities
The search for capital to support small businesses is a challenge for all potential entrepreneurs, regardless of veteran status.
By Rosalinda V. Maury | Brice M. Stone | Kicia K. Sears | Andrew M Sander