Veterans Business Outreach Center
The Veterans Business Outreach Center (VBOC) Program is designed to provide entrepreneurial development services such as business training, counseling and mentoring, and referrals for eligible veterans owning or considering starting a small business. The SBA has 15 organizations participating in this cooperative agreement and serving as Veterans Business Outreach Centers (VBOC).
Services Provided by the Centers
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 Preparations
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.
Entrepreneurial Training and 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.
Mentorship
VBOCs conduct, as appropriate, on-site visits with clients to ensure adherence to their business plans. Additionally, VBOCs review monthly financial statements to determine whether a revision of the business plan is warranted or that desired results are being attained.
Other Business Developmental Related Services
VBOCs also provide assistance and training in such areas as international trade, franchising, Internet marketing, accounting, etc.
Center Locations and Areas of Coverage
Region I
- Syracuse University – Falcone Center for Entrepreneurship
- States Covered: Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut
- Address: 721 University Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13244
- Website: http://whitman.syr.edu/programs-and-academics/centers-and-institutes/falcone/
- Telephone Number: 315-443-0286
- Email Address: tlbrow04@syr.edu
Region II
- The Research Foundation for the State University of New York at Albany
- States Covered: New York, New Jersey
- Address: 6 Executive Park Drive, Entrance B, Albany, NY 12203
- Website: http://www.nyvetbiz.com/
- Telephone Number: 518-380-5069
- Email Address: aamoroso@albany.edu
Region III
- Hampton Roads Veterans Business Outreach Center at Old Dominion University
- States Covered: Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
- Address: 4111 Monarch Way, Suite 103, Norfolk, VA 23508
- Website: www.hrvboc.org
- Telephone Number: 757-683-4793
- Email Address: csagaste@odu.edu
- Community Business Partnership
- States/Territories Covered: District of Columbia, Maryland, Northern Virginia, Puerto Rico & Virgin Islands
- Address: 7001 Loisdale Road Suite C, Springfield, VA 22150
- Website: http://www.cbponline.org/
- Telephone Number: 703-768-1440
- Email Address: charles@cbponline.org
Region IV
- Veterans Business Outreach Center at Gulf Coast State College
- States Covered: Florida, Georgia, South Carolina
- Address: 5230 West Highway 98, Panama City, FL 32401
- Website: http://vboc.org/
- Telephone Number: 1-800-542-7232 or 805-769-1551, ext. 3327
- Email Address: bpeacock@vboc.org
- The Veterans Business Outreach Center at Fayetteville State University
- States Covered: North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky
- Address: School of Business & Economics, 1200 Murchison Road, Newbold Station, Fayetteville, NC 28301
- Website: http://www.fsuvboc.com/
- Telephone Number: 910-672-2683
- Email Address: rrehder@uncfusu.edu
- The Veterans Business Outreach Center at Mississippi State University
- States Covered: Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Louisiana
- Address: 60 Technology Blvd, Suite 105 D Starkville, MS 39759
- Website: http://vboc.msstate.edu/~vboc/index.php
- Telephone Number: 662-325-4990
- Email Address: mscott@business.msstate.edu
Region V
- VetBiz Central, Inc
- States Covered: Michigan, Ohio, Indiana
- Address: 501 South Averill Avenue, Flint, MI 48508
- Website: http://vetbizcentral.org/
- Telephone Number: 810-767-8387
- Email Address: matt@vetbizcentral.org
- Veterans Business Outreach Center at Women’s Business Development Center
- States/Territories Covered: Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Hawaii & Guam
- Address: 8 S. Michigan Avenue, 4th Floor, Chicago, IL 60603
- Website: http://www.vbocwbdc.org/
- Telephone Number: 312-853-3477 ext.670
- Email Address: hbeck@wbdc.org
Region VI
- Veterans Business Outreach Center – University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
- States Covered: Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas
- Address: CESS Building, 1407 East Freddy Gonzalez Drive, Edinburg, TX 78539
- Website: http://portal.utpa.edu/utpa_main/ce_home/bdi_home/vboc_2012_home
- Telephone Number: 956-665-8931
- Email Address: david.elizondo@utrgv.edu
- New Mexico Veterans Business Outreach Center
- States Covered: New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Oklahoma
- Address: 5201 Eagle Rock Avenue, NE, Suite 2A, Albuquerque, NM 87113
- Website: http://nmvboc.org/
- Telephone Number: 505-383-2403
- Email Address: joseph.long@state.nm.us
Region VII
- Veterans Advocacy Foundation, Inc.
- States Covered: Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa
- Address: 315 Lamay Ferry Road, #114, St Louis, MO 63125
- Website: http://www.vetbiz.com/
- Telephone Number: 314-531-8387 or 8386
- Email: Info@vetbiz.com
Region VIII
- Big Sky Economic Development Authority
- States Covered: Montana, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah
- Address: 222 North 32nd Street Suite 200, Billings, MT 59101
- Website: http://www.bigskyeconomicdevelopment.org/
- Telephone Number: 406-254-6871
- Email Address: hudson@bigskyeda.org
Region IX
- Veterans Business Outreach Center IX
- States Covered: California, Nevada, Arizona
- Address: 4608 Duckhorn, Drive, Sacramento, CA 95834
- Website: http://www.vbocix.org/
- Telephone Number: 916-527-8400
- Email address: admin@vbocix.org
- VBOC IX Sub-Center
- Address: 300 Booth Street, Suite 3065, Reno, NV 89509
- Website: http://www.vbocix.org/
- Email: admin@vbocix.org
Region X
- Seattle Business Assistance Center
- States Covered: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Alaska
- Address: 1437 South Jackson Street, Seattle, WA 98144
- Website: http://seattleccd.com/
- Telephone Number: 206-324-4330
- Email Address: juliannad@seattleccd.com
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