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Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV)
EBV 2012 will be held September 29 – October 6, 2012 on the campus of Cornell University
The Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) offers cutting-edge, experiential training in entrepreneurship and small business management to soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines who were disabled as a result of their service supporting operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. The intent of the EBV is to open the door to entrepreneurial opportunity and small business ownership to these individuals by developing their competencies in the many steps and activities associated with creating and sustaining an entrepreneurial venture and also by helping them coordinate their efforts with programs and services for veterans and others with disabilities.
Be an EBV Volunteer Ambassador
You can help out with EBV as a volunteer staffer. Volunteers are needed between 4:00 p.m., Saturday, September 29, and 9:00 p.m. Saturday, October 6, when our EBV participants will be honored at their graduation ceremony. During the week, volunteers will interact with the participants and help out as needed, including coordinating participants in two outings. Volunteers will help with such tasks as staffing the registration desk, meeting participants at the airport, and running videos when the participants make their final venture pitches. Help welcome our veterans to this important program. To sign up click here.
About EBV
The EBV was first introduced by the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University in 2007. In 2008, the EBV Consortium of Schools was launched, a national partnership with UCLA Anderson School of Management, Florida State University's College of Business, and Mays Business School at Texas A&M. In 2009, The Krannert School of Management at Purdue University and the University of Connecticut School of Business joined the consortium. The LSU E. J. Ourso College of Business joined the consortium in 2010.
The EBV is designed around two central elements—focused, practical training in the tools and skills of new venture creation and growth, reflecting issues unique to disability and public benefits programs and the establishment of a support structure for graduates of the program. The practical elements of the program involves three phases.
EBV 2012, at the Cornell School of Hotel Administration will be the first “specialty school” in the consortium with a focus on Hospitality and Real Estate.
For more information, please visit http://whitman.syr.edu/ebv/
For information on sponsorship opportunities, please contact Neil Tarallo at nt266@cornell.edu.