Task & Purpose Covers 2015 Citi Salutes Business Plan Competition

‘These Veterans Are Realizing Their Dreams As Small-Business Entrepreneurs’

During the Veteran Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship event in Washington, D.C., on May 30, veteran and military-spouse entrepreneurs gathered to workshop ideas, network and participate in break-out discussion sections.

The event was put on by the Institute for Veterans and Military Families, and included the Realizing Your Dream competition. Six finalists from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Boots to Business and V-Wise entrepreneurship training programs presented their business models and competed for a share of $130,000 seed funding from Citi Foundation.  Read more…