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Business startup and growth resources<br />
serving our Veteran entrepreneurs<br />
in Florida and beyond<br />
January 2017 Issue 1 Volume 1<br />
Operation Startup - OPSU - is a<br />
collaboration between Hillsborough<br />
Community College (HCC)<br />
and the Hillsborough<br />
County Mark Sharpe<br />
Entrepreneur Collaborative<br />
Center (ECC).<br />
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Mark your calendar!<br />
January 6<br />
10 am - 12 pm<br />
OPSU Public Speaking Workshop<br />
February 13-17<br />
0 am - 0 pm<br />
Event Name<br />
February x<br />
0 am - 0 pm<br />
Event Name<br />
For more information<br />
OPSU<br />
Valerie Ellis Lavin<br />
813-xxx-xxxx<br />
valerie.ellis7@gmail.com<br />
VFEP<br />
Rosie Lee<br />
813-259-6024<br />
rlee51@hccfl.edu<br />
The entrepreneurship program -<br />
VFEP - is a Florida grant-funded<br />
instructional opportunity for<br />
veterans intersted in launching or<br />
growing their own business.<br />
In its second year of funding,<br />
the 2017 cohort of appoximately<br />
40 veterans will complete online,<br />
research, and practice activities<br />
reinforced by onsite sessions in<br />
Tampa every two weeks.<br />
The program includes handson<br />
learning opportunities helping<br />
veterans develop their business<br />
idea, learn business management<br />
skills, and formulate a viable<br />
business model. The program<br />
culminates in a pitch competition<br />
where participants vie for the<br />
chance to win seed money for their<br />
business.<br />
Entrepreneurship<br />
Program 2017<br />
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Proudly supported by<br />
county and state partners<br />
through grant-funded programs
More than 5,000 people attended Tampa Bay Startup<br />
Week TM in 2016. This free five-day event hosts some<br />
of the most successful entrepreneurs sharing the<br />
nuts and bolts of business launch, management<br />
and leadership. Registration is not yet open for the<br />
2017 event, but you can sign up to receive more<br />
information about the event and registration dates.<br />
Visit Tampabay.Startupweek.co for details.<br />
Vacant Space<br />
Motivational Quote?<br />
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Service & Non-Profit<br />
Organizational Management<br />
Greta Kishbaugh<br />
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From _____ to business launch<br />
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Telephone<br />
813-635-8316<br />
Contact Email<br />
cvs@HCFLGov.net<br />
Got Marketing Questions? Ask Beth!<br />
Mary Beth Kerly<br />
Instructor, Entrepreneurship, Management<br />
and Marketing HCC and Co-founder e2venture<br />
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Hillsborough County<br />
Consumer and Veteran Services<br />
Hillsborough County office of Consumer and Veterans Services provides a centralized<br />
unit to assist and support military members and their families. There are no fees<br />
required to seek assistance with outside agencies, access federal, state, and local<br />
benefits, or meet with a Veterans Service Officer. Call or visit an office when you or a<br />
Veteran you know needs assistance.<br />
Office of Veterans Services<br />
311 Pauls Dr. Suite 100<br />
Brandon, FL 33511<br />
South Shore Regional Service Center<br />
410 30th St SE<br />
Ruskin, FL 33570<br />
Veteran Service Officer locations<br />
Veterans Memorial Park<br />
3602 N US Highway 301<br />
Tampa, FL 33619<br />
James Haley VA Hospital<br />
13000 Bruce B Downs Blvd<br />
Tampa, FL 33612<br />
Homeless Veteran Reintegration Program<br />
13065 N 22nd Street<br />
Tampa, FL 33613<br />
Suggested Reading List<br />
Doesn’t matter if you’re a prospective<br />
business owner, a fledgling entrepreneur, or<br />
knee-deep in business management chaos,<br />
finding the right resources is critical for<br />
positive momentum. The libraries are filled<br />
with volumes on business advice. Reading<br />
the right one can mean the difference<br />
between wading in a stream of trials and<br />
errors - lots of errors - and sailing along on<br />
the winds of success. These selections will<br />
prove to put the wind in your sails.<br />
The Lean Startup<br />
Eric Ries<br />
www.theleanstartup.com<br />
Who moved my cheese<br />
Dr. Spencer Johnson<br />
www.spencerjohnson.com<br />
Good to Great<br />
James C. Collins<br />
www.jimcollins.com<br />
Start your own business<br />
The staff of Entrepreneur Media, Inc.<br />
www.entrepreneur.com<br />
The Purple Cow<br />
Seth Godin<br />
www.sethgodin.com<br />
Never Eat Alone<br />
Keith Ferrazzi<br />
www.keithferrazzi<br />
Start with why<br />
Simon Sineck<br />
www.startwithwhy.com<br />
One of our own:<br />
Vetrepreneurship<br />
Expertise<br />
Clinton E. Day, MBA<br />
Entrepreneurship Adjunct Professor<br />
SCF Entrepreneur-In-Residence<br />
FL Veterans Entrepreneurship Trainer<br />
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How can you thank a Veteran?<br />
Who among us launched a business without guidance or assistance? What did you need when your springboard<br />
was laden with ideas but without the energy necessary to launch? Where did you seek advice and<br />
investment? No one can do everything but everyone can do something. Be someone’s hero today. Click on<br />
the links below to tell us how you can thank a Veteran today, or call us at 813-259-6024.<br />
OPSU - Valerie Ellis<br />
VEFP - Rosie Lee<br />
Volunteer Advocate Support<br />
Serve as a subject matter Spread the word<br />
expert for OPSU or VFEP Follow us on Facebook and Twitter<br />
Share our Facebook posts<br />
Retweet our Twitter tweets<br />
Your experience will help instruct<br />
our Vetrepreneurs on the best business<br />
practices.<br />
Become a mentor for the<br />
2017 VFEP session<br />
Guide hopeful Veteran business owners<br />
to a successful business launch.<br />
Showcase your services at<br />
the VFEP Resource Fair<br />
Reserve your space to share<br />
what your business can do for our<br />
Vetrepreneurs. Space is limited.<br />
Invite us to speak<br />
Invite an OPSU or VFEP<br />
representative to speak to your<br />
professional or social organizations.<br />
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Business Finance Tips<br />
Take a Veteran to lunch<br />
Or 50 of them! The onsite sessions are<br />
in need of lunch sponsors. Showcase<br />
your business when you sponsor a<br />
lunch.<br />
Sow the Seed money<br />
Veteran entrepreneurs pitch to compete<br />
for seed money. Your contribution<br />
- 100% of it - will directly help a<br />
Veteran launch a business.<br />
Issue In-kind<br />
In-kind gifts provide launching<br />
businesses with what they need most and<br />
create long-term relationships between<br />
suppliers and business owners.<br />
Andy Gold, Ph.D.<br />
Hillsborough Community College<br />
Faculty, Business Administration and Entrepreneurship<br />
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