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NPR’s All Things Considered spoke with Mike Haynie, executive director of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families and Barnes Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Whitman School, about the unemployment picture for American veterans. Haynie says veterans from the post-9/11 generation have to overcome not only a tough economy but a special set of challenges, including physical and psychological traumas in war. ...

The Wall Street Journal quotes Mike Haynie, executive director of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families, and Barnes Professor of Entrepreneurship at Whitman, on training programs for veterans to pursue traditional sources of capital. 2011 EBV graduate Shannon Meehan is also quoted.

The Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal (Port Orchard, Wash.) reported on the expansion of the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV), founded in 2007 at the Whitman School and operated by the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), to Cornell University.

As more than 1 million servicemen and women prepare to return home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan over the next five years, the Interagency Task Force on Veterans Small Business Development, created by President Obama, has issued a report to the president that cites 18 recommendations with significant potential to help these returning veterans translate leadership, skills and experiences gained during service into strong, job-generating businesses post-service.

Syracuse University’s veteran entrepreneurship programs the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV), Veteran Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship (V-WISE) and Operation Endure & Grow are cited in the report as model programs and best practices to help veterans start and grow businesses in ord ...

An op-ed in the Washington Times on cultivating the American spirit features the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV), founded in 2007 at the Whitman School. A White House blog post by EBV graduate Justin Constantine on young veterans transitioning back to civilian life also makes note of EBV programs. ...

In concert with National Military Family Month, the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans’ Families (EBV-F) has welcomed 17 participants to the second annual program on the Syracuse University campus. The program began Sunday, Nov. 13, and runs through Sunday, Nov. 20. The EBV-F provides a vocational and economic path forward for military family members who now find themselves caregivers to a wounded warrior, and surviving spouses of servicemen and women who gave their lives in service to our nation.

Sixteen women and one man, all military family members and/or spouses of veterans representing all branches of the armed forces, are taking part in the EBV-F. The eight-day residency includes exposure through course work, lectures and keynote speakers to accomplished entrepreneurs, academics, disability experts and business leaders from across the country. The EBV-F experience is intense; a typical day for participants in the program begins at 7:30 a.m. and ends at 10 p.m.

Founded in 2010 at the Whitman School of Management and operated by the University’s Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), the EBV-F is part of the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities ...

Fortune mentioned the $1 million donation from Walmart to the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (founded at the Whitman School and operated by SU's Institute for Veterans and Military Families)  for efforts of job creation and preparation for veterans.

The Sacramento Bee, Marketwatch, the Salt Lake Tribune and  the American Forces Press Service reported on the expansion of the EBV program  to the Cornell University School of Hotel Administration. The stories also reported on U.S. Small Business Administration programs focused on encouraging  vets to grow and expand small busi ...

Mike Haynie, executive director of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families at SU and Barnes Professor of Entrepreneurship in the Whitman School, commented on American Public Media's "Marketplace" on veteran unemployment. The show was broadcast on American Public Media and NPR.

EBV founder Mike Haynie, executive director of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) and Barnes Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Whitman School, was quoted in an International Business Times article on a provision in President Obama's jobs bill that would provide tax incentives for businesses that hire veterans and would establish a program to train veterans in the skills they need to re-integrate into the civilian workforce. Haynie was also interviewed for a CNY Central report on veteran unemployment. ...

Chris Cancialosi and Reggie Crane, graduates of the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV)--founded in 2007 at the Whitman School--were profiled by Inc. magazine on seven innovative military start-ups. The pair attended the EBV at The Florida State University. ...