Creating Opportunities for America’s 3 Million

Veteran-owned Businesses

Matthew Pavelek

Vice President of Membership

• Veterans Business Journal (2003)

• NaVOBA launched in 2007

• NaVOBA galvanizes the nation’s 3 million businesses owned by veterans by providing a single voice to advocate for important issues.

What is NaVOBA?

• Vetrepreneurmagazine is the only publication dedicated to covering the veteran business movement.

• Serves as the watchdog holding governments accountable

Vetrepreneur Magazine

• Buy Veteran brings the success and momentum of the national veteran business movement to all of America’s 3 million veteran-owned businesses.

• Buy American. Buy Local. Now Buy Veteran.

What is Buy Veteran?

NaVOBA Third Party Certificationas a

Veteran’s Business Enterprise (VBE)

Coming in the f i rs t quar ter 2016!

Linda Denny

NaVOBA Consultant,

WBENC President Emeritus

New News!

NaVOBA is forming a non-profit organization that will provide the Veteran’s Business Enterprise

(VBE) certification to Veteran owned businesses.

Why target Corporate America?

Veterans Business Enterprise Certification

Educating VOBs about certification:

• Who needs it? • Why is it valuable? • How is it different than the VA’s Veteran

Business Verification?• Will a VOB pay to get the VBE Certification? • What to expect?

Veterans Business Enterprise Certification

• Who authorized NaVOBA to certify my business?

• Why do I have to pay to get certified?

• I’m already certified in another area (e.gWBE, MBE, 8a, etc.) Why do I need this?

FAQs

Why NaVOBA?

My business is now VBE Certified, now what?

Q &A