A nonprofit is working to connect returning vets with innovative investors and new companies.<\/p>\n
A new nonprofit organization based in Milwaukee, with funds from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs<\/a>\u2019 innovation initiative, is supporting entrepreneurial vets.<\/p>\n “Veterans often are educated in the most cutting-edge technologies available,” stated veterans disability attorney James Fausone. “And they have the discipline and drive to succeed.”<\/p>\n The nonprofit, VETransfer<\/a>, is working with current and returning veterans to help them find the funding and the support they need to launch startups ventures. Cofounders Greg Meier and Nick Weichert believe in focusing on getting small business up and running by pairing them with entrepreneurial vets, and by equipping and financing vets with the resources they require to launch their own projects.<\/p>\n VETransfer does not provide companies or startups with the financing they need; they introduce the right clients to the right investors. They also provide free office space and internet access, and (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A nonprofit is working to connect returning vets with innovative investors and new companies. A new nonprofit organization based in Milwaukee, with funds from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs\u2019 innovation initiative, is supporting entrepreneurial vets. “Veterans often are educated…<\/span><\/p>\n