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The Veteran Entrepreneur Playbook

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READ & UNDERSTAND

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Cover of Getting Your Veteran-Owned Business Verified
FREE FIELD GUIDE · PDF

Getting Your Veteran-Owned Business Verified

Getting Your Veteran-Owned Business Verified walks eleven steps: confirm SBA VetCert eligibility, fix control problems in your operating agreement, check NAICS size standards, register in SAM.gov, submit the certification application, answer SBA requests, and track recertification. Education only.

WORKSHEETS & TOOLS

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First page of the Ownership Is the Easy Half worksheet
FREE WORKSHEET / TOOL · PDF

Ownership Is the Easy Half

SDVOSB certification: 51 percent ownership is easy, control is where applications fail. Spells out SBA's control rules and timing, with a fillable self-audit and free help sources.

First page of the Two Clocks worksheet
FREE WORKSHEET / TOOL · PDF

Two Clocks

A VA debt letter starts two clocks: thirty days to keep the money and one year to ask for a waiver. Covers dispute, waiver and appeal, with a fillable six-question waiver worksheet.

First page of the Work History Record worksheet
FREE WORKSHEET / TOOL · PDF

Work History Record

TDIU is a different door, not a rating you climb to. Explains the percentage rules, marginal employment and the Census threshold, then gives a fillable job-by-job work history record.

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