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Veterans and Military Retirees Converge on Ft. Walton Beach, FL for Veterans’ Entrepreneur Conference

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 2/7/14

Deanna Wharwood

Deanna Wharwood and Associates

(850) 865-1314

info@deannawharwood.com

http://militarycareertransitionsystem.com

Ft. Walton Beach, FL Veterans and Military Retirees are arriving in sleepy seaside town of Ft. Walton Beach, FL for the first Veterans’ Entrepreneur Conference to be held at the Emerald Coast Convention Center, February 14-16, 2014. Veterans and Military Retirees that choose to start or grow their businesses will receive valuable coaching, training and access to business resources. Other highly successful “vetrepreneurs” including Willie Crawford, the 9 Figure Joint Venture Broker and Col. Edward Hubbard, former POW turned motivational speaker will be in attendance.

The Veterans Entrepreneur Conference is sponsored by Celtic Bank with partnerships with University of West Florida Small Business Development Center, the Veterans Business Outreach Center at Gulf Coast State College, the Florida VFW, District 1. A portion of the tickets sales will be donated to Building Homes for Heroes.

Over 5 million businesses in the United States are owned by veterans. Veterans currently make up the fastest growing business segment of business ownership. (Forbes)

22% of Veterans consider starting their own business. (US Census)

68% of veteran owned small businesses survive 10 years or longer. (US SBA)

Famous veteran entrepreneurs include: Frederick Smith (FEDEX) Malcolm Forbes (Forbes Magazine) Bea Arthur (Entertainer/TV personality) and Dave Thomas (Wendy’s)

Speakers at the Veterans’ Entrepreneur Conference will teach veterans how to successfully transition from the military, build stronger relationships, capture more leads, convert these leads into sales, design a lifestyle business, franchising and accessing capital. For those that want to participate but are unable to attend in person, video presentations of the event will be available.

To purchase tickets for the event or for more information, visit: http://deannawahrwood.com/entrepreneurs-conference

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