Veteran Women’s Enterprise Center (VWEC) strives “to position women veteran-owned businesses as our nation’s leading small business revenue generators and employers.”
Following that vision, the VWEC embarks on its 4th Annual National Business Women’s Week Conference.
With the theme “#4BUSINESSRECOVERY: Reviving Business Performance,” the VWEC is reaching out to entrepreneur women associated with the military inclusive of veterans, active duty, reservists, and female military spouses in the hospitality/retail industries across the nation via their Inaugural 2021 Pitch Platform.
According to VR Small, CEO, Veteran Women’s Enterprise Center, “The VWEC was the first organization in 2020 to offer a grant program specifically to support women veteran entrepreneurs during COVID 19. Our 2021 Pitch Platform is just another of many opportunities we hope to lead that will highlight the innovations and resilience of entrepreneur women associated with the military; and particularly, our women veteran business owners often left out of the mix when we discuss veteran business development and support.”
The Platform has $40,000 in prizes sponsored by JP Morgan Chase & Co., second-year sponsor 7 Eleven, Frost Bank, and three-year partner/sponsor DISD/Minority & Women Business Enterprise.
The VWEC is balancing the scales by advocating for a platform for women veteran entrepreneurs to access their fair share of federal contracts and funding. The 2021 Pitch Platform is an additional step towards ensuring these servicewomen access the resources they need to succeed.
“In 2020, 96% of the clients we served identified as African American, but when we think of veterans, we don’t often think of women, and we definitely don’t think of women of color,” Small stated.
Open applications have just been extended until Friday, Sept. 10. For more information, visit VWEC, call 214-489-7984, or email [email protected]/.