Connecticut Bootcamp Supports Veteran & Spouse Entrepreneurs

Published on November 11, 2025

The Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans (EBV) at the Connecticut Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation announced its 2025 cohort of 23 participants made up of veterans and military spouses. ccei.uconn.edu The program delivers no-cost training in business fundamentals—feasibility analysis, marketing strategy, capital raising—through a three-phase format: online coursework, a week-long on-campus session (scheduled for August), and 12 months of follow-on mentorship.

Participants include veteran founders in sectors ranging from defense tech to e-commerce, and military-spouse co-founders. The cohort is geographically diverse and highlights growing inclusion of spouses in veteran-entrepreneur training programs. The bootcamp covers travel, lodging and instruction at no cost.

The structure signals how veteran-entrepreneurship support is maturing beyond “idea stage” to sustained growth: training + mentoring + peer network = a pathway rather than a one-off seminar. For business-leaders, this means veteran-entrepreneurs are increasingly prepared and connected.

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