For the past 35 years, women & minority businesses have united to increase their business opportunities while veteran-owned businesses have remained fragmented. NaVOBA was created to unify and provide a voice for veteran-owned businesses.
As a veteran you understand the importance of teamwork and realize that success is not achieved alone. NaVOBA increases your chances of success and benefits you by unifying you with other veteran business owners nationwide. By joining NaVOBA, you are strengthening the voice of the veteran business movement.
Meet veterans like you who have had success as business owners.
 | Start-Up Success: High Tech Crime Institute With the disciplines learned in the Army, Pearson founded High Tech Crime Institute Inc., providing computer forensic equipment production, security, risk management and forensic law enforcement training on local, state and federal levels. |
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 | Success with Corporate America: Go Daddy.com Bob Parsons has been in some tough spots. In 1968, he was a high school senior, unsure he’d have the grades to graduate, and worried that the Marine Corps wouldn’t accept him.
That was 40 years ago, a long way from Parsons’ role as Founder/CEO of The Go Daddy Group Inc., the world’s leading Internet domain registrar known for its edgy culture, Super Bowl commercials, and a roster of celebrity pitchers including NFL receiver Chad Johnson and Olympic swimmer/Playboy covergirl Amanda Beard. The firm has annual revenues of nearly $500 million. |
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 | Success with the Government: Veteran's Alaska Construction, LLC When Master Sgt. Bob Stooksbury joined the Air Force in 1979, he operated heavy equipment in Osan, Korea. Eventually he became a manager for contract construction projects until 1996, when he was retrained in the environmental health care. After he retired in 2003, the urge to return to his roots in building and contracting was just too profound, and Stooksbury couldn’t wait to get back into construction.
“I knew that I didn’t want to retire from the world’s greatest military and end up taking inventory for Wally’s World of Widgets somewhere,” Stooksbury said. “As soon as the Veterans Benefit Act [Public Law 108-183] was passed, I knew that I wanted to start my own business. |
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Every day corporate America spends billions of dollars with suppliers to maintain their operations and keep revenue flowing. Many of the dollars changing hands are spent with vetrepreneurs. But, how many?
To support one of NaVOBA’s goals – to encourage corporate America to utilize veteran-owned businesses in their supplier diversity programs – NaVOBA is analyzing FORTUNE 1000® firms to determine if they “Buy Veteran.” Using publicly available information, NaVOBA has devised a tracking mechanism to assess what efforts corporate America has made to “Buy Veteran.” Click here to view the most up-to-date results of our research.
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