Jones speaks about MBS Veteran Entrepreneur Project on WABI

Nory Jones, a professor of management information systems at the University of Maine, and Jerry Ireland of the United Farmer Veterans of America — Maine, visited WABI (Channel 5) to speak about the MBS Veteran Entrepreneur Project (VEP), an online resource for veterans in the state. The purpose of the website and research project is to find useful information, knowledge, expertise and resources to help veterans start or grow a small business. “We discovered there are tons of resources out there, but it’s sort of fragmented and it’s kind of overwhelming,” Jones said. “So the point of this, in trying to help veterans who are interested in becoming business owners, was to try to bring it all together into hopefully an easy-to-use portal, like a one-stop-shop, where they can find anything they need.” The Maine Business School will host the first VEP entrepreneurship workshop, “How to Start a Business 101,” at noon, Wednesday, Sept. 14 in the Bumps Room of the Memorial Union. WVII (Channel 7) also advanced the workshop.