Five Resources for Turning Vets Into Entrepreneurs featured in Entrepreneur.com

For the men and women of the U.S. military, returning to civilian life is often bittersweet.

Veterans who have left the U.S. military in the past 10 years are contending with an unemployment rate of 12.1 percent in October, up from 10.6 percent a year ago and well above the overall U.S. jobless rate of 9 percent, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. And more than a million service members are projected to leave the military between 2011 and 2016…

…Veterans can access training to become entrepreneurs through the Veterans Fast Launch program, which SCORE (formerly the Service Corps of Retired Executives), launched in partnership such organizations and companies as American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and Hewlett-Packard. The program offers free software, mentoring and training to veterans, active-duty personnel and their families. Discounts on services like getting incorporated are also available to participants, as are scholarships to attend SCORE’s Simple Steps for Starting Your Business workshops at 360 SCORE chapters across the U.S.

Read more about the Veteran Fast Launch Initiative today over at Entrepreneur.com