Author: Brian K. St.Ours

Nonprofit VOB Member

Giving Tuesday: Helping Veterans and The Military Community

Whether your generosity this #GivingTuesday includes a financial gift, item donation(s), volunteering or any and all, we thank you for taking the time to check out our list of nonprofit organizations! Including museums, At Risk Veterans groups, service dog suppliers, free transpiration, employment help and more! ***scroll down to see a list of categories*** This #GivingTuesday we’d like to introduce… Read more
News Alert from Veteran Owned Business

Get Your Military/Veterans Discount (Potentially) Seen by 1 Million+

Does Your Business Offer Military/Veterans Discounts? We are working on our 16th Annual Veterans Day Discounts and Freebies list (link shows you last year’s list). We are calling on members and supporters who have a special offer for Veterans Day (or year-round) to send VOB your special offer (discount, coupon, freebie, special, etc.).  Our Veterans Day Discounts and Freebies list/post… Read more
Florida Veteran Owned Business Certification

Florida State Veteran Owned Business Certification

The State of Florida’s Office of Supplier Diversity (OSD) certifies veteran owned businesses and service disabled veteran owned businesses (SDVOSBs) as part of Florida State’s supplier diversification program. Certification in Florida is a fairly quick and simple process. In addition to being certified by the State of Florida, your business will also benefit from: Referrals to state agencies and other… Read more
National Military Brats Day - April 30th

Celebrities Who Are Military Brats

Today, April 30th, is #NationalMilitaryBratDay!  Today we pay tribute to the often overlooked sacrifices of the children of active duty military personnel.  Imagine never having a home for more than a few years at a time! Imagine being shuffled from location to location and school to school for (sometimes) your entire childhood… having to establish new friendship, join new sports… Read more
Veteran Owned Business Project "Proud Supporter" Badge

September 2019 Veteran Owned Business Website Numbers

VeteranOwnedBusiness.com September 2019 website numbers are in: 254,368 unique visitors (Nearly 2.5 million so far in 2019) 3,500,000+ page views (close to 32,000,000 so far in 2019) 15,371 unique visitors on busiest day (*would be 3x higher if you add in all domains associated with VOB) And as always… thank you so much for your support of businesses owned by… Read more
Veteran Owned Business and SDVOSB Government Contracting

10/3/2019 SDVOSB/DVBE and Veteran Owned Business Government Bid Opportunities

Here’s a recent list posted on October 3, 2019 of RFPs, RFIs, Pre-Solicitations, bid updates and more from Federal Business Opportunities (FedBizOpps.gov). These are for various products and services for many government agencies. You must have an account with FedBizOpps.gov to view these bids. Your business must be verified with the CVE (click here for information about the CVE and… Read more
Veterans Crisis Line

VA Releases 2019 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report

VA released the 2019 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report, which includes findings from its most recent analysis of 2005–2017 suicide rates for both Veteran and non-Veteran populations. Data from the report emphasizes that suicide is a public health problem impacting Veterans and non-Veterans across the nation. VA offers within this report a renewed and determined call to unrelentingly address… Read more