Start or Grow Your Business

With the Veterans Business Outreach Center

Serving Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota

We are honored to be one of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Veteran Business Outreach Centers (VBOC) providing business development services in Wisconsin, Illinois and Minnesota to men and women who are:

  • Active duty service members, including Guard and Reserve
  • Veterans

For more information please email us and ask about our VBOC at vboc@wwbic.com

Programming

The VBOC @ WWBIC provides programs and services that help start or grow your business, including:

In addition to VBOC, WWBIC also provides services to veterans in partnership with the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA) and the Veteran Loan Fund.

Contact Us

Veterans Business Outreach Center at the Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation

Tel: 414-395-4556
Email: vboc@wwbic.com

Facebook: facebook.com/VBOCatWWBIC

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vboc-wwbic/

Keith Murphy
Co-Director, VBOC @ WWBIC
(Illinois & Minnesota)

Irma Inez Doering
VBOC Sr. Co-Director @ WWBIC WI|MN
(Wisconsin & Minnesota)

2026 WDVA Training Program & Pitch Competition

Get details on the program that will provide 20 laptops and eight equity injection to Wisconsin veteran business owners in 2026 at wwbic.com/2026-veterans

Register

Training Sessions

VBOC at WWBIC is funded in part by a Cooperative Agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration.

The Veterans Business Outreach Center (VBOC) Program is designed to provide entrepreneurial development services such as business training, counseling, and resource partner referrals to transitioning service members, veterans, and National Guard & Reserve members interested in starting or growing a small business.