Fall 2025 Veterans Florida Startup/Business Model Canvas Cohort

Are you a veteran or military spouse looking to start or grow your business? The Veterans Florida Business Model Canvas (BMC) Cohort at Florida Atlantic University is designed to help you develop and validate your business idea with expert mentorship and hands-on guidance.

We are currently gauging interest for our Fall 2025 Cohort, pending grant renewal. If you’d like to be among the first to receive updates and secure your spot, please express your interest by signing up here.

Don’t miss this opportunity to take the next step in your entrepreneurial journey!

Fall 2025 Business Model Canvas Cohort

Facilitated Business Model Canvas (BMC) Cohorts: If you join one of our BMC Cohorts, you will complete and produce a Business Model Canvas with the assistance of a mentor. You will determine if your idea, business, or new product or service is or is not validated and marketable. After successfully completing the program, you will be eligible to enter Florida Atlantic's annual Business Pitch Competition to compete for startup seed funding.

Participants must be:
● A Florida resident.
● Discharged veteran with other than bad conduct or dishonorable discharge; participants must provide electronic copy of DD214 Member 4 or U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs letter verifying other than bad conduct or dishonorable discharge.
● Active duty member of the United States military within 12 months of End Term of Service (ETS), or a member of the Florida National Guard or United States Reserves; participants must provide letter confirming guard/reserve or active duty status.
● Spouse or unremarried former spouse of a veteran or servicemember with documentation of letter verifying marriage or former marriage to a veteran or servicemember, their DD214 Member 4 copy or U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs letter verifying other than bad conduct or dishonorable discharge or letter confirming guard/reserve or active duty status.
● An entrepreneur with a for-profit idea, startup business, or established business and a need to test their risks and assumptions for a new product or service.