SparkHaus, Northern Kentucky’s future entrepreneurial hub, is teaming up with the Disabled American Veterans on an entrepreneurial boot camp for veterans.
The DAV Patriot Boot Camp aims to help transitioning service members, veterans, and their spouses with free startup education, mentorship and a supportive community to help them succeed as business founders and job creators.
“There are more than 1.6 million veteran-owned businesses in America, and we want SparkHaus to be part of as many of those entrepreneurs’ journeys as possible,” Blue North Executive Director Dave Knox said in a press release. Knox also serves on the DAV National Veterans Entrepreneurship Council.
The DAV is a more than century-old national nonprofit headquartered in Erlanger. The boot camp, per the organization, helps bridge the accessibility gap for funding, education and mentorship.
“As an organization born in Over-the-Rhine and now headquartered in Erlanger, DAV is particularly eager and grateful for this opportunity to support local veterans and their families in a unique, powerful way,” DAV CEO Barry Jesinoski said in the release. “Through SparkHaus, we will be able to provide our entrepreneurs with a new resource and help connect them with a vibrant community of like-minded innovators and difference makers
SparkHaus aims to be a space where NKY-based founders, investors and support organizations can collaborate in one central office hub. Upon completion, SparkHaus will house many of the region’s preeminent venture capital firms, entrepreneurial development organizations and startups.