Events
October 4-6, 2023 Your battlefield may have been in a distant or foreign land. Starting and growing a business may feel just as distant and foreign. But, you can live the American dream of business ownership.
BBBC22 empowered more than 200 conference attendees from 15 different states with business development education, training, and networking opportunities.
Now in its 5th year, Business Beyond the Battlefield Conference 2023 is a 3-Day business-to-business educational conference, networking event, and small business showcase for military connected entrepreneurs, collaborative resource partners, military influencers, and decision-makers dedicated to growing the US economy by empowering the military connected entrepreneur community.
This conference will keep you engaged throughout three days of dynamic business development networking, inspirational speakers, panel discussions, subject matter expert breakout sessions and expos to get you in front of the resources that your small business needs.
Take advantage of Super-Early Bird savings while they last!
(HYBRID Workshop- IN-PERSON and ONLINE options) Join the UTA Veterans Business Outreach Center and James Runzheimer, Attorney at Runzheimer Law will as they walk you through your small business legal options and obligations including:
1. Why do you want to be an entrepreneur?
2. Who are you going to do business with?
3. Form of your business entity
4. Using Written Contracts
5. Payroll Taxes
6. Trademarks and Copyrights
7. Buy a Business or Franchise?
8. Basic Employment Law
9. Getting cash out of the business
10. Cybersecurity
Come network with other veterans who are making the leap from the battlefields of corporate American to the battlefield of entrepreneurship. Learn the steps required to go from where you are to where you want to be as a business owner.

Are you planning to start, or already running, your own business? Are you intrigued by the idea of entrepreneurship and looking to meet others who share your vision? Would you like to build connections within the North Texas entrepreneurship ecosystem?
Join UTA at EpICMavs! Produced in collaboration with our partners at TechFW, EpICMavs is offered every Thursday from 4:30pm-6:00pm during the academic year. Each week features a guest speaker on an entrepreneurship-related topic and includes a discussion session where students, faculty, staff and members of the community further explore the topic and get to know each other.
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Boots to Business
Boots to Business is the two-step entrepreneurial training program offered by the U.S. Small Business Administration as a training track within the Department of Defense’s Transition Assistance Program. This course is open to Servicemembers (including members of the National Guard + Reserves) and their spouses. Participants are introduced to the skills, knowledge, and resources they need to launch a business, including steps for developing business concepts, how to develop a business plan, and information on SBA resources available to help.