Fred Smith
  • Oak Hill, California

Local Military Veteran Fred Smith Completes Entrepreneurship Bootcamp

2016 Apr 28

Fred Smith (NAVY) of Oak Hill, California (92344) was among 19 post 9/11 military veterans who completed the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) this past April at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

An entrepreneurial and small business education program founded in 2007 at the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University (SU), and operated by SU's Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF), EBV is is widely acclaimed as the nation's premier veteran entrepreneurship training program. The program, which is offered through a select consortium of colleges and universities, is organized into three phases: weeks of online business foundation classes, nine days of on-campus instruction, and year-long mentorships with successful entrepreneurs.

Named in U.S. News & World Report's 2015 rankings of "Best Colleges for Veterans," SJU ranked No. 2 among colleges and universities in the North for helping veterans and active-duty service members apply to, pay for and complete their degrees, and was named a 2015 Military Friendly School by MilitaryFriendly.com.