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Operation: Start Up & Grow is the premier veterans business conference in Upstate New York for veterans and members of the military community who want to start or expand their own small business. This FREE conference features speakers, workshops, networking, exhibitors and much more. More than 100 veterans with an idea for a business or already in business found valuable information and resources to take their business to the next level at last year's conference.

SAVE THE DATE for the third annual Operation: Start Up & Grow on Thursday, March 18, 2010 at the Gordon Great Room, Onondaga Community College in Syracuse, New York.

All Veterans are invited to attend our third Operation: Start Up and Grow being held on March 18, 2010.

This workshop is being offered at No Cost to veterans, in the Gordon Great Room at Onondaga Community College, and is aimed at providing veterans with resources, information and technical assistance for starting a business and in dealing with issues in existing businesses.

Conference Highlights:

• Keynote addresses from the USA Lt. Col. Stacy Garrity
• Interview with successful local veteran entrepreneur, Collins White, President and CEO of Defenshield, Inc.
• Marketing presentation from a local marketing firm.
• Workshops for start-up and existing businesses.
• Exhibitors, networking, awards presentations.
• One to one business counseling with cewrtified business advisors.

Includes breakfast and lunch.

Previous Sponsors Have Included:

• New York Business Development Corporation 
• Onondaga Community College  
• Small Business Development Center at OCC 
• U.S. Small Business Administration 

Participating Resource Partners Have Included:

• Disabled American Veterans 
• Madison County Veterans Services Agency  
• New York State Department of Labor
• New York State Division of Veteran Affairs
• New York State Small Business Development Center Veterans Outreach Program  
• Onondaga Community College Veterans Affairs Office
• Syracuse University Entrepreneurship Boot Camp for Veterans with Disabilities 
• Syracuse Veterans Affairs Medical Center
• U.S. General Services Administration

If you want more information regarding this event, call 315.498-6070 or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or

register at http://www.sba.gov/ny/syracuse, click on the Operation: Start Up and Grow Link.