By the Numbers: 14 May 2018
9%
The percentage of U.S. businesses in which a Veteran is the majority owner, according to a recent article in the journal Military Medicine -- American Military Veteran Entrepreneurs: A Comprehensive Profile of Demographic, Service History, and Psychosocial Characteristics.
The article found that Veterans are twice as likely to be self-employed as nonveterans, and...
...self-employed Veterans, an important yet understudied subset of the U.S. economy, were older, more educated, served fewer years in the military, endured more lifetime traumas, and demonstrated evidence of psychological resilience when compared with Veterans working as employees.
9%
The percentage of U.S. businesses in which a Veteran is the majority owner, according to a recent article in the journal Military Medicine -- American Military Veteran Entrepreneurs: A Comprehensive Profile of Demographic, Service History, and Psychosocial Characteristics.
The article found that Veterans are twice as likely to be self-employed as nonveterans, and...
...self-employed Veterans, an important yet understudied subset of the U.S. economy, were older, more educated, served fewer years in the military, endured more lifetime traumas, and demonstrated evidence of psychological resilience when compared with Veterans working as employees.