Veterans Enhancing Business Skills Can Get Started With Free PC
POWAY, Calif., Dec. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- The first graduates of The Veterans
Corporation's new Veterans Entrepreneurship Training (VET) program can now use
Gateway PCs to help power their new businesses. As part of a new agreement,
The Veterans Corporation provides veterans who complete the VET program with
$675 in credit for a Gateway PC and/or peripheral products like printers,
networking services and training classes in Gateway stores.
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The Veterans Corporation ( http://www.veteranscorp.org ), the only organization
solely dedicated to growing veteran-owned businesses, is providing business
and entrepreneurship training classes to veterans, service-disabled veterans
and transitioning military personnel through the VET program. Veterans in
Riverside, Calif., Portland, Maine, and Arlington, Va. have just completed the
FastTrac(TM) program, provided by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
( http://www.emkf.org ) as part of the VET program.
"Veterans have contributed so much to our country and we're proud to help
power veteran-owned business with Gateway technology that's critical to
successful businesses today," said Jay Lambke, Gateway's vice president of
institutional markets. "In addition to the PCs, veterans can also take
advantage of our training and Gateway's business products like networking
services to help them run their businesses more efficiently."
"This is a terrific program," said retired Army Maj. Gen. Charles R. Henry,
president and CEO of The Veterans Corporation. "E-business is a key element
for small businesses, and one we focus on heavily here. Gateway is providing
veteran entrepreneurs with the most powerful tool available for their
businesses."
The VET program includes:
-- FastTrac(TM) classroom instruction from experienced and successful
entrepreneurs.
-- Introduction to the advantages and strategies of electronic commerce.
-- Individualized business computer training.
-- A Gateway PC upon completion of the program.
About Gateway
Gateway, Inc. (NYSE: GTW), a personal technology company, improves
people's lives through a combination of the latest and best hardware,
communication tools, applications, training and service, all offered with a
custom financing package. The company takes a localized approach, utilizing
its Web site, call centers and nationwide network of Gateway retail stores to
build direct relationships with consumers, small and medium businesses and
government and education institutions. In 2001, Gateway's products and
services received more than 45 awards and accolades and the company was ranked
number one in repurchase brand loyalty for PCs(1). For more information,
visit Gateway's Web site at http://www.gateway.com .
(1) Source: MetaFacts Technology User Profile, 2001 Annual Edition.
Based on a survey of 6,799 home PC owners.
About The Veterans Corporation:
The Veterans Corporation provides Veterans and Service Disabled Veterans
with the tools they need to start and expand successful businesses, including:
-- Entrepreneurial training
-- Access to markets
-- Access to capital
-- Mentoring programs
No other public or private organization provides this specific assistance
to the 24-million-strong Veteran community. The Veterans Corporation, a
501(c)3 non-profit corporation, was created in 1999 by Public Law 106-50,
which also set a 3 percent set-aside goal for Veteran- and Service Disabled
Veteran-owned businesses in federal procurement.
SOURCE Gateway, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.gateway.com
http://www.veteranscorp.org http://www.emkf.org
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CONTACT:
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