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Director's Blog

Ready, set, compete! How we’re helping veterans and military family members innovate and start new businesses

Blog by Kathi Vidal, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO 

Director Vidal with service members, military spouses, and veteran entrepreneurs at MacDill Air Force Base on March 29. (Photo by Michael Cleveland/USPTO)

America’s inventors and entrepreneurs power our nation’s economy, competitiveness, and security. Many of America’s outstanding innovators and leaders are veterans. The skills they gained from their service, including teamwork, integrity and being organized, disciplined, adaptable, and focused, prepare them well for entrepreneurship. In fact, veterans have a proven track record of engaging in business ownership at higher rates than their peers in the civilian sector.

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