Entrepreneurial Veterans Turn Their Back Burner Ideas Into Realities With NYU Program


NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering is helping bright veterans in their 20’s and 30’s break into NYC’s booming tech sector.

The school just launched Veteran Entrepreneur Training (VET), a mentor program combining academic and real world training to help veterans develop the skills they need to excel in the world of business, and in some cases, bring their own ideas to market.

On Wednesday, the 15 veterans kicked off the 10-week program by discussing their ideas and strengths, eventually choosing ideas to run with and forming teams around them.

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