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November 7, 2012

Many vets trying their entrepreneurial skills

  • Veteran-owned businesses can receive priority for some federal contracts, and local governments are developing programs.
    • By MICHAEL MELIA
    Associated Press

    HARTFORD, Conn. — As a truck driver for the U.S. military in wartime Iraq, Ed Young racked up 7,000 miles, facing a constant threat of attack that left him struggling with depression and suicidal thoughts.

    Four years later, he is driving long hauls again, but now in the U.S. as one of a growing number of veterans turning entrepreneur. The Navy veteran who had seen his post-war life spiraling out of control says his Connecticut-based car transportation business has helped to put him on the road to recovery.


     
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