Community Impact
Empowering veteran business owners
Our mission is to honor veterans’ service and support their pursuit of business growth through knowledge and connections.
Military service members dedicate their health and livelihood to keeping us safe. When they return to civilian life, they deserve support as they gain financial footing, build a career and grow their businesses.
Veterans are a particularly motivated group of entrepreneurs. JPMorgan Chase has several efforts in place to get veterans the resources, capital and opportunities they need:
- Our Office of Military and Veterans Affairs drives initiatives to recruit and train veterans across the firm.
- We spearhead the Veteran Jobs Mission, which aims to hire 1 million veterans at major companies.
- We are proud co-founders of Bunker Labs and CEOcircle, a training and mentorship program in which cohort members can gain access to peer networking opportunities, growth-stage resources, dedicated liaisons and a 12-week advisor program.
- We’re a founding partner of the Institute for Veterans and Military Families and Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans initiative at Syracuse University
- We supported the launch of the National Veteran-Owned Business Association
Below, veteran business owners can find even more materials to educate, inspire and empower them.
- How to become a certified diverse-owned business (guide)
- National Minority Supplier Development Council + JPMorgan Chase Certification Reimbursement Initiative (program)
- 6 tips to help diverse suppliers (article)
- Supplier Diversity Spotlight: Veterans Sourcing Group (video)
- 'Mission: Business' podcast geared toward veterans of color (article and podcast)
- Diverse-owned business certification can be a game-changer (infographic)
- Tips to help veteran entrepreneurs pursuing funding (article)
- Capital Connect (program)
- 'Mission: Business': Getting Money—Part 1 (podcast)
- 'Mission: Business': Getting Money—Part 2 (podcast)
“If I want you [the financial institution] to lend me money, I don’t want to appear unprepared or uninformed. I want you to say yes.”
— Terry Hill, Co-Head of Veteran Initiatives, JPMorgan Chase Commercial Banking
Brian and Mark Canlis, co-owners of Canlis Restaurant
Travis Mack, founder, chairman and CEO of Saalex Corp.
- Thriving in uncertain times: Travis Mack (article and videos)
- 2023 Business Leaders Outlook (reports and webinars)
- National Survey of Military-Affiliated Entrepreneurs (report)
- ‘Mission: Business': Resiliency: Marching Forward Through Adversity (podcast)
- A DEI playbook for early stage startups (guide)
- How diversity can make your business better (article)
- 6 steps to building your DEI strategy from the ground up (article)
- Strategies for building your company's DEI team (article)
- 3 ways to integrate diversity, equity and inclusion across your business (article)
- The power of peers: Helping veterans build networks and businesses (article)
- 'Mission: Business': Access to Opportunity—The Power of a Strong Business Network (podcast)
- Having an impact first as veterans, now entrepreneurs (article)
- Building a home base for veterans (article)
- Brewing up generational wealth with coffee (article)
Marlie Andersch, founder and CEO of rockITdata
Photo credit: Dream Crew Productions
- Serving opportunities to veterans (article and video)
- Providing communities for formerly homeless veterans (article)
- Giving veterans a creative outlet to heal (article)
- Matching military spouses with remote work experiences (podcast)
- Retired Command Sergeant Major talks military integration and translating military experience into civilian success (podcast)
- WPAOG Podcast: Paying It Forward with Terry Hill and Alex McKindra (podcast)
- Empowering veteran business owners for nearly 150 years (article)
- From battlefields to banking through the JPMorgan Chase Military Transition Program (article)
- Helping veterans carry the load (article)
- Build your future (video)
“I would not be in the position I am today if not for the opportunities that mentorship provided. The farm my family was able to start, through the support and mentorship of others, has helped to educate and put clothes on every generation of my family since the 1880s.”
— Alex McKindra, Co-Head of Veteran Initiatives, JPMorgan Chase Commercial Banking
Learn more about our commitment
If you’d like to find out how JPMorgan Chase can help your veteran-owned business, please contact our Office of Military and Veterans Affairs or reach out to your banking relationship team.
You can also sign up for more Commercial Banking insights at the bottom of any page of our website and follow us on LinkedIn.
For additional insights and inspiration:
1National Veteran Business Development Council
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