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Military Spouse Brings Vet to the Pet With Help From the SBA

Name: Military Spouse Brings Vet to the Pet With Help From the SBA
Uploaded: 2023-04-28T19:14:40+00:00
Duration: 37 s
Channel: Your Advisor
Description: This YouTube testimonial features Tara Smith, veterinarian and owner of Docterra Mobile Veterinary Services, describing why she created a strictly mobile…

28 Apr 2023 · 1 min

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This YouTube testimonial features Tara Smith, veterinarian and owner of Docterra Mobile Veterinary Services, describing why she created a strictly mobile practice to serve rural communities. It documents support she received from the Veterans Business Outreach Center (VBOC) and the Small Business Administration (SBA)—including help with a business plan and access to capital that enabled an SBA-backed loan through a community lender—and credits these services with contributing to her business’s profitability.

I'm Tara Smith. I am a veterinarian and the owner of Docterra Mobile Veterinary Services. Most of our practice area is very rural, so when I decided to develop my own business, I really wanted to be strictly mobile, mostly because I saw the need to make it more convenient for people.
Tara reached out to our center and was needing assistance with access to capital to get her van started, get the business started, and the tools and equipment.
To be able to.
Successfully go out to different communities. So we worked with her on her business plan. The VB program is an SBA resource service to provide entrepreneurship.
Training to the.
Military community.
The VBOC connected me with the Small Business Administration and then I was able to get my business loan backed by the SBA through a community lender. I definitely don't feel like my business would be as profitable as it is if not for the VBOC and the sba, because that's what they do. They know small business and they know how to help us start out on the right foot.