Boots to Business is a program offered by the Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University (SU) in cooperation with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and is operated by SU's Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF). It is a three phase training program developed to introduce and train transitioning service members to business ownership. Boots to Business begins during the service members transition from the service (TAP or TAMP) and can continue if the service member decides to self select into phase II and III.

Spotted via Small Biz Trends.

Via Intuit, this graphic illustrates the net profit margin and sales growth for an anonymous subset of 1.5 million U.S. QuickBooks customers between March 2013 to February 2014.

Via GovCon, a thoughtful post at Gigaom has caught our attention at AGi.  The article looks at two areas of technology -- machine-to-machine (M2M) and the internet of things (IoT) -- and their potential impact on health and healthcare.

One key finding stuck out: 

Health IoT, mobile health, and the slow transition to electronic medical records (EMRs) will generate vast amounts of data. The winners will be those with the power and insight to become the next generation of integrative platforms that can monetize those areas, which collectively we call the connected-health economy.

Read the full article here.

Federal News Radio reports that the General Services Administration has appointed an ombudsman, Millisa Gary, to help bridge te gap between the GSA and contract vendors.  GSA's senior procurement officer, Jeff Koses, reported that: 

"[The ombudsman] will meet with industry and take that feedback and translate that for our workforce.  So, for example, if she's hearing of a weakness in the debriefing process — a common complaint — she identifies that, she helps us identify the training that's needed internally to reinforce that. If we have a contractor raising a specific concern, she will give voice to it. She'll make sure we actually thoroughly discuss it, give it fair hearing and help us to reach a fair resolution."

This move is part of a broader package of changes by Koses.  To read more about the other changes, head over to Federal News Radio for the exclusive interview.

Via the Small Business Blog, this visualization of the impact of ubiquitous "Big Data."