Once the mindset's established that an individual is going to be an entrepreneur, that's probably step one. I think the CAF does a great job of creating really headstrong individuals who can take on that challenge.
Then, the second most important issue to tackle is capital. Access to capital is incredibly hard. I've struggled to raise capital to help myself grow, so I'm bootstrapped. I'm too small to really garner any serious attention, and the majority of the businesses that I talk with and that I engage with are all in the exact same position.
Our market is small here in Canada; we know that. Breaking out into the general plurality of Canadians when we want to sell to everybody and have a successful business is tough as well. Finding mentorship is tough. Definitely, capital is very hard to come by; typically we have to rely on the bank or a BDC loan, and those aren't quite favourable and have no special programs just for veterans.