Can't we come up with a better program for aspiring veteran entrepreneurs?

This ad keeps popping up in my Facebook newsfeed. And, I noticed that they disabled the comments after I called them out on the fact that the program does NOT help servicemembers create a business plan.

The two-day class put on at military bases through grants to local economic development organizations (SBDCs, SCORE chapters, WBCs, and VBOCs) is outstanding. However, the eight-week class put on through Syracuse University is a complete waste of servicemembers' time and taxpayers' money.

Participants spend eight weeks taking general business classes delivered in a traditional college course format. However, they receive no academic credit. And, at the end of it (after they've been lead to believe they will be creating a business plan the whole time), they're told to "Review your homework assignments, use the nuts and bolts, work with business counselor, and let's start putting the business plan together." (This is an actual statement from the last homework assignment.)

With so many business plan books, web sites, and open online courses out there where you can learn to put together a business plan at your own pace, it is absolutely appalling that the federal government is wasting millions of dollars. And, what's worse is that the program managers continue to make false promises to veterans -- leading them to believe that they will put together a business plan if they enroll in this track when they really will not.