SBA Mentor Protégé Program

Date and time

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Location

Online

Organizer

Brandon McCall
brandon.mccall@sw.edu
276-964-7586

Host organization

Southwest Virginia Community College APEX Accelerator

Type of event

SBA participating event

Event description

Your small business can learn from an experienced government contractor through SBA's Mentor-Protégé program.

Protégés can get valuable business development help from their mentors in several areas, including:

  • Guidance on internal business management systems, accounting, marketing, manufacturing, and strategic planning
  • Financial assistance in the form of equity investments, loans, and bonding
  • Assistance navigating federal contract bidding, acquisition, and the federal procurement process
  • Education about international trade, strategic planning, and finding markets
  • Business development, including strategy and identifying contracting and partnership opportunities
  • General and administrative assistance, like human resource sharing or security clearance support

A mentor and its protégé can joint venture as a small business for any small business contract, provided the protégé individually qualifies as small. The joint venture may also pursue any type of  set-aside contract  for which the protégé qualifies, including contracts set aside for 8(a)service-disabled veteran-ownedwomen-owned, and HUBZone businesses. Visit the Joint Venture program page more information.

Presenter: William Pocan, Economic Development Specialist - U.S. Small Business Administration/Richmond District Office

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