BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20250205T180000Z DTEND:20250205T190000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Introduction to SBA Mentor Protege Program DESCRIPTION:Your small business can learn from an experienced government contractor about the SBA's Mentor-Prot g program: A mentor and their prot g can joint venture as a small business for any small business contract\, provided the prot g individually qualifies as small. The joint venture may also pursue any type of set-aside contract for which the prot g qualifies\, including contracts set aside for 8(a)\, service-disabled veteran-owned\, women-owned\, and HUBZone businesses. Prot g s 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. Presenters: Scott Poole\, Government Contracting Consultant\, SC SBDC Byron Carroll\, President\, Carroll Communications X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Your small business can learn from an experienced government contractor about the SBA'\;s Mentor-Proté\;gé\; program: A mentor and their proté\;gé\; can joint venture as a small business for any small business contract\, provided the proté\;gé\; individually qualifies as small. The joint venture may also pursue any type of set-aside contract for which the proté\;gé\; qualifies\, including contracts set aside for 8(a)\, service-disabled veteran-owned\, women-owned\, and HUBZone businesses. Proté\;gé\;s 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. Presenters: Scott Poole\, Government Contracting Consultant\, SC SBDC Byron Carroll\, President\, Carroll Communications LOCATION:Zoom UID:e.331.4226 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260514T022903Z URL:https://business.berkeleysc.org/events/details/introduction-to-sba-mentor-protege-program-4226 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR