{"id":129,"global_id":"sw.edu\/apex?id=129","global_id_lineage":["sw.edu\/apex?id=129"],"author":"1","status":"publish","date":"2024-04-15 14:26:28","date_utc":"2024-04-15 18:26:28","modified":"2024-05-16 11:24:28","modified_utc":"2024-05-16 15:24:28","url":"https:\/\/sw.edu\/apex\/event\/sba-mentor-protege-program\/","rest_url":"https:\/\/sw.edu\/apex\/wp-json\/tribe\/events\/v1\/events\/129","title":"SBA Mentor Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 Program","description":"<p><span data-ogsc=\"black\">Your small business can learn from an experienced government contractor through SBA&#8217;s Mentor-Prot\u00e9g\u00e9 program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ogsc=\"black\">Prot\u00e9g\u00e9s can get valuable business development help from their mentors in several areas, including:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-ogsc=\"black\">Guidance on internal business management systems, accounting, marketing, manufacturing, and strategic planning<\/li>\n<li data-ogsc=\"black\">Financial assistance in the form of equity investments, loans, and bonding<\/li>\n<li data-ogsc=\"black\">Assistance navigating federal contract bidding, acquisition, and the federal procurement process<\/li>\n<li data-ogsc=\"black\">Education about international trade, strategic planning, and finding markets<\/li>\n<li data-ogsc=\"black\">Business development, including strategy and identifying contracting and partnership opportunities<\/li>\n<li data-ogsc=\"black\">General and administrative assistance, like human resource sharing or security clearance support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-ogsc=\"black\">A mentor and its prot\u00e9g\u00e9\u00a0can joint venture as a small business for any small business contract, provided the prot\u00e9g\u00e9 individually qualifies as small. The joint venture may also pursue any type of \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sba.gov%2Ffederal-contracting%2Fcontracting-guide%2Ftypes-contracts&amp;data=05%7C02%7CJohn.Dezember%40sw.edu%7C53754348f07f471f450408dc57c6329a%7C2f6d88390d614e15b40e38a077cbdbf2%7C1%7C0%7C638481755986002705%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=alw20Ob9KNIkLHj5wHNGDsc7dJw%2BDrEZVCI9jluA6Z8%3D&amp;reserved=0\" data-ogsc=\"\" data-outlook-id=\"193aef3e-0b31-4e8b-867a-13238292e1d3\">set-aside contract<\/a>\u00a0 for which the prot\u00e9g\u00e9 qualifies, including contracts set aside for\u00a0<\/span><span data-ogsc=\"black\">8(a)<\/span><span data-ogsc=\"black\">,\u00a0<\/span><span data-ogsc=\"black\">service-disabled veteran-owned<\/span><span data-ogsc=\"black\">,\u00a0<\/span><span data-ogsc=\"black\">women-owned<\/span><span data-ogsc=\"black\">, and\u00a0<\/span><span data-ogsc=\"black\">HUBZone<\/span><span data-ogsc=\"black\">\u00a0businesses. 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