Mentor-Protégé Program

Description

Presented by SBA's Michigan District Office

The U.S. SBA's Mentor-Protégé Program (MPP) helps small businesses (protégés) partner with more experienced businesses (mentors) to gain capacity and win government contracts.

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