ATAPro Workshops: Mentor Protégé

The Mentor Protégé seminar is intended to familiarize small and large businesses with the benefits and opportunities provided in the federal Mentor-Protégé Program. This program is designed to encourage approved Mentors to provide various forms of assistance to eligible protégé participants. The purpose of the mentor-protégé relationship is to enhance the capabilities of the Protégés and to improve their ability to successfully compete for federal contracts.

Benefits in the Mentor-Protégé Program are numerous and program specific, but some of the benefits are:

• Technical and Management Assistance: The mentor's expertise, resources and capabilities are made available to the protégé
• Prime Contracting: Mentors can enter into joint-venture /arrangements with protégés to compete for government contracts.
• Financial Assistance in the form of Equity or Loans: Mentors can own equity interest in a protégé firm to help it raise capitol
• Qualification for other SBA Programs: A protégé can obtain other forms of SBA assistance as the result of its good standing in the Mentor-Protégé program.

To register for these classes or learn more, please call the Government Contracting SBDC at: 214-860-5889.

Pre–registration is preferred. Classes may not meet if attendees do not register.