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SUMMARY:Mentor-Protégé Program
DESCRIPTION:Presented by SBA's Michigan District Office\n\n \n\nThe U.S. SBA's Mentor-Prot g  Program (MPP) helps small businesses (prot g s) partner with more experienced businesses (mentors) to gain capacity and win government contracts.\n\n \n\nProt g s can get valuable business development help from their mentors in several areas\, including:\n\n\n	Guidance on internal business management systems\, accounting\, marketing\, manufacturing\, and strategic planning\n	Financial assistance in the form of equity investments\, loans\, and bonding\n	Assistance navigating federal contract bidding\, acquisition\, and the federal procurement process\n	Education about international trade\, strategic planning\, and finding markets\n	Business development\, including strategy and identifying contracting and partnership opportunities\n	General and administrative assistance\, like human resource sharing or security clearance support
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased\; margin: 0px\; color: rgb(97\, 97\, 97)\; font-family: -apple-system\, BlinkMacSystemFont\, &quot\;Segoe UI&quot\;\, system-ui\, &quot\;Apple Color Emoji&quot\;\, &quot\;Segoe UI Emoji&quot\;\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-size: inherit\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased\; font-weight: bolder\;">Presented by SBA&#39\;s Michigan&nbsp\;</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-size: inherit\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased\; font-weight: bolder\;">District</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-size: inherit\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased\; font-weight: bolder\;">&nbsp\;</span></span><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-size: inherit\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased\; font-weight: bolder\;">Office</span></span></p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased\; margin: 0px\; color: rgb(97\, 97\, 97)\; font-family: -apple-system\, BlinkMacSystemFont\, &quot\;Segoe UI&quot\;\, system-ui\, &quot\;Apple Color Emoji&quot\;\, &quot\;Segoe UI Emoji&quot\;\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased\; margin: 0px\; color: rgb(97\, 97\, 97)\; font-family: -apple-system\, BlinkMacSystemFont\, &quot\;Segoe UI&quot\;\, system-ui\, &quot\;Apple Color Emoji&quot\;\, &quot\;Segoe UI Emoji&quot\;\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\;">The U.S. SBA&#39\;s&nbsp\;<span style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased\; font-size: inherit\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased\; font-weight: bolder\;">Mentor-Prot&eacute\;g&eacute\; Program (MPP)&nbsp\;</span>helps small businesses (prot&eacute\;g&eacute\;s) partner with more experienced businesses (mentors) to gain capacity and win government contracts.</span></p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased\; margin: 0px\; color: rgb(97\, 97\, 97)\; font-family: -apple-system\, BlinkMacSystemFont\, &quot\;Segoe UI&quot\;\, system-ui\, &quot\;Apple Color Emoji&quot\;\, &quot\;Segoe UI Emoji&quot\;\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<p style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased\; margin: 0px\; color: rgb(97\, 97\, 97)\; font-family: -apple-system\, BlinkMacSystemFont\, &quot\;Segoe UI&quot\;\, system-ui\, &quot\;Apple Color Emoji&quot\;\, &quot\;Segoe UI Emoji&quot\;\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased\; font-size: inherit\;">Prot&eacute\;g&eacute\;s can get valuable business development help from their mentors in several areas\, including:</span></p>\n\n<ul style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased\; color: rgb(97\, 97\, 97)\; font-family: -apple-system\, BlinkMacSystemFont\, &quot\;Segoe UI&quot\;\, system-ui\, &quot\;Apple Color Emoji&quot\;\, &quot\;Segoe UI Emoji&quot\;\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\;">\n	<li style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased\;">Guidance on internal business management systems\, accounting\, marketing\, manufacturing\, and strategic planning</li>\n	<li style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased\;">Financial assistance in the form of equity investments\, loans\, and bonding</li>\n	<li style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased\;">Assistance navigating federal contract bidding\, acquisition\, and the federal procurement process</li>\n	<li style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased\;">Education about international trade\, strategic planning\, and finding markets</li>\n	<li style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased\;">Business development\, including strategy and identifying contracting and partnership opportunities</li>\n	<li style="box-sizing: border-box\; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased\;">General and administrative assistance\, like human resource sharing or security clearance support</li>\n</ul>\n
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