~ 2005 Incubation Program Events

Exploring the Federal Mentor Protege Program

Wednesday, June 15, 2005
9:30-11:30am
Registration Fee: $20.00

UCF Institute for Simulation & Training
In the Central Florida Research Park
Partnership II Building, 1st Floor, Rm 112
3100 Technology Parkway, Orlando, FL. 32826
(Corner of Technology Parkway & Research Parkway)
Maps available at www.ist.ucf.edu/maps.htm

Join us for this overview of the federal mentor protégé program which is a tool utilized by many small, disadvantaged businesses to build their capacity and capability in doing business with the government. The workshop will be conducted by Tech Solutions Inc.(TSI), a UCF Technology Incubator client company. Dr. Pamela McCauley-Bell, President, and Dr. Mark Waltensperger, Vice President, will share their insights and lessons learned from TSI’s participation in several mentor protégé programs.

The Mentor-Protégé program is designed to motivate and encourage and fund large business prime contractor firms to provide mutually beneficial technical and business assistance to small disadvantaged businesses. This assistance may include technical and/or management assistance; financial assistance in the form of equity investments and/or loans; subcontracts; and/or assistance in performing prime contracts with the Government in the form of joint venture arrangements. The program fosters the establishment of successful long-term business relationships between federal large prime contractors and small business subcontractors to improve the performance of both and strengthen subcontracting opportunities and accomplishments for the federal agency. Specifically, it enhances the capabilities of the protégé to successfully compete for government contracts.

The workshop will cover the following topics:

  • The Mentor Protégé Program
    • Protégé perspective
    • Government Mentor Protégé programs
      • Department of Defense
      • NASA
      • Department of Energy
      • Department of Transportation
      • Small Business Administration
      • Other agencies
    • Corporate Mentor Protégé programs
  • Should you do a Mentor Protégé program?
    • Benefits to your company
    • Major Protégé pitfalls
  • Strategies to establish successful mentor protégé relationships
  • Lessons Learned
    • Survival Techniques
    • 10 Top Do’s and Don’t

To register for this workshop, contact Laura Meers at 407.882.0202 or lgiffin@mail.ucf.edu. Registration payment can be made by cash or check. Checks should be made payable to the UCF Research Foundation.

 
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