How Can Women-Business and Veteran-Business Outreach Centers Help Your Business? | STEP 4

VIDEO SERIES | TOP 10 STEPS for Small Business Success in Federal Government Contracting
STEP FOUR | Meeting with Women Business Centers (WBC) and Veteran Business Outreach Centers (VBOC) Counsellors to get guidance on your government contracting journey to success.
In this video series, GovCon Chamber of Commerce president and founder Neil McDonnell reviews the roadmap that the small business contractors should follow to advance their business development. SBDCs help small businesses shape their ideas into viable business plans. They offer FREE face-to-face business consulting and at-cost training.
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Whether you are new or have a run rate of $30M, these steps layout foundational bricks that will ensure you can reach your federal government sales goals.
In this video, Neil McDonnell explains
- how to prepare for a meeting to get the specific guidance that you need and the most value out of your meetings
- how to meet local experts who can help you develop your business
- the VBOC Boots to Business (B2B) entrepreneurial education and training program
- how WOBCs and VBOCs counsellors can introduce you to government buyers
- how these advisors can help advance the maturity of your business and act as unofficial board of advisors
- how teaming and subcontracting is your path to growth
Women's Business Centers (WBCs) represent a successful public-private partnership between the Small Business Administration (SBA) and non-profit entrepreneurial development organizations across the country. WBCs serve clients that are economically and socially disadvantaged in 38 different languages.
Association of Women's Business Centers | awbc.org/
• Find your local WBC | awbc.org/wbc-l...
VETERANS BUSINESS OUTREACH CENTER | vboc.org/
The Veterans Business Outreach Center (VBOC) program offers resources to veterans who are interested in starting or growing a small business. | www.sba.gov/pa...
VBOCs assist clients in developing and maintaining a five-year business plan that includes such elements as the legal form of the business, equipment requirements and cost, organizational structure, a strategic plan, market analysis, and a financial plan (financial projections, budget projections, and funding requirements)
Comprehensive Feasibility Analysis
VBOCs provide assistance in identifying and analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of the business plan to increase the probability of success. The results of the analysis are utilized to revise the strategic planning portion of the business plan.
VBOCs services include Entrepreneurial Training and Counselling, Mentorship as well as assistance and training in such areas as international trade, franchising, internet marketing, accounting, and more.
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