Small Business Training and Supplier Diversity Programs
Education for Entrepreneurs
With our proven GUIDED approach, SMALL BUSINESSES turn their savings into sales and DIVERSE VENDORS turn contacts into contracts!
Guided Business Plan
Success Destinations Look Different for All
Our national GUIDED Business Plan™ training platform makes the entrepreneur journey more enjoyable with guided paths.
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We help small businesses, diversity suppliers, entrepreneur educators and supplier inclusion teams
simplify business growth strategies
with our comprehensive, proprietary, and award-winning GUIDED Business Plan™ training platform that can guide someone to start, scale and become a government/corporate supplier.
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Supplier Diversity Programs - Vendor Mentoring
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Supplier Diversity, Equity + Inclusion
Supplier Diversity Programs- Automate Onboarding Vendors
Our Supply Chain vendor training ranges from Capabilities Statements to ESG related programs.
- Business Academy/Cohort Training
- ESG Statement Workshops
- Tier 1/Tier 2 Engagement (Meet the Primes)
GUIDED Plan with Peers™
Small Businesses Training for Diversity Suppliers and Solopreneurs
Join GUIDED Plan with Peers™ to create a Proposal Toolkit that can be used to earn government contracts too.
- A guided path to contracting opportunities
- Expert advice to get it right the first time
- Free and premium membership levels
Entrepreneur Educators/Consultants
Entrepreneur Education
Engage your small business clients at various development stages with our GUIDED Business Plan books and digital materials – our clients have attracted millions from sponsors and donors.
- Licensed training content
- Digital books and tools
- Facilitator training package
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Meet Guided Business Plan Our GUIDED Business Plan™ books for small business owners are the cornerstone of our small business training programs and courses that entrepreneur educators license to teach thousands of businesses.
Supplier diversity programs continuing to evolve and we do too providing diversity supplier mentoring to accelerate introductions to buyers to increase diverse spend.
With trillions in government contracts, microenterprises and small businesses need Capability Statements and we offer business advising, strategy sessions, group feedback sessions and on-demand courses for capabilities statements.
We love creating BEFORE and AFTER transformations with our small business consulting services that range from pitching to corporate buyers to “getting unstuck” to finding new revenue streams.
We help small business advisors increase their revenue with our small business classroom training materials and business coaching workbooks.
Our instructional design services are “world class” as a Fortune 50 supplier diversity practitioner stated. As entrepreneur education curriculum developers, we have guided thousands of businesses with our books and classroom training materials.
Public speaking – we facilitate engaging virtual “work sessions”. Our signature topics are Capabilities Statements, ESG and Sustainability, and ERG Innovation Discovery.
Curricula consultation? Learning design? Online course feedback? Small business training and supplier diversity programs? We are all things entrepreneur education.
“Inspiring economic independence and equality through entrepreneurship."
GUIDED Plan with Peers™
Join today to fast-track creating your proposal toolkit. Government contracts? Corporate clients? MBE/WBE certification? Prepare for larger contracts with a Guide!
SIGHTSEEING
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GUIDED Capabilities Statement Tutorial
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“Know What We Know” Eblasts
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Motivation Moments
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Time saving app spotlights
EXPLORING
Build your network to access bigger opps!-
Prep for opportunities with mini-activities
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Get over challenges with group feedback
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Build your confidence for larger contracts
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40% discount for online classes
ALL-IN (COHORT)
Pursuing 5- or 6-figure contracts?-
Proposal toolkit development to impress buyers
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Group work sessions with instant feedback
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Replays of missed Work Session content
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Accountability group to reach goals faster
