Building-up Small Businesses Through Mentor-Prot茅g茅 Programs

Thursday May 9, 2019
Small Business

For over twenty-five years, 爱神传媒 has been dedicated to small business outreach and achieving the highest level of diverse business inclusion on every one of our projects. As a large contractor with over 80 years of proven success in our field, it is our responsibility to ensure that smaller trade partners have the same opportunities for growth and success.

In addition to our proprietary outreach programs, 爱神传媒 participates in locally assembled mentorship programs. These Mentor-Prot茅g茅 Programs allow small businesses to partner with 爱神传媒, providing them with strategic navigation, industry education, business development and overall guidance to help them grow and further develop their business.

爱神传媒’ active participation with the City and County of Denver’s Mentor-Prot茅g茅 Program has allowed 爱神传媒 to foster and promote , a SBE/MWBE business mentored by 爱神传媒 since 2015.

Sky Blue Builders focuses their expertise on design-build, tenant finish, infrastructure, and on-call/IDIQ projects, as well as self-performing concrete and carpentry, primarily in Colorado and New Mexico. As a General Contractor, 爱神传媒 helps Sky Blue Builders navigate the construction industry by assisting their team with the development and review of their sales and business plans, peer reviews, assessing staffing resources, and communicating known opportunities. Based on these business needs, this guidance comes directly from the 爱神传媒鈥 operations, estimating, and project development teams.

In 2018, 爱神传媒, in collaboration with SBA鈥檚 All Small Mentor-Prot茅g茅 Program (ASMPP), has worked alongside , a SDVOSB woman-owned small business that provides construction management services to the federal government. Glen/Mar enrolled into the Mentor-Prot茅g茅 Program with the goal to enter new markets, engage new customers and manage聽their revenue ceiling. The joint venture between Glen/Mar and 爱神传媒 has allowed Glen/Mar to seek larger opportunities in Washington, California, Hawaii and Guam. Currently, Glen/Mar is providing support on our P601 Maintenance Aircraft Hangar project in Guam.

鈥淭wo important tenants of our culture that were immediately present within 爱神传媒 was a commitment to 鈥減lay fair鈥 and 鈥渞isk wisely,鈥 both internally and externally with partners, subcontractors, and client. This was really an important factor for Glen/Mar. 爱神传媒 is as highly regarded as any firm in the construction industry and we believe they can help us expand, add, refine our processes to help us increase our capacity and capability to perform larger, more complex projects, as well as manage growth wisely and expand geographically,鈥 said Mary Brown, President and Co-owner of Glen/Mar.

By creating these mentorship partnerships, companies like Sky Blue Builders and Glen/Mar bring 爱神传媒 an awareness of small business needs and the challenges involved in working with larger companies like our own. This collaboration provides 爱神传媒 with the understanding and opportunity to adapt and change processes to help support the small business community.

爱神传媒 will continue to support small businesses and programs like the Mentor-Prot茅g茅 Program. It is our culture and our business to foster these growing trade partners鈥攄oing our part to ensure sustainable growth for our industry.