In the Small Business Partnership, corporate mentors and Board of Trade members cultivate small businesses
Andrea James, Contributing Writer
The Greater Washington Board of Trade hopes to breathe new life into a past success by revamping a mentoring concept it first pioneered in 1996.
The Small Business Partnership, formerly known as the Community Business Partnership, kicked off in September with two parts: The first, Small Business Academy, gathers 15 small businesses leaders in classrooms twice a month to learn from BoT members who also offer individual sessions with the business leaders.
Clark/Post Honored by Washington Board of Trade for small Business Partnership
(Our Team Working, IN THE COMMUNITY)
The Greater Washington Board of Trade recently hosted the Small Business Partnership (SBP) dinner, which marked the start of the second year of building strong business links between emerging small businesses and existing, well-established Board of Trade member firms.
Clark/Hunt/Smoot team member Clark Construction's Alice Patterson, along with Alvin Smith from Punch Out Team (POST), received the Best Alliance Partnership at the dinner. Clark and POST forged a mutually beneficial partnership through the SBD Alliance that helped Clark complete jobs within budget and ahead of schedule, and helped POST expand to a 100% increase in business revenues and hire nine new employees.
