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Thu, Jun 16 at 9:00 AM, Washington, DC

2016 Veterans Affinity Group (VAG) / Women As Veteran Entrepreneurs (WAVE)...

By: HUD Veterans Affinity Group (VAG) / Women As Veteran Entrepreneurs (WAVE) / HUD Office of Small Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU)

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2016 Veterans Affinity Group (VAG) / Women As Veteran Entrepreneurs (WAVE) / HUD Office of Small Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) Entrepreneurs Training Conference

Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 9:00 AM

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2016 Veterans Affinity Group (VAG) / Women As Veteran Entrepreneurs (WAVE) / HUD Office of Small Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) Entrepreneurs Training Conference

Thu, Jun 16, 2016 at 9:00 AM

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The purpose of this 2016 HUD Veterans Affinity Group (VAG)/Women As Veterans (WAVE)/HUD Office of Small Disadvantage Business Utilization (OSDBU) Entrepreneurs Small Business Training Conference is to provide a forum that will promote education, training, networking, best practices, success stories, and other valuable resources which are available in our communities for 8a Firms, Veteran Owned Small Businesses (VOSB), Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), Women Owned Small Business (WOSB), and every other Small Business.

From panel discussions to meet and greet opportunities with other Federal Agencies, this forum seeks to create a venue that will assist in developing successful, albeit, practical strategies to improve and create opportunities that will result in leading to strong business, and communities, which we believe are an essential integral component for job creation, community empowerment and economic revitalization in our communities.

The HUD VAG, OSDBU, and WAVE are convinced that HUD’s mission to create strong, sustainable, inclusive communities and quality, affordable homes for all can and will be accomplished by creating these forums/venues which will lead to job creation, improve lives, strengthen communities, and deliver on the American Dream of affordable housing for all.

This Training Conference will assist small, prime, transitioning, seasoned, and start-up businesses including veteran entrepreneurs with strategies, tools, and best practices, for doing business in the federal market place.

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I. Welcome

II. Opening Remarks

III. Getting Started

IV. Panel Discussion

Best practices and strategies for success. Established small businesses will share 2-3 best practices or successful strategies for growing and sustaining business and discuss challenges encountered in building its business and approaches to overcome these challenges.

V. First Set of Breakout Sessions 10:40 – 11:35 am

1. Steps to successful development of a small business. Are you an entrepreneur starting a new venture? Or, do you need help with an existing small business concern? This panel will discuss how to start a small business and the important steps to surviving the initial start-up and sustaining business through the lean times.

2. Are contracting schedules for small business concerns? The panel will discuss how these vehicles operate and how small businesses can take advantage of schedules to obtain more government business.

3. Mentor/Protégé Programs: a tool for success. Jump-start your business. Explore the benefits of Mentor/Protégé programs. The panel will discuss mentor/protégé relationships and how those relationships can assist your business in securing government contracting opportunities.

VI.Second Set of Breakout Sessions 11:45 am – 12:40 pm

1. Financing for the journey. One of the first steps to building a business is to ensure that the business is adequately resourced. The presenters in this breakout session will discuss the financial resources necessary to survive the business building process.

2. Responding to RFPs: how and why? Requests for proposals are a fundamental method of solicitation used by the Federal government. Oftentimes these tools appear to be an insurmountable hurtle. These panelists will discuss pitfalls in responding to RFPs and strategies for drafting the winning proposal!

3. Strategic sourcing: the wave of the future? Many government agencies utilize category management, acquisition schedules and other strategies to fulfill agency contracting needs. This panel will discuss a variety of sourcing vehicles and the future small business utilization.

LUNCH 12:40 – 1:45 pm

VII. Meet and Greet Roundtables (Federal Agencies)

VIII. Closing

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Thursday, June 16, 2016 from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM (EDT)

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

451 7th Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20410

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