THE MINORITY PANDEMIC BUSINESS RECOVERY ACADEMY
In Partnership with VSU

Sponsored by the Coronavirus Response & Relief Center (CvRRC)
Operated by the Virginia MBDA Business Center
& the Capital Region Minority Supplier Development Council (CRMSDC) 

A Virtual Program Developed and Administered in Partnership with Virginia State University's
VSU Center for Entrepreneurship

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HOW TO NAVIGATE THIS TRAINING PROGRAM

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Enroll

To enroll, simply click the enroll button and fill out the enrollment form. Training materials will be sent to the business address you provide. These materials include
1. Get Prepared to Launch Your Dreams -Business Launchpad workbook that accompanies the self-paced certification, and the following timeless entrepreneurship books. 
2. Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and Others Don’t by Jim Collins, 
3. The Startup Playbook: Secrets of the Fastest-Growing Startups From Their Founding Entrepreneurs by David Kidder.
4. Endless Encores: Repeating Success through People, Products, and Profits by Ken Goldstein.
5. Why Should White Guys Have All the Fun?: How Reginald Lewis Created a Billion-Dollar Business Empire by Reginald F. Lewis & Blair S. Walker.

Live & Recorded Webinars (100% Completion Required)

You will have access to live training webinars from October to November to help you grow your business on topics ranging from developing your business model to raising capital. These courses will also be available post recording for enrollees to access.

Enrollees must register to access the live and recorded courses. This enables us to track your progress.

Enrollees must complete 100% of these training webinars in order to earn a Certificate of Completion for this program.

Self-Paced Certification Program & Workbook (Optional)

This self-paced program is valuable but optional.

In addition to the live training courses, enrollees will have access to the "Get Prepared to Launch Your Dream - Business Launchpad," a self-paced certification workbook and online program that takes entrepreneur executives through:
-an assessment of the personal and managerial skills they possess to launch and operate a successful firm,
-business model/idea validation,
-personal net worth assessment,
-developing product descriptions and prices, target market identification,
-cost of goods sold calculation,
-operating expenses and profit and loss statement development. 

Participants can optionally earn an additional certification for completion of the Launch Your Dreams workbook and online program. This would qualify them for an application for seed investment grants and participation in pitch competitions through Virginia State University's VSU Center for Entrepreneurship and its Minority Small Business Launch if they are Virginia-based businesses.

Visit www.minoritysmallbusinesslaunchcenter.com, click on the Certifications tab, and select VSU Business Launchpad for more information or to enroll separately.

Final Program Survey (Required)

Post completion of all sessions, complete the final survey here on how the program benefitted you, and how it can improve.

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Grow your business based on what you learned!

LIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING WEBINARS

FALL 2022

Introduction to the Minority Recovery Business Academy Program in Partnership with VSU's Minority Small Business Launch Center

Tues., October 4, 2022,
3:30-4:30 PM

Zoom Link Live Session
Zoom Link Recorded Session
(Available after live session date)

Business Models, Feasibility and Business Planning 101
with Patrice Perry-Rivers, Ph.D., Director of VSU's Center for Entrepreneurship

Thurs., October 6, 2022,
3:30-4:30 PM

Zoom Link Live Session
Zoom Link Recorded Session
(Available after live session date)

How to Select Your
Ideal Business Legal Form
with Attorney Doris L. Edmonds

Tues., October 11, 2022,
(Prerecorded Session)

Recorded Session
(Click Here To Register To View the Prerecorded Session) 

How to Identify, Quantify, & Reach
Your Target Customers

Tues., October 18, 2022,
11 AM-12:30 PM
Zoom Link Live Session
Zoom Link Recorded Session
(Available after live session date)

Unique Strategies for Raising Capital

Tues., October 25, 2022,
3:30-4:30 PM

Zoom Link Live Session
Zoom Link Recorded Session
(Available after live session date)

Intellectual Property Protection for Small Business: Patents, Trademarks, & Copyrights
with Attorney Cheryl Black

Thurs., October 27, 2022,
(Prerecorded Session)

Recorded Session
(Click Here to Register to View the Prerecorded Session)

Creating and Understanding Small Business Financial Statements
with Arthur Wharton, Ph.D. in Accounting

Tues., Nov. 1, 2022,
3:30 PM-4:30 PM
Zoom Link Live Session
Zoom Link Recorded Session
(Available after live session date)

Preparing Pitches to Investors, Competition Judges, & Banks

Thurs., Nov. 3, 2022,
3:30-4:30 PM

Zoom Link Live Session
Zoom Link Recorded Session
(Available after live session date)

How to Do Business with the State of Virginia, Maryland, and the Federal Government 
with Randy Browne,
Virginia Department of Supplier and Small Business Diversity (SBSD), William Pocan & Giorgio Rashadd, III of the SBA



Thurs., November 10, 2022
11 AM-12:30 PM

Zoom Link Live Session
Zoom Link Recorded Session
(Available after live session date)

Recession and Disaster Management Strategies: Inflation, COVID, Supply Chain Management,
and the Unforeseen with
Simeon Harris, Senior VP of Commercial Lending for Towne Bank

Tues., November 29, 2022,
11 AM-12:30 PM
Zoom Link Live Session
Zoom Link Recorded Session
(Available after live session date)

Small Business Human Resources Management Strategies

Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022,
3:30-4:30 PM
(Prerecorded Session*)

Recorded Session
(Click Here To Register To View the Prerecorded Session)

*Please note that this is a change from our originally-scheduled live webinar but the same rich information is available in this prerecorded session for your small business. 

Cohort Wrap-Up and Certificate Award Ceremony

Tues., Dec. 6, 2022,
3:30-4:30 PM

Zoom Link Live Session
Zoom Link Recorded Session
(Available after live session date)

Self-Paced Certification Program

Business Launchpad Certification

Completion of this certification training in addition to the live courses offered in the Minority Business Recovery Training Program will earn you an additional certificate, provide you with access to a pitch deck, and qualify you to apply for seed investment funding offered through the Minority Small Business Launch Center at Virginia State University's VSU Center for Entrepreneurship. To access this training, visit the Certifications tab and select VSU Business Launchpad Certification at www.minoritysmallbusinesslaunchcenter.com .

WANT MORE RESOURCES TO
SUPPORT & GROW YOUR BUSINESS? JOIN CRMSDC.

For more information about CRMSDC, contact: 
Capital Region Minority Supplier Development Council
10750 Columbia Pike, Suite 200
Silver Spring, MD 20901
Phone: 301.593.5860
Fax: 301.593.1364
Email: crmsdc@crmsdc.org

Get Certified
with CRMSDC Now

For additional free training to grow your business, enroll in VSU's Minority Small Business Launch Center.

www.minoritysmallbusinesslaunchcenter.com

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