The City of Dallas Small Business Center will launch its Mentor Protégé Program (MPP) on May 2, 2024. The goal of this program is to support the growth of local Minority and Women-Owned Businesses (M/WBE) by fostering partnerships and enhancing the success of small businesses in the Dallas, TX area.
The program will offer one-on-one mentoring, workshops, training sessions, and networking opportunities for participants. Financial stable Mentors, including Prime Contractors with contracts in the City of Dallas, who have been in business for 1-3 years and are willing to provide guidance, will be involved. On the other hand, Emerging Protégé Businesses will consist of M/WBE certified small business owners looking to enhance their financial capacity to secure contracting opportunities.
Interested parties can find applications for the next cohort at the Small Business Mentor Protégé Program – Source Dallas website. The Director of the Small Business Center, Joyce Williams, emphasized the importance of collaboration between seasoned businesses (mentors) and smaller enterprises (protégés) to help them excel as prime contractors or subcontractors in various contracting opportunities. The City of Dallas Small Business Center encourages eligible businesses to apply for the Mentor Protégé Program.
Established in December 2021, the City of Dallas Small Business Center combines the City’s business diversity, workforce development
