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SUMMARY:Apply Today: Amplify - Empowering Firms in Greater Richmond
DESCRIPTION:Introducing Amplify: Supporting High-Growth Companies Across Greater Richmond \n\nAre you a growth-ready firm looking to elevate your business? Amplify is here to connect\, prepare\, and build your capacity for success. Our program leverages a collective impact model to provide one-on-one mentorship and cohort sessions facilitated by industry experts. \n\nWhat Amplify Offers:\n\n	Tailored Technical Assistance: Receive personalized support in areas such as talent and HR management\, marketing and branding\, technology\, scaling business growth\, contracts and negotiations\, accounting\, and leveraging certifications.\n	Expert-Led Cohort Sessions: Learn from subject matter experts who will guide you through essential business strategies and skills.\n	One-on-One Mentorship: Benefit from dedicated mentorship to address your unique business challenges and opportunities.\n\nTo Apply\, please click here.\n\n____________________________________________\n\n \nABOUT AMPLIFY\n\nA six-month executive-level program equipping Central Virginia small business owners with resources\, tools\, coaching\, and mentoring to enhance skills and competitiveness for securing capital and contracts with large companies and municipalities across Virginia.\n\n\n\nLearn Skills to Work with Larger Companies and...\n\n\n	Enhance your ability to secure deals with large companies and municipalities across Virginia.\n	Networking Opportunities\n	Expand your network and social capital\, positioning your business for future opportunities.\n	Customized Support\n	Tailored and customizable program to meet businesses where they\n\n\nPROGRAM CURRICULUM \n\n\n	Talent & HR Management\n	Marketing & Branding\n	Strategy & Leadership\n	Technology & Cyber Awareness\n	Financial Acumen & Design Thinking\n	Diversity Certification\n	Mentoring & Consulting: Bi-monthly mentoring and access to subject matter experts\n\n\n\n\nWHO SHOULD APPLY?\n\nSmall businesses in Central Virginia looking to secure procurement opportunities\, enhance skills in areas like procurement\, marketing\, and access to capital\, and interested in mentoring.\n\n\n\nELIGIBILITY \n\nOpen to all small businesses in Central Virginia. MBL membership not required\n\n\n\n \n\nMAY 2ND\, 2025: ROLLING ADMISSIONS\n\nKICKOFF EVENT: JUNE 2025\n\nPROGRAM DATES: JULY 2025 - FEBRUARY 2026\n\n\n\nFORMAT: Hybrid (formal instruction\, consulting sessions\, mentoring\, and access to subject matter experts)\n\n\n\nFor more FAQs\, click here. \n\n \n*Be advised: Completion of this application does not ensure acceptance to the program.\n\n**Enrollment in the program does not guarantee inclusion in an acquisition pool or contract award. \n\n\n\nFor questions about this program and/or application\, please contact Lauren Boswell at LBoswell@thembl.org
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;"><strong><span style="color:black\;">Introducing Amplify: Supporting High-Growth Companies Across Greater Richmond&nbsp\;</span></strong><br />\n<span style="color:black\;">Are you a growth-ready firm looking to elevate your business? Amplify is here to connect\, prepare\, and build your capacity for success. Our program leverages a collective impact model to provide one-on-one mentorship and cohort sessions facilitated by industry experts.&nbsp\;<br />\nWhat Amplify Offers:</span></span></span>\n<ul>\n	<li style="font-size:10pt\;font-family:Aptos\, sans-serif\;color:black\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;">Tailored Technical Assistance: Receive personalized support in areas such as talent and HR management\, marketing and branding\, technology\, scaling business growth\, contracts and negotiations\, accounting\, and leveraging certifications.</span></span></li>\n	<li style="font-size:10pt\;font-family:Aptos\, sans-serif\;color:black\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;">Expert-Led Cohort Sessions: Learn from subject matter experts who will guide you through essential business strategies and skills.</span></span></li>\n	<li style="font-size:10pt\;font-family:Aptos\, sans-serif\;color:black\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;">One-on-One Mentorship: Benefit from dedicated mentorship to address your unique business challenges and opportunities.</span></span></li>\n</ul>\n<span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;"><strong><a href="https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=2-l4Vj_wT0u8xaDvty4gU9krKYrKb_dKmxWuVDsPB6pURDVIS1ZaN0hLTFlDTTNGTzVRTDhTMENQNy4u&amp\;route=shorturl"><span style="color:black\;">To Apply\, please click here.</span></a></strong><br />\n<span style="color:black\;">____________________________________________</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;\n<p class="p1" style="margin: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; font-variant-alternates: normal\; font-size-adjust: none\; font-kerning: auto\; font-optical-sizing: auto\; font-feature-settings: normal\; font-variation-settings: normal\; font-variant-position: normal\; font-variant-emoji: normal\; font-stretch: normal\; font-size: 12px\; line-height: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;">ABOUT AMPLIFY</span></span></p>\n\n<p class="p1" style="margin: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; font-variant-alternates: normal\; font-size-adjust: none\; font-kerning: auto\; font-optical-sizing: auto\; font-feature-settings: normal\; font-variation-settings: normal\; font-variant-position: normal\; font-variant-emoji: normal\; font-stretch: normal\; font-size: 12px\; line-height: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;">A six-month executive-level program equipping Central Virginia small business owners with resources\, tools\, coaching\, and mentoring to enhance skills and competitiveness for securing capital and contracts with large companies and municipalities across Virginia.</span></span></p>\n\n<p class="p1" style="margin: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; font-variant-alternates: normal\; font-size-adjust: none\; font-kerning: auto\; font-optical-sizing: auto\; font-feature-settings: normal\; font-variation-settings: normal\; font-variant-position: normal\; font-variant-emoji: normal\; font-stretch: normal\; font-size: 12px\; line-height: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><br />\n<span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;">Learn Skills to Work with Larger Companies and...</span></span></p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li class="p1" style="margin: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; font-variant-alternates: normal\; font-size-adjust: none\; font-kerning: auto\; font-optical-sizing: auto\; font-feature-settings: normal\; font-variation-settings: normal\; font-variant-position: normal\; font-variant-emoji: normal\; font-stretch: normal\; font-size: 12px\; line-height: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;">Enhance your ability to secure deals with large companies and municipalities across Virginia.</span></span></li>\n	<li class="p1" style="margin: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; font-variant-alternates: normal\; font-size-adjust: none\; font-kerning: auto\; font-optical-sizing: auto\; font-feature-settings: normal\; font-variation-settings: normal\; font-variant-position: normal\; font-variant-emoji: normal\; font-stretch: normal\; font-size: 12px\; line-height: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;">Networking Opportunities</span></span></li>\n	<li class="p1" style="margin: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; font-variant-alternates: normal\; font-size-adjust: none\; font-kerning: auto\; font-optical-sizing: auto\; font-feature-settings: normal\; font-variation-settings: normal\; font-variant-position: normal\; font-variant-emoji: normal\; font-stretch: normal\; font-size: 12px\; line-height: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;">Expand your network and social capital\, positioning your business for future opportunities.</span></span></li>\n	<li class="p1" style="margin: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; font-variant-alternates: normal\; font-size-adjust: none\; font-kerning: auto\; font-optical-sizing: auto\; font-feature-settings: normal\; font-variation-settings: normal\; font-variant-position: normal\; font-variant-emoji: normal\; font-stretch: normal\; font-size: 12px\; line-height: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;">Customized Support</span></span></li>\n	<li class="p1" style="margin: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; font-variant-alternates: normal\; font-size-adjust: none\; font-kerning: auto\; font-optical-sizing: auto\; font-feature-settings: normal\; font-variation-settings: normal\; font-variant-position: normal\; font-variant-emoji: normal\; font-stretch: normal\; font-size: 12px\; line-height: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;">Tailored and customizable program to meet businesses where they</span></span></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p class="p1" style="margin: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; font-variant-alternates: normal\; font-size-adjust: none\; font-kerning: auto\; font-optical-sizing: auto\; font-feature-settings: normal\; font-variation-settings: normal\; font-variant-position: normal\; font-variant-emoji: normal\; font-stretch: normal\; font-size: 12px\; line-height: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;">PROGRAM CURRICULUM&nbsp\;</span></span></p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li class="p1" style="margin: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; font-variant-alternates: normal\; font-size-adjust: none\; font-kerning: auto\; font-optical-sizing: auto\; font-feature-settings: normal\; font-variation-settings: normal\; font-variant-position: normal\; font-variant-emoji: normal\; font-stretch: normal\; font-size: 12px\; line-height: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;">Talent &amp\; HR Management</span></span></li>\n	<li class="p1" style="margin: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; font-variant-alternates: normal\; font-size-adjust: none\; font-kerning: auto\; font-optical-sizing: auto\; font-feature-settings: normal\; font-variation-settings: normal\; font-variant-position: normal\; font-variant-emoji: normal\; font-stretch: normal\; font-size: 12px\; line-height: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;">Marketing &amp\; Branding</span></span></li>\n	<li class="p1" style="margin: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; font-variant-alternates: normal\; font-size-adjust: none\; font-kerning: auto\; font-optical-sizing: auto\; font-feature-settings: normal\; font-variation-settings: normal\; font-variant-position: normal\; font-variant-emoji: normal\; font-stretch: normal\; font-size: 12px\; line-height: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;">Strategy &amp\; Leadership</span></span></li>\n	<li class="p1" style="margin: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; font-variant-alternates: normal\; font-size-adjust: none\; font-kerning: auto\; font-optical-sizing: auto\; font-feature-settings: normal\; font-variation-settings: normal\; font-variant-position: normal\; font-variant-emoji: normal\; font-stretch: normal\; font-size: 12px\; line-height: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;">Technology &amp\; Cyber Awareness</span></span></li>\n	<li class="p1" style="margin: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; font-variant-alternates: normal\; font-size-adjust: none\; font-kerning: auto\; font-optical-sizing: auto\; font-feature-settings: normal\; font-variation-settings: normal\; font-variant-position: normal\; font-variant-emoji: normal\; font-stretch: normal\; font-size: 12px\; line-height: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;">Financial Acumen &amp\; Design Thinking</span></span></li>\n	<li class="p1" style="margin: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; font-variant-alternates: normal\; font-size-adjust: none\; font-kerning: auto\; font-optical-sizing: auto\; font-feature-settings: normal\; font-variation-settings: normal\; font-variant-position: normal\; font-variant-emoji: normal\; font-stretch: normal\; font-size: 12px\; line-height: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;">Diversity Certification</span></span></li>\n	<li class="p1" style="margin: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; font-variant-alternates: normal\; font-size-adjust: none\; font-kerning: auto\; font-optical-sizing: auto\; font-feature-settings: normal\; font-variation-settings: normal\; font-variant-position: normal\; font-variant-emoji: normal\; font-stretch: normal\; font-size: 12px\; line-height: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;">Mentoring &amp\; Consulting: Bi-monthly mentoring and access to subject matter experts</span></span></li>\n</ul>\n\n<p class="p1" style="margin: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; font-variant-alternates: normal\; font-size-adjust: none\; font-kerning: auto\; font-optical-sizing: auto\; font-feature-settings: normal\; font-variation-settings: normal\; font-variant-position: normal\; font-variant-emoji: normal\; font-stretch: normal\; font-size: 12px\; line-height: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><br />\n<span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;">WHO SHOULD APPLY?</span></span></p>\n\n<p class="p1" style="margin: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; font-variant-alternates: normal\; font-size-adjust: none\; font-kerning: auto\; font-optical-sizing: auto\; font-feature-settings: normal\; font-variation-settings: normal\; font-variant-position: normal\; font-variant-emoji: normal\; font-stretch: normal\; font-size: 12px\; line-height: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;">Small businesses in Central Virginia looking to secure procurement opportunities\, enhance skills in areas like procurement\, marketing\, and access to capital\, and interested in mentoring.</span></span></p>\n\n<p class="p1" style="margin: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; font-variant-alternates: normal\; font-size-adjust: none\; font-kerning: auto\; font-optical-sizing: auto\; font-feature-settings: normal\; font-variation-settings: normal\; font-variant-position: normal\; font-variant-emoji: normal\; font-stretch: normal\; font-size: 12px\; line-height: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><br />\n<span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;">ELIGIBILITY&nbsp\;</span></span></p>\n\n<p class="p1" style="margin: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; font-variant-alternates: normal\; font-size-adjust: none\; font-kerning: auto\; font-optical-sizing: auto\; font-feature-settings: normal\; font-variation-settings: normal\; font-variant-position: normal\; font-variant-emoji: normal\; font-stretch: normal\; font-size: 12px\; line-height: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;">Open to all small businesses in Central Virginia. MBL membership not required</span></span></p>\n\n<p class="p1" style="margin: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; font-variant-alternates: normal\; font-size-adjust: none\; font-kerning: auto\; font-optical-sizing: auto\; font-feature-settings: normal\; font-variation-settings: normal\; font-variant-position: normal\; font-variant-emoji: normal\; font-stretch: normal\; font-size: 12px\; line-height: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><br />\n&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<p class="p1" style="margin: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; font-variant-alternates: normal\; font-size-adjust: none\; font-kerning: auto\; font-optical-sizing: auto\; font-feature-settings: normal\; font-variation-settings: normal\; font-variant-position: normal\; font-variant-emoji: normal\; font-stretch: normal\; font-size: 12px\; line-height: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;">MAY 2ND\, 2025: ROLLING ADMISSIONS</span></span></p>\n\n<p class="p1" style="margin: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; font-variant-alternates: normal\; font-size-adjust: none\; font-kerning: auto\; font-optical-sizing: auto\; font-feature-settings: normal\; font-variation-settings: normal\; font-variant-position: normal\; font-variant-emoji: normal\; font-stretch: normal\; font-size: 12px\; line-height: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;">KICKOFF EVENT: JUNE 2025</span></span></p>\n\n<p class="p1" style="margin: 0px\; font-variant-numeric: normal\; font-variant-east-asian: normal\; font-variant-alternates: normal\; font-size-adjust: none\; font-kerning: auto\; font-optical-sizing: auto\; font-feature-settings: normal\; font-variation-settings: normal\; font-variant-position: normal\; font-variant-emoji: normal\; font-stretch: normal\; font-size: 12px\; line-height: normal\; font-family: Helvetica\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;">PROGRAM DATES: JULY 2025 - FEBRUARY 2026<br />\n<br />\nFORMAT: Hybrid (formal instruction\, consulting sessions\, mentoring\, and access to subject matter experts)<br />\n<br />\n<a href="https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:07aff402-15cd-4594-996d-fd5ac0470cae">For more FAQs\, click here.&nbsp\;</a></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;</p>\n<span style="font-size:18px\;"><span style="font-family:times new roman\;"><span style="color:black\;"><strong>*Be advised: Completion of this application does not ensure acceptance to the program.<br />\n**Enrollment in the program does not guarantee inclusion in an acquisition pool or contract award.&nbsp\;</strong><br />\n<br />\nFor questions about this program and/or application\, please contact Lauren Boswell at <a data-outlook-id="3e2966da-1ac9-46b9-84c4-77b576a4713f" href="mailto:LBoswell@thembl.org" style="color:purple\;" title="mailto:LBoswell@thembl.org">LBoswell@thembl.org</a></span><br />\n&nbsp\;</span></span>
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