LIMITED TO ONLY 150 PARTICIPANTS.
Must be eligible to be accepted into the program.
Fort Bend County Tech Innovation Business Program
A Pitch Deck Competition with financial incentives for the top three businesses will be conducted
$15k
$10k
$5k
ABOUT US
Our Mission
Our mission is to provide 150 Fort Bend County based businesses, with a Tech focus or use technology within their company, with the tools to grow and re-surge their business into the millennium. This program will emphasize a vast recruitment campaign to capture tech businesses all across the county. We will specifically address the significant barriers to growth capital, lack of access to competitive and more profitable business opportunities, “deal flow” networks, investors, doing business with local city, county and state entities, as well as establishing many other critical business relationships and connections.
Our program provides growth opportunities for companies in several ways:
9 course- Technology business accelerator program
One on One coaching
County, State and Federal Business Certification Assistance
Business networking opportunities in association with local Chamber of Commerce
Free Tech Kit (includes computer, webcam, mouse, and speakers)
Customized Annual Business Plan
Pitch Deck Competition with financial incentives for the top three businesses.
Our Benefits
Our Program
Our Benefits
Absolutely no cost to participate.
Cohort model class for entrepreneurs that facilitates collaboration and teamwork.
Practical, intensive virtual or in-person sessions with content specialists cover critical early-stage business challenges (i.e. value proposition, fundraising,
Opportunity to win seed money at the end of the program" instead of Opportunity to win seed money each quarter.
Open to all Fort Bend County Business Owners
An assigned Mentor to guide each entrepreneur providing increased confidence, clarity, and connections.
one year access to the award-winning Lonely Entrepreneur online coaching program.
Those that complete the program will receive a small grant from the Fort Bend Small Business Recovery Grant Program.
Limited participants! Apply today.
Our Program
What makes this different from the previous programs?
Technology: FREE Tech Kit
Education: Nine classes taught with a focus on Technology and Innovation
Networking: We will provide network opportunities all over the county (including Richmond, Rosenberg, and Katy).
Business Development: We will help businesses get certified in order to do more business in the city, state, and abroad.
Planning: We will provide custom annual business and marketing plans so each business will have a growth plan for the future.
Our Overarching Goal:
Fort Bend County Tech Innovation Business Program has a bold goal of doubling the annual aggregate sales of our participating firms with a collective amount of $1 Billion while creating an additional 1,500 jobs in Fort Bend County over the next five years.
Our Deliverables:
1. Business & Financial Assessments
2. S.W.O.T. Analysis & Marketing Plan
3. Procurement & Capital Opportunities
4. Small Business & Minority Certifications
5. Meeting with Supplier Diversity divisions for large Corporations
6. Capacity building
7. Client Readiness Assessment
8. Strategic Introductions
9. Educational & Networking Opportunities
10. C-Level Leadership Training
11. Pitch Day in front of local investors
Our Curriculum
Our Overarching Goal:
COURSE ONE
Future of Technology
COURSE TWO
Mastering Innovation: Tools, Techniques, and Execution
COURSE THREE
Building a Unicorn: Lessons from Silicon Valley
COURSE FOUR
Technology Policy, Privacy, and Security
COURSE FIVE
Know your Market and Benchmark your Business
Our Overarching Goal:
COURSE SIX
Develop a Truly Profitable Business Model
COURSE SEVEN
Build Products and Features your customers will Love
COURSE EIGHT
How To Operate Effectively & Maximize your Equity Value
COURSE NINE
Get the Capital you Need - Your Capital Strategy
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PARTICIPATING CONSULTANTS
Brenda Rios Brombacher
Cortez Carter
Sterling L. Carter, DPT, MS, CSCS
Stephen Levi Carter, MBA, PMP
Eric Corl
Floyd H. Griffith, MBA
Michael Dermer
Michael J. Dobert, SPHR, SHRM
Jason Island
Kyra Rénel Hardwick, MBA
Christina Hawkins
Khori Hunter
Shapnik Khan, JD
Byron Lundy
Elexa Orrange
Lyneir Richardson
Garrick Rogers
Neeta Sane, MBA, MS, CLC
Victoria Sherman
Glenn Smith, MA, EOS
Misty Starks
Mathias Tchamengo
Leslie Wilson
Mark Winters, MBA
Michelle Chenault
Contact Us
(281) 968-3641