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Governor's Mentor Protégé Program

Governor's Mentor Protege Program 

 

PROGRAM UPDATE: 2009-2010 Nomination and Application information will be available later this summer. Please check back often for updates.

 

The Governor’s Mentor Protégé Program is Georgia’s business-to-business mentoring program and the first state-operated program of its kind in the nation. (Watch the video to learn more about the program.)

The program helps emerging Georgia-based businesses increase their odds for success by teaming them with prospering companies that have proven competencies in technology and business solutions. To learn more about what the Governor’s Mentor Protégé Program has to offer including program overview, mentors, sponsors and protege recruitment, please click HERE. (PDF) 


Click here to access the GDEcD photo gallery to view past Mentor Protégé events.

 

Program Sponsors

Mentors

2008 - 2009 Calendar of Events 

Past Protégé  Videos

 

Sponsors

 

Mentors

Accenture Lockheed Martin
Agile-1 LexisNexis
AGL Resources Skanska
at&t S L King & Associates, Inc.
Citizens Trust Bank Stevens & Wilkinson
Cox Communications The Coca-Cola Company
GE Energy The Home Depot
Georgia-Pacific The North Highland Company
Georgia Power Turner Associates
GTech Corporation Turner Broadcasting System (TBS)
HJ Russell & Company Turner Construction Company
Hardin Construction UPS
Heery International Wachovia
Jordan Jones & Goulding  

 

2008-2009 Governor's Mentor Protégé Calendar of Events:

September 2008
Thursday, September 18, 2008
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m
GMPP Dedication Ceremony
The Home Depot Store Support Center

October 2008
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
GMPP Orientation
The Coca-Cola Company
(Registration & Breakfast 8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.) 

November 2008
Thursday, November 6, 2008
3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
GMPP Alumni Reception
Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center

January 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
GMPP Reporting Session I
Georgia Power

March 2009
Tuesday, March 3, 2008
9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
GMPP Reporting Session II
Mentor/Sponsor Appreciation Luncheon

Wimbish House

May 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009 –  Friday May 29, 2009
Thursday – Check-In 11:30 a.m.
Friday – Adjourn 2:00 p.m.
GMPP Annual Retreat
Brasstown Valley Resort

August 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
GMPP Reporting Session III
TBD

September 2009
Thursday, September 10, 2009
4:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
GMPP Graduation Ceremony
Atlanta Histrory Center

Please check back often for updates.

 

Past Protege Videos

The success of a small business requires careful planning, a strong business sense and great courage. In Georgia, entrepreneurs can get a boost from some of the most successful companies in the country through the Governor’s Mentor Protégé Program.

The videos below feature some of our successful partners:

 

3 I People   Logical Integrations 
 Acurio Lattice  Matrix 3D 
 Advantage Computer Age    Modern Tech Home Builders
 Asterix   New World Transportation
 Beard Daily inc.  Perfect Image Printing   
 Careers in Transition  TRIO Group 
 Exhibits South  Via Elisa
 Glenridge Consulting Group   WAWPUF 
 Horizon Power   

 

Photos from past Governor’s Mentor Protégé Program events.

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