2024 T.I.P.S. Small Business Webinars Series
Training & Insights for Procurement Success
Join us each month for free webinars curated to help small, minority, women, and veteran business owners improve core competencies and gain an insightful understanding of the State's procurement processes.
All sessions are free and require advance registration.
Registration opens approximately 3 weeks in advance.
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May 2024 - REGISTRATION open 3 weeks in advance!
- May 23, 2024
- Pricing & Costing To Win More Contracts
Are your pricing strategies competitive? Pricing impacts so many aspects of your business: profit margins, customer perceptions (retention & attraction), and competitive differentiators just to name a few. What aspects impact your pricing decisions? How often are you evaluating your existing prices? What role does costing and negotiations play? Join us for a deliberate and strategic exercise in identifying and assigning the ideal price for your products and services.
- May 30, 2024
- Maryland's Veteran-Owned Small Business Enterprise (VSBE) Program: Veteran State Resources
Are you a veteran entrepreneur? Join us for a look at common procurement best practices, tactics, and protocols to assist subcontractors compete with greater confidence. Guests will receive tips on how to build relationships with prime contractors and how to protect your business when performing as a subcontractor. We will also cover Maryland's Veteran-Owned Small Business Enterprise (VSBE) Program's eligibility standards, the 3-step certification process, and strategies to mine the state's open and transparent procurement pipelines.
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- June 25, 2024
- Strategies for Digital Marketing
- June 27, 2024
- Anatomy of a Bid
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- July 23, 2024
- Crafting A Compelling Capability Statement
- July 25, 2024
- Doing Business with the State of Maryland
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- August 27, 2024
- Prime Contracting in Maryland's Small Business Reserve (SBR) Program
- August 29, 2024
- Cash Flow Management & Projections
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- September 24, 2024
- Establishing Your B.A.I.L. (Banking, Accounting, Insurance, Legal) Team
- September 26, 2024
- Subcontracting in Maryland's Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Program
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- October 22, 2024
- Maryland's MBE Rights & Responsibilities
- October 24, 2024
- AI In Government Acquisitions & Contracting
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- November 12, 2024
- Anatomy of a Bid
- November 14, 2024
- Maryland's Veteran-Owned Small Business Enterprise (VSBE): Veteran State Resources
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- December 17, 2024
- Leveraging Your Certifications
- December 19, 2024
- Writing A Business Plan To Access Capital
Registration opens approximately 3 weeks in advance.
What you need to know:
- There is no cost to attend the T.I.P.S. Webinar Series.
- Advance registration is required.
- Most sessions will be recorded; by registering, you are consenting to be recorded.
- Upon receiving a registration confirmation, participants are given a unique link to join the event.
- All attendees will be in listen mode only (your camera will be off and your mic is muted).
- Most classes include interactive polls and Q&A sessions.
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