Arkansas APEX Accelerator helps businesses tap into federal marketplace
LITTLE ROCK — The U.S. government is the largest customer in the world, buying more than $745 billion in goods and services in the 2023 fiscal year, but navigating the federal government marketplace can be murky. The Arkansas APEX Accelerator offers Arkansas businesses free guidance in securing government contracts through workshops and one-on-one counseling. “For […] The Arkansas APEX Accelerator, a free service for businesses in the federal government marketplace, provides free guidance for securing government contracts through workshops and one-on-one counseling. The Accelerator is part of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture and funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the Department of Defense. It has offices in Little Rock, Bentonville, and Arkansas State University’s Delta Center for Economic Development in Jonesboro. In June, participants will learn about selling to the government, small business certifications, and how marketing differs from the private sector. Additional training sessions are scheduled throughout June. To register for any of the June trainings, visit http://arapex.uada.edu/APEX or email Apex@uADA.
发表 : 10 个月前 经过 Stuttgart Daily Leader 在 Business
LITTLE ROCK — The U.S. government is the largest customer in the world, buying more than $745 billion in goods and services in the 2023 fiscal year, but navigating the federal government marketplace can be murky. The Arkansas APEX Accelerator offers Arkansas businesses free guidance in securing government contracts through workshops and one-on-one counseling.
“For June, we have quite a bit of introductory training,” she said. “Participants will learn how to sell to the government, how small business certifications may benefit their chances of receiving a government contract, how marketing to the government differs from the private sector, and a few Department of Defense-focused trainings.”
In Arkansas, APEX Accelerator services are delivered through the Cooperative Extension Service, part of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
This Accelerator is funded in part through a cooperative agreement with the Department of Defense. It has offices at the Cooperative Extension Service state office in Little Rock, and satellite offices at NorthWest Arkansas Community College in Bentonville and at Arkansas State University’s Delta Center for Economic Development in Jonesboro.
To register for any of the June trainings, visit https://arapex.ecenterdirect.com/events.
Hot Springs
June 12 — Arkansas Small Business Boost: Navigating Success in the South and Delta, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Greater Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce, 659 Ouachita Ave.
Bentonville
June 13 — 8(a) and Small Disadvantaged Business Certifications, 2-4 p.m., NWACC Center for Health Professions, The Oak Room, 3201 NWACC Blvd.
Camden
June 25 — Introduction to Government Contracting, 10-11 a.m., Ouachita Partnership for Economic Development, 570 Ben Lane
Stuttgart
June 27 — Delta Dreams: Financial Empowerment for East AR Entrepreneurs, 1-4 p.m., PCCUA Stuttgart Campus, Grand Prairie Center, 2807 US 165
Participants can always reach out to Arkansas APEX Accelerator counselors for additional one on one support after the training, Berman said.
In-person office hours are scheduled throughout June in in Camden, Conway, Fayetteville, Fort Smith, Heber Springs, Little Rock, Newport, Pine Bluff, Russellville and Texarkana. To find a training near your, visit http://www.uaex.uada.edu/APEX or email [email protected].