Hour 1 

WELCOME
(5 minutes)
TVWorldwide
Dave Gardy, CEO

A Veterans Roundtable
(20 minutes)

Task Force for Veterans Entrepreneurship
Rick Weidman, Co-Chair
(Director, Government Relations, Vietnam Veterans of America)
John Lopez, Co-Chair
(Chairman, Association for Service Disabled Veterans)
Joe Wynn, Treasurer
(President, Veterans Enterprise Services and Training Group)
Charles Jones, TFVE Member
Bob Sharps, TFVE Member

The U.S. Small Business Administration
William Elmore, Associate Administrator,
Office of Veterans Business Development

Teresa Lewis, Assistant Administrator,
Office of Federal Contract Assistance
for Veteran Business Owners

Joseph Loddo, District Director
Washington DC District Office

Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program Overview
(15 minutes)
Teresa Lewis

Questions & Answers
(20 minutes)
Co-Hosts:
Dave Gardy and Jim George, Member, TFVE

Hour 2

Office of Veterans Business Development

(5 minutes)
William Elmore, Associate Administrator,

Office of Veterans Business Development

Preparing Your Business to Sell to the Federal Government
(20 minutes)
“Business Plans”
Kathy Wheeler
CEO, Community Business Partnership, Inc.

“Central Contractor Registration”
“Federal Business Opportunities”
Philip Gibson
Business Development Specialist
SBA, Office of Entrepreneurial Development

Getting on the Federal Supply Schedule
 (20 minutes)
de’Wayne Carter
Small Business Technical Advisor
General Services Administration

Questions & Answers
(15 minutes)
Co-Hosts:
Dave Gardy, CEO, TVWorldwide
and Jim George, Member, TFVE
Charles Baker, SDV

Hour 3

 

Establishing a Teaming Arrangement

 (40 minutes)
“Joint venturing, Subcontracting and Mentor-Protégé”
Stan Fujii
SBA Assistant District Director for Business Development
 

Questions & Answers
(20 minutes)
Co-Hosts:
Dave Gardy, CEO, TVWorldwide
and Jim George, Member, TFVE
Bob Hesser, SDV

Hour 4

 

Financing Your Business

(40 minutes)

Joseph Loddo, District Director
Washington DC District Office

Questions & Answers
(20 minutes)
Co-Hosts:
Dave Gardy, CEO, TVWorldwide
and Jim George, Member, TFVE
Charles Jones, SDV