GENEDGE Launches Pilot

Emerging Business Program

Industrial & Systems Engineer Andrae Kirkland, CSSBB Tapped to Lead Innovative Initiative.

GENEDGE Alliance is launching the GENEDGE Emerging Business Program to help companies with less than 20 employees scale their operations and expand their economic footprint. GENEDGE will strategically select companies into the Emerging Business Program via pre-determined evaluation criteria. Once a manufacturer has been selected, they will complete an assessment designed to help determine the opportunities that exist to help them grow. Each business will be paired with a dedicated consultant to drive the identified challenges to resolution.

**The initial focus will be on Hampton Roads & Richmond, expanding to the rest of the state throughout the year.** Click HERE to learn more about the program.

If you’re interested and have questions, please reach out to the GENEDGE team via email at https://ebp@genedge.org.

The GENEDGE Roadshow stopped over at the Vanguard Brewpub and Distillery in Hampton, VA, early last month. Helping foster invaluable conversations with Commonwealth manufacturers, events like these not only help manufacturing companies learn about GENEDGE—they also help GENEDGE develop the right tools and resources to better serve and support its members.

Randy Thomas, Owner, The Vanguard, and GENEDGE client Bill Cumbie, CEO, Pancopia, spoke at the Hampton Roadshow; Thomas A. O’Grady, Senior Project Development Manager, Hampton Economic Development, and Christopher R. Tillett, Business Development Manager (pictured) also gave remarks at the event.

Some key takeaways from the Hampton Roadshow include:

Passion - The dedication of time, resources, and skills to stay the course and grow is etched into everything that Commonwealth manufacturers do.

Capital Access - Attaining capital when needed to continue growing, funding innovation and technology, and staying competitive is essential for VA manufacturers.

Resources - Workforce development, supply chain resources, and additional tools help pivot when redirection is needed.

Check out the above video to learn more about the CONNEX Marketplace and its support for the U.S. manufacturing industry. Implemented across the country, CONNEX helps solve many of the current supply chain issues by connecting small manufacturers and suppliers to large primes, original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and government buyers.

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We are focused on delivering services and solutions that will drive our clients’ business growth, which means growth for the overall economic health of Virginia and jobs creation, too.