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Structuring Mentor Protégé Relationships for Sustainable Growth
GovCon Wire – In government contracting, relationship structure is not administrative. It is strategic. The U.S. Small Business Administration Mentor-Protégé Program offers access to contracts, vehicles, and competitive positioning that many firms could not otherwise achieve alone. But access is not the same as sustainability. Companies that generate durable growth through mentor-protégé relationships do not treat joint ventures as temporary bid vehicles; they treat them as operating enterprises.