Free Virtual Workshop: Thursday, May 14, 2020 from 11 am to 12 pm
How to Market and Stay Top of Mind with Creative & Collaborative Marketing
Increasing visibility and engagement with your target audiences is critical to growing your business. The challenge is to market in an authentic and intentional way to stay top of mind while understanding your audiences may be in very different situations now. Learn a framework to help decide what messaging might work for your business. Identify what campaigns might work for you based on your goals and real examples. Gain clarity on how to move forward and stay in touch with your clients and prospects without turning them away.
Jen Dalton has over 15 years' experience in brand strategy. In 2012, she launched BrandMirror, becoming a certified master personal brand
strategist. In 2016, Jen published The Intentional Entrepreneur, a bestselling book that shares her process for building your personal brand as an entrepreneur. She has spoken to and coached thousands of entrepreneurs,
helping leaders increase their visibility and impact.
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MEC Lunch & Learn: SEO Strategy for your Business
Now rescheduled to Wednesday, September 23, 2020 from 12:00 PM to 1:30 pm
Search engine optimization (SEO) is not just for large national brands. Every business needs to understand SEO strategy to increase visibility online, whether they serve consumers, other businesses or government. Whether users start with a search query or go directly to their preferred review site, your company needs to be listed among the options.
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MEC-Fairfax Welcomes ... Resident Client
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 Hyper Vigilance
Hyper Vigilance provides clients with a simple, affordable, and scalable set of solutions to comply quickly with Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification. Our solutions and team of experts will take you from non-compliant to CMMC compliant quickly and keep you that way. For more information, visit
https://hypervigilance.com/
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HealthRx
HealthRX is a health sciences software innovator with over 20 years of history. We develop and license Software as a Service in the form of secure web-based and mobile solutions to streamline information flow in the clinical and research environments. Our products enable efficient research management, clinical resource allocation, complex patient appointing, medical surveillance, and case management to make critical connections in disparate functional groups where research, patient contact, and significant workplace hazards intersect. Currently tenants at GMU as Corporate Affiliates, we chose MEC-Fairfax as a more convenient, service-rich corporate home as we disperse to telework post pandemic. As previous full time tenants of the MEC, we value the variety of services, meeting spaces, programs, and networking opportunities. For more information, visit
https://www.healthrx.com/
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Silver Knights Enrichment LLC
Silver Knights Enrichment has taught after school chess, coding, and robotics classes in more than 300 elementary schools throughout the DMV. In the era of coronavirus, they have a large online chess club with more than 1,000 active members. Silver Knights is a long-time client of Mason SBDC whose counselor has provided them with expertise in numerous areas of their business for many years. They chose the Mason Enterprise Center because of its flexible terms, shared conference space, and the many amenities and resources it provides. For more information, visit
https://skenrichment.com/
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Know Someone Who Wants to Join the MEC?
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 Pass the word and receive a $300 referral fee if your referral joins us (and stays for at least 6 months!)
Special Offer
- We are offering 30% off list prices for May and June rent
- Try our offices - one-week free!
- Only 12 offices available
- We have windows that open: Stay safe and air out your office!
- Don't miss this opportunity to work in our unique space
schedule a Visit NOW!
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Cyber Security Grant Proposals Due May 15
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GMU's School of Engineering is soliciting applications for a Research Development Grant in cyber security: "Cyber Advanced Translational Research Development Grant (CATRDG) Program 2020." The CCI NoVA Node will be selecting 3-4 competitive proposals for funding at levels up to $50,000 for a 12-month period of performance. Teams must provide a 1:1 match for a budget of up to $100,000. Read the full RFP at https://mymasonportal.gmu.edu/bbcswebdav/xid-179140891_1
Proposals are due Friday, May 15, 2020. You need to have one student or faculty on your team. Small businesses can either reach out to faculty members directly or seek assistance to connect with faculty by emailing ott@gmu.edu
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 One of the most compelling aspects of the new Paycheck Protection Program is that 100% of the loans provided to business owners through the program can be forgiven - so long as certain criteria are met. If you are planning on applying for a PPP loan, or are waiting for the application to go through, we invite you to learn more about how you can maximize their loan forgiveness by visiting our new
Loan Forgiveness Resource Page on Paychex.com.
This new resource covers the requirements for loan forgiveness, how to maintain eligibility during the eight weeks immediately following the close of their loan, what happens to any portion of the loan that may be unforgiven, and more. We also provide an example, based on current information, of how the calculations for PPP loan forgiveness would work for businesses. To further help navigate this process, we've created the
PPP Loan Forgiveness Estimator to provide you with insight as how much of your loan may qualify for forgiveness, and how much may need to be paid back.
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City of Fairfax Incentives
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City of Fairfax EDA Offers $5,000 Move-in Incentive Grant for Small Businesses
The City of Fairfax Economic Development Authority (EDA) is searching for two candidates for its new $5,000 grant to attract and retain high-tech high-growth small businesses to Fairfax City. To benefit from the grant the business will (1) relocate into office space located at the Mason Enterprise Center and enter into a standard lease agreement with the MEC program director in compliance with all normal program rules and regulations; and (2) agree to remain within the MEC for a 12-month period following the initial lease signing, for a minimum total of 1 year. Grant funds will be applied to the cost of leasing space within the MEC after all other discounts have been applied. To obtain complete information about this move-in grant, please reach out to:
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 City of Fairfax Technology Zone Incentive
The City of Fairfax Technology Zone offers businesses in the City a reduction or suspension of certain business license (Business, Professional, Occupational License, or "BPOL") taxes for a period of up to 5 years with a 100-percent exemption for the first year and a decreasing percentage for years 2 through 5. Applicants must:
* Be opening a business recognized as a qualified technology business in the City, or be located within the City, or be willing to locate within the City; and
* Be willing to enter into a contractual Performance Agreement (the "Performance Agreement" or Agreement") between the business entity and the City; and
* Commit to employing a minimum number of full time employees as stipulated by the Performance Agreement; or
* Commit to making a minimum capital investment into a new or existing business. Applicants agree by applying for the Zone that additional information may be requested by the Office of Economic Development including, but not limited to, any relevant tax information, business filing/ formation information, or regulatory license information. To apply, visit
https://www.fairfaxva.gov/government/economic-development/incentives/technology-zone
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