January
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One of our favorite speakers and mentor, Bob LeMay, is sharing insights on how to choose the best entity for your business, how that impacts owner's pay as well as tax implications. Register here.
Dedicated Mentors for Mason Enterprise Clients
Taking your business off the ground and managing it on your own can be an exhilarating and rewarding, yet challenging, experience.

Our team of mentors and business counselors is comprised of experienced business professionals who have the expertise and knowledge that you may be just beginning to learn or need to refine.

No matter what business skills you would like to learn and improve, you will be able to find it at the MEC, through our partner programs (SBDC, PTAP) or our resident mentors.
Utilize Strategic Partnerships Unique to MEC
No matter what business skills you would like to learn and improve, you will be able to find them at the MEC, through our partner programs.

  • SBDC - Virginia Small Business Development Center
  • PTAC - The Virginia Procurement Technical Assistance Center
  • ICAP -Innovation Commercialization Assistance Program
  • SBDC - International Business Development Program
Read the Latest Insights from Our Speakers
Christine Clapp
Founder and President
Spoken with Authority
Present With Executive Presence Online
During this time of COVID-19, when virtual meetings and online conferences have become the norm rather than the exception, those nuances are worth exploring. They can help you thrive as you focus on the five key elements of executive presence: stance, sound, smile, silence, and sight.
Ira J. Koretsky
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GREAT LEADERS ARE GREAT STORYTELLERS
3 PILLARS FOR MORE EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP STORIES
As a leader who has to communicate your vision, inspire action, engage teams, and so forth, how then do you ensure your leadership effectiveness? With a tool that is as old as language itself. Tell a story. And in the workplace, your story must include a clear business message.
Recent Webinars
Leverage Your Strengths
Miss the Leverage Your Strengths webinar with Melissa Schreibstein, M.S., ACC in November? Use this Access Passcode: bL.^i+13 at the link below to watch it.
Smile, Breathe, Listen
Watch the workshop based on the book, Smile. Breathe. Listen., by Dr. Steve Gladis relates stories and compelling research that will surprise you and add powerful tools to your leadership toolbox. Use this link and Access Passcode: qy8Au?8W to watch.
Webinar from Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation
Commercialization for Scientists & Engineers
January 20th Webinar 10:30 AM-Noon
Scientists and Engineers -- we love them, they are singularly focused and love their laboratories and simulation tools. Join Randy Simpson, from TechOpp Consulting, to discuss how revenue generation and commercialization join the list of desired outcomes of R&D projects in a conversation that will interest the scientist/engineer.
MEC Partners & Sponsors
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