The Georgia Mentor Protégé Connection (GMPC) is a business development program that matches small business protégé firms in Georgia with a Georgia corporation for a one-year mentoring and business development partnership. Led by the Georgia Education Foundation (GEF), the educational arm of the Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council (GMSDC), the GMPC has had a long association with the state of Georgia Department of Economic Development and the Enterprise Innovation Institute at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Emerging firms who are accepted into the program have an opportunity to position their businesses for exponential growth, by focusing in on key areas of opportunity such as business acumen, financial soundness, methods and procedures, competitiveness and capability. The ultimate goal of the program is to create jobs and spur economic growth throughout the state of Georgia by building the capacity of small business firms.