Business Development Award
Your time and insights are valuable. We understand that by providing business development support we create jobs, drive local economic development impact and improve the quality of life of our families, friends and colleagues. By completing our SURVEY, all participants are automatically entered into our 2023 Business Development Support Award. Our selection committee will award:
50 for-profits and non-profits businesses
Every business development awards include the following for each awardee:
I. PRIVATE MEETINGS WITH CLEAN ENERGY C-SUITE EXECUTIVES
Awardees will meet with our network of Clean Energy C-Suite executives. Each executive will host private group Zoom meeting only for awardees to provide direct industry opportunities, valuable insights and forecast, and Q&A. Please meet our Clean Energy C-Suite Executives:
Damian Bednarz, Managing Director | Attentive Energy
Deidre Helberg, CEO | Helberg Electrical Supply
Monica St. Claire, CEO | US Offshore
Eagel Wu, CEO/Founder | VINCI
Taylor Hopkinson, CEO | Taylor Hopkinson
Robin Berg Tabakin, Esq., MBA , President | Technoforce
Timeline: Each 90 minute session will take place the Fall 2023
Additional executives will be added shortly. If you are a clean energy executive that would like to be considered to provide insights, forecast and opportunities to our awardees please make your request HERE. Space is limited.
II. EXPEDITED CONTRACT/GRANT NOTIFICATION AND MATCHMAKING
Based on the nature of your business, offshore wind related grant and contract opportunities can take from 3 months to 3 years to develop based on what phase of operations align with your business operations. These are:
Development
Manufacturing/construction
Operations/maintenance
As industry opportunities become available for your business, awardees will receive first notification of this opportunities.
Timeline: Continued Rolling Basis
III. FUND DEVELOPMENT MASTERCLASS
Clean energy funding opportunities to support for-profit and non-profit organizations from the federal, state and local level have reached historical numbers to subsidize:
Payroll
Capital
Research
Workforce Training
Child Care
Transportation
And Much More
Many businesses, especially those from and serving undersourced/underrepresented communities are missing these opportunities. Our Fund Development Masterclass will provide awardees all of the tools and insights to leverage these opportunities first hand.
Timeline: Fall 2023
IV. BUSINESS MARKETING FEATURE
Every business can benefit from additional marketing and outreach support. Based on your type of business and industry specific times of year are especially critical (i.e. November and December philanthropic giving for non-profits). All awardees will be featured and directly marketed to both a local and national audience of public-private clean energy stakeholders to support the growth of their business.
Timeline: Fall 2023