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MBA FLAG OFFICER CORPS PROGRAM

What is a Flag Officer? 

In the U. S. military, a flag officer is an admiral or a general.  Along with the great responsibilities of this senior rank, such officers have earned the privilege of flying a personal flag that indicates whether they are a one, two, three or four star admiral/general.

What distinguishes an MBA Corps FLAG OFFICER CORPS member is one’s senior executive status in her/his organization and one’s ability to bring to bear his/her firm’s resources on MBA Corps’ mission.

Overview

MBAs Flag Officers directly assist or direct their team in assisting Small Business Managers and Owners (SBMs) for two (2) years in the form of managerial job training, technical assistance, and access to financial experts, which result in increased access to capital and more competitive businesses.  The engagement is two phases.  In the first phase, the consulting engagement phase, MBAs work four (4) hours a week for three months or until a deliverable (work product) is complete.  The deliverable takes approximately 50 hours to complete.  

Discussion

Most MBA Corps Flag Officers (Senior Volunteer Consultants) are proven entrepreneurs or leaders in their organizations.  You can volunteer as an individual consultant, as many do, or you can volunteer your team.

Many Senior Volunteer Consultants work directly with or manage their team's work for a small business in an economically challenged area, in the trenches on the front lines in the War on Poverty.  MBA Corps Members’ work products and subsequent consultations deliver lasting solutions that increase in value to businesses and communities over time.

Deliverables range from a variety advisory services addressing strategic issues and simple financial/business models (how to organize your books/business) to complex manufacturing plant modernization programs and everything in between.  Other projects include econsulting, ecommerce, financial literacy, or triaging a business and helping develop a plan of action with milestones to reach a particular goal.

Although we are predominantly small business focused, the range of small businesses and organizations MBA Corps serves varies widely.  MBA Corps, as a 501 (c) (3), tax-exempt organization (your contributions are tax deductible) supports a charitable class—the poor.  We support businesses that support poor communities.  In addition, we support entities, for profit and not-for-profit, which comprise the people, institutions, or infrastructure that can be leveraged by businesses in economically challenged communities.

Mentorship projects vary greatly.  Projects can involve working with a school that provides trained workers fluent in ecommerce.  This can lead to a reduced minority teen unemployment rate.  Alternatively, projects may involve a city or state Economic Development Corporation that teaches businesses how to create merchants associations and business improvement districts.  The outcome can be a greater demand for employees.  Here, the Volunteer Consultant would act as a part time COO.  The possibilities are many and exciting in their potential for creating positive change.

Intended outcome:  To increase small businesses’ 

• Competitiveness
• Profitability 
• Payroll size
• Community Investment
• Contribution to the Tax Base