My name is Sergio. I am a client of the Florida Women’s Business Center who helped me to develop my business roadmap. Being a Brazilian who moved to the USA with a green card, and traveled extensively around the globe I specialize in cross-cultural training programs. Most of my sessions used to be face-to-face training or coaching sessions, all prohibited during the COVID crisis. I started this company in 2003 because I have a passion for working with people and helping them to grow, by facilitating the learning process-oriented towards management development and performance improvement. The business was thriving prior to Covid, we had many clients, several of them fortune 500 companies. Covid significantly impacted our ability to serve our clients as we initially only had an in-person model. We have since pivoted, and have developed a digital library of courses. We now need assistance marketing these courses to explore new markets and clients.

 
This loan is special because:

It helps this minority-owned business to overcome challenges posed by the COVID 19 crisis.

 
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Business Description

Our company, MAPA Consulting facilitates management, leadership, and behavioral training for self-development or team development. We serve clients around the world and offer our courses and services in multiple languages (English, Spanish, Portuguese). Currently, we operate online, via Zoom, but in the past, all of our training and coaching sessions used to be face-to-face...most involved international travel, and this was severely impacted during the COVID crisis.

We are motivated and excited by developing people, individually or in the group, face to face, virtually, or digitally. Through guided processes, we create situations for reflection, helping participants to develop feasible paths as a consequence of their insights.

Our courses are geared to improve the performance of managers at various levels of their careers, as well as professionals in non-managing functions, and teams. We are recognized for developing people and working with diverse groups in terms of cultures, languages, and backgrounds. Our experience was acquired over decades of working with different corporate cultures in North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Far East.

What is the purpose of this loan?

This loan will help us to pay for much-needed marketing for our digital courses so that we can explore new markets and attract new clients.

 
About MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE ASSOCIATES, INC

Industry: Services
Years in operation: More than 5 years
Website: mapa-way.com