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Coaching, Advising, and Mentoring

November 22, 2015 by James Schmeling

Sometimes you need an outsider who’s engaged to give you good advice, to look past the trees to help you see the forest. James Schmeling is experience in complex environments, working with diverse stakeholders and helping you reach your decision points and achieve your goals. Ranging from 30 minute Skype sessions to in-depth team-building workshops, James can coach your team, mentor individuals, brainstorm with you, or help you discover what your real needs are, and determine if he can deliver value to you.

James has coached and mentored numerous veteran-owned businesses during his work at the Institute for Veterans and Military Families when he was managing director of programs, during his teaching at many of IVMF’s and SBA’s entrepreneurship programs, as a mentor at two Techstars Patriot Bootcamps, and as an advisor to a Techstars company. He also worked with many businesses owned by people with disabilities as part of the Burton Blatt Institute and the StartUp NY initiative funded by the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Disability Employment Policy. (not the current StartupNY economic development initiative).

James is also available to serve on startup boards, non-profit organization boards, and other leadership positions.

Filed Under: Work Tagged With: Advising, Advisor, Advisory Boards, Board Service, Business, Coach, Coaching, Corporate Boards, Entrepreneur, Mentor, Mentoring, Startups

Business-to-Business Commerce

November 15, 2015 by James Schmeling

James Schmeling has spend the past year and a half building the case for including veteran and spouse-owned businesses in Fortune 500 supply chains, whether supplying goods for resale or providing services and goods for use in a business. This builds on his examination of Fortune 100 supplier diversity policies and practices related to people with disabilities, employment of veterans and spouses, and more. He can assist your small or medium business to understand what’s required to sell to the Fortune 500, or to other businesses.

Eugenia Hernandez has extensive experience with import and export, and can advise on doing business in foreign countries or across borders. Her work on compliance, international HR issues and more can be a resource to your business.

Filed Under: Work Tagged With: Advising, Business to Business, Supplier Diversity, Supply Chain

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