About

 

The Denver MBDA is the only federally funded agency in Colorado that was created to specifically foster the growth and competitiveness of socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses.

We help all established small businesses in the U.S. by focusing on showing you how to penetrate new markets, both domestic and global, and to help your business grow in size and scale. Whether it’s securing capital, competing for contracts, proposal writing assistance or identifying a strategic partner—your success is our priority.

We offer:

  • Access to Markets

  • Access to Capital

  • Management Consulting

  • Capacity Building by Developing Growth Strategies

  • Customized Business Consulting Services

  • Proposal Writing Assistance

 

OUR MISSION

is to grow socially or economically disadvantaged businesses so that they can prosper through their own financial and economic might.

OUR VISION

is to help socially or economically disadvantaged businesses grow through economic development.

OUR STRATEGY

is to help socially or economically disadvantaged businesses grow through state and federal contracting.

Denver MBDA Team

  • Andra Hargrave is the director of the Denver MBDA Business Center.

    Hargrave has more than 15 years of direct national and international sales channel development in the areas of government procurement and Fortune 500 level business development. His marketing channel development experience lies in a variety of industries, including technology-oriented manufacturing, service industries and distribution. Hargrave possesses an in-depth knowledge of state and federal set-aside procurement programs, such as SDB, HUB and the 8a Business Development Program, among others. He has served as the director of certification for the RMMSDC and currently serves as the statewide veteran’s consultant for the Colorado SBDC Network. His comprehension of federally-backed procurements, grants and certification programs, such as advanced technology and SBIR/STTR, is without equal.

The Denver MBDA Business Center is a federally-funded program of the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) and U.S. Department of Commerce. It is locally-operated by the Mountain Plains Minority Supplier Development Council (MPMSDC).