Terra L. Fletcher, owner of Fletcher Consulting, joined area business owners and others to mentor under-performing area businesses. This week Fletcher’s mentee was assigned for the program.
At the Mentors Advisory Group Meeting on December 11, 2013 under agenda item 2 (b) Assigning mentors, and 2 (c) Establishing timeline for due dates of activities/deliverables between mentors and assigned mentees, the attending mentor(s) have been assigned based on their needs at this time.
- Ralph and Linda Bauman, L. Leander Books – assigned to Brian Kowalkowski, College of Menominee Nation
- Jerome Crowe – assigned to Renee Mahkimetas, Menominee Business Center
- Dean Davis – assigned to Brian Kowalkowski
- Michael Dickenson – assigned to Pam Boivin, NiiJii Capital Partners
- Robert and Patricia Gardner, A&J Air Duct Cleaning – assigned to Dennis Heling, Shawano County Economic Progress, Inc.
- Kimberly Hoffman – assigned to Renee Mahkimetas
- Linda Kaquatosh – assigned to Dennis Heling
- Susan King – assigned to Renee Mahkimetas
- Bronson and Aleta Menore – assigned to Brian Kowalkowski
- Trilby McIntosh, independent insurance agent – assigned to Pam Boivin
- Judith Newton, JC’s Clean and One – assigned to Renee Mahkimetas
- Kenneth Sanapaw and Richard Sanapaw – assigned to Renee Mahkimetas
- Bruce and Shannon Wilber, Pemohnaeyah Consulting – assigned to Terra L. Fletcher, Fletcher Consulting
- Steven Wilber, Steven Wilber Painting – assigned to Dennis Heling
Mentors were provided any completed data or deliverables that assigned Mentee has completed to date. This may be a business profile, pre-assessment survey data, comprehensive RBEG database, or other documents on file for assigned RBEG Mentees.
Each Mentor will contact each of assigned Mentee this month and set up a meeting with them as soon as possible. We would like each Mentor to help the Mentee develop and complete an RBEG Mentee Technical Assistance (TA) plan by or before January 9, 2014.
About the Program
Menominee Business Center awarded grant for small rural and Tribal business mentoring program.
Area business leaders to mentor under-performing businesses and those with stagnant growth.
Keshena, WI – The Menominee Business Center (MBC) has been awarded a Rural Business Enterprise Grant (RBEG) to provide a mentoring program to assist existing rural and Tribal businesses that are under-performing. Local business owner, Terra L. Fletcher (Fletcher Consulting), will be mentoring participants.
Fletcher is quoted, “I’m looking forward to mentoring a local business owner as a part of the RBEG grant. Rather than writing a marketing plan for the company, I will be working with the business owner to write their own plan. Program protégés will leave with enhanced skills that will assist them in business and community growth.”
The program will improve the Menominee Nation economy by creating and retaining jobs; providing low cost space for office, business, and light industrial users; support local business development programs; and stimulate private sector initiative on the Menominee Reservation.
During the mentorship, participants will take a readiness/capacity assessment. Then they’ll receive tailored training and technical support to develop their individual and/or organizational business capacity, infrastructure, knowledge, skills, and resources. At the conclusion, summative data will be gathered to measure project impacts and longitudinal changes from the initial baseline.
For more information contact the Menominee Business Center at 715-799-5720 or Terra L. Fletcher at 715-584-6773.
Fletcher Consulting 
518 S. Union Street Shawano, WI 54166
(715) 584-6773