Prince George's County Economic Development Corporation's Small Business Initiative Partners with Capital One Bank to Mentor Local Technology Company Executives

The Prince George’s County Economic Development Corporation’s (EDC) Small Business Initiative (SBI) today announced a partnership with Capital One Bank, to launch a Mentor Protégé Program for companies located within EDC’s Technology Assistance Center. The Technology Assistance Center is a small business incubator designed for high technology businesses. Capital One also provided funding to the SBI Program for the expansion of its technical assistance offered to local, small and minority-owned companies.

“We understand the importance of having a great financial leader, like Capital One, to partner with the Economic Development Corporation to assist local companies,” said Gwen McCall, Interim President/CEO of Prince George’s County Economic Development Corporation. “Today's announcement of both the Mentor Protégé program and the Capital One grant for the Small Business Initiative program are an indication of Capital One's commitment to small, local and minority companies.”