SCORE Free Webinar - Competition to Collaboration: Build a Community Where Your Small Biz Can Thrive

Unlock the power of partnerships, align with your ecosystem, and clarify your niche to grow with purpose.

In today’s small business landscape, collaboration is more powerful than competition. This session will help entrepreneurs understand how to build stronger ecosystems by rethinking competitors as potential allies, identifying aligned partnerships, and clarifying their unique role within the larger business community. Participants will explore public-private partnerships, local ecosystem mapping, and the mindset shifts needed to grow through connection instead of isolation.

• A mindset shift to view competitors as ecosystem allies rather than threats
• A framework for identifying and initiating high-impact partnerships
• A guide to mapping your local ecosystem and spotting collaboration opportunities
• Strategies to clarify your business’s unique value within a larger network
• Tools for nurturing trust-based relationships that drive visibility and shared growth

Presenter: Morgan Martin, Fractional COO, CoApt Projects; Morgan Martin is a strategic operations leader with over a decade of experience growing startups, nonprofits, and public-private partnerships. As the founder of CoApt Projects, she serves as a fractional operations partner to small businesses and ecosystem builders navigating growth and transformation. Morgan specializes in cross-sector partnerships and economic empowerment initiatives, and currently serves on the board of TechShift Alliance and as a co-organizer of the Women in FinTech Initiative.