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✓ General DBE program requirements (so you don't miss anything)
✓ Required documentation to submit
✓ 4 common red flags that trigger denials (and how to avoid them)
✓ Insider tips from a former certification analyst This is the same checklist I use with my consulting clients, and it's responsible for a 95% first-time approval rate.
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Equal Footing Consulting helps women- and minority-owned businesses navigate DBE, MBE, WOSB, and SBE certification with a 95% first-time approval rate.
Our founder, Hannah Follweiler, is a former certification analyst who's reviewed hundreds of applications from the agency side. She knows what gets approved and what causes denials.
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