BECOME A PROVIDER TODAY
Join SBAI to empower optics businesses with your expertise! Connect with innovative small companies, deliver targeted improvements, and help grow the Arizona optics ecosystem all while building your reputation and getting paid.
Welcome To SBAI
Smart Growth for Small Optics Businesses
The SBAI program is your gateway to connecting with small optics businesses to deliver impactful, tailored solutions. Designed to match experts with businesses in the optics industry, SBAI offers a data-driven system to diagnose challenges and implement improvements.
Paid Opportunities
Our program connects providers with paid engagements to deliver high-value, bite-sized improvement projects. Leveraging cutting-edge tools and a thriving ecosystem, SBAI ensures your expertise drives measurable growth and success for clients.
Smart Matching System
SBAI uses AI-powered matching to connect your expertise with businesses in need. Our system identifies vulnerabilities, prescribes solutions, and matches providers like you to deliver results, accelerating business success.
A Thriving Ecosystem
Be part of a dynamic network of experts, mentors, and service providers dedicated to advancing the optics industry. Join SBAI to grow your impact, expand your professional reach, and support small business innovation.
OUR MISSION
To Empower Your Expertise
We aim to equip you with clear, actionable insights to effectively address client challenges, deliver targeted solutions, and enhance business performance. Our data-driven approach transforms complexity into clarity, enabling you to make a lasting impact.
To Connect You With Opportunities
We help you bridge the gap between your expertise and the businesses that need it most. By fostering meaningful connections within the optics ecosystem, we create opportunities for you to drive innovation, deliver value, and achieve shared success.
To Support Your Impact
We want to remove barriers to collaboration by connecting you with businesses in need and providing a platform to showcase your expertise. We’re committed to helping you grow your impact and achieve success without financial constraints.
HOW IT WORKS
Our Smart Growth System is a proven, data-driven methodology designed to help you make a measurable impact through rapid cycles of targeted improvement. It identifies key business challenges, prescribes actionable solutions, and connects you with small businesses that match your expertise. This system empowers you to deliver impactful changes, drive measurable results, and contribute to sustainable growth within the optics ecosystem.
STEP 1 - DIAGNOSE
Using a CMMI-like maturity model and AI-powered analysis, we help identify the most influential and vulnerable processes in the businesses you’ll support. This ensures your expertise is applied to targeted improvements that drive measurable growth and deliver meaningful results.
STEP 2 - PRESCRIBE
We’ll provide you with clear, actionable, bite-sized improvement plans tailored to the specific challenges of the businesses you support. Each prescription is designed to be simple, effective, and achievable, enabling you to deliver measurable results and drive client success.
STEP 3 - CONNECT
We’ll match your expertise with businesses that need your skills and solutions. Our AI-driven system ensures the right fit, empowering you to deliver tailored improvements and work seamlessly with clients to achieve measurable success.
STEP 4 - IMPROVE
You’ll deliver targeted, bite-sized projects designed for maximum impact and minimal disruption. Use AI tools, expert strategies, or collaborative solutions to enhance business processes, drive measurable success, and accelerate client growth.
STEP 5 - MEASURE
We’ll work together to validate results through data-driven feedback, assessing the impact of your work and refining what doesn’t deliver. Each success builds momentum, ensuring sustainable improvements and preparing you for the next cycle of targeted client progress.
SCALE RESULTS & REPEAT
Maximize the impact of your delivered improvements by expanding their reach across client businesses. Use insights from each cycle to refine your approach, build on success, and prepare for the next round of targeted, measurable growth.