Custom Training & GRANTS
TRAINING GAPS
Universities Offer Limited to no Sales Training
Companies are Moving Away from In-house Sales and BD Training
Universities historically lack dedicated sales training courses - in part - because of difficulty standardizing curriculum across vastly different industries. Traditional higher education mostly views sales as purely vocational, and institutions favor theoretical courses like micro/macro economics and corporate finance over cold calling and prospecting. Opinions on the current landscape are mixed, with some traditional institutions still ignoring the discipline while specialized programs slowly emerge. Academia often treats sales as a personality trait or natural charisma rather than an academic discipline that can be measured and taught.
Many companies no longer train employees in-house due to financial and structural shifts, primarily driven by the fear of employee turnover, high direct and opportunity costs, and a shift toward hiring pre-trained workers. Companies are most concerned about:
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FEAR OR POACHING: Employers worry that spending time and money to upskill workers will only benefit competitors who hire them away with higher pay.
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DIRECT EXPENSES: Running dedicated training programs requires paying instructors, buying materials, and setting up physical or digital spaces.
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LOST PRODUCTIVITY: Pulling staff away from daily tasks to learn or teach causes short-term drops in work output.
TSG Fills IN the Gap
There is an obvious gap in personal development for business and engineering graduates desiring a career in business development.
TSG fills the gap by vetting and on-boarding interns for its clients and we go one step further.
We also provide TSG mentors to coach them on the basics.
TSG Mentoring
Mentoring interns in sales training is useful because it accelerates practical skill acquisition, builds emotional resilience against rejection, and improves long-term talent retention.
What we do translates textbook theory into:
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actionable closing techniques
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objection handling
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live call strategies
Our seasoned, often retired sales and business developers, help young rookie business people manage stress and bounce back from customer rejection without losing confidence. Our collaboration shortens the learning curve, so interns become productive team members much faster
Our roster of mentors are ex-student athletes themselves and their relationship to the interns goes far beyond simple target management or mechanical instruction. Instead of simply managing targets of giving instructions TSG goes further.
Our coaching and mentoring focuses on skill development and our one-on-one training provides experienced guidance to help individuals grow.
TSG Helps Facilitate grants
Government Grants (Canada)
Government grants and wage subsidies to fund interns in Canada include:
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Student Work Placement Program (SWWP)
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Mitacs Accelerate
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NRC IRAP Youth Employment
These programs help offset payroll costs for hiring post-secondary students and recent graduates and TSG provides the leg work to secure grants.
Student Work Placement Program (SWWP):
Offers up to $5,000 per student placement through our partnering delivery organization across business, tech, and STEM fields.
Mitacs Accelerate:
Provides $15,000 for a 4-to-6-month research internship unit partnering small-to-medium businesses with graduate students or postdoctoral fellows.
Government Grants (USA)
The U.S. federal government does not typically hand out direct "living-stipend grants" to students for independent internships, but instead funds paid federal internship employment programs, agency-specific scholarships with built-in internships, and grants to educational institutions or employers.
Instead of traditional cash grants given straight to an individual student to spend on an outside internship, the U.S. government provides structured financial support through these primary avenues:
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Pathways Internship Program
Managed via the USPS/OPM Pathways Portal, this program offers high school, undergraduate, and graduate students paid work inside federal agencies with potential conversion to permanent careers.
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NASA Internships
Offers structured short-term learning and long-term Pathways paid positions for U.S. citizens enrolled in accredited colleges.
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intelligence & Security Internships
Agencies like the CIA and the National Security Agency (NSA) provide formal undergraduate paid internship programs that cover terms with competitive salaries.
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Scholarships
Provides academic tuition assistance alongside mandatory summer internship stipends for targeted STEM fields.
