Helping founders find community and connections
Nationally Proven curriculum and Cohort-based executive education for growth-oriented minority business owners. Participants will join a cohort of up to 20 peer business owners for seven months of focused business instruction, networking, subject matter expert engagement, and peer to peer learning.
This program offers personalized consulting for established minority entrepreneurs, including an initial business assessment. It also features a variety of workshops tailored for small businesses and includes outreach activities.
Learn more →Mountain BizWorks has launched a new inclusive entrepreneurship program to provide ongoing business and leadership skills-development for diverse entrepreneurs. Over the course of 12 months, you will meet regularly for two hours with a peer group of fellow business owners, all led by a facilitator. During this time, you will navigate through business challenges using the collective intelligence of others by contributing wisdom, encouragement and accountability towards your goals for the purpose of achieving better results in your business.
Learn more →A virtual regional incubator for companies owned by minorities and women in underserved counties of North Carolina.
Learn more →We support and develop entrepreneurs and small businesses in under-resourced communities in Wendell and surrounding areas, by providing access to business development services, mentoring, and networking opportunities.
Learn more →Aims to support and develop entrepreneurs and small businesses in under-resourced communities in the county. Towns across Wake County collaborate with Wake Tech to offer a LaunchWakeCounty program for established or aspiring entrepreneurs in their communities. By nurturing homegrown, Main Street businesses, we hope to strengthen the small-business ecosystem across the region.
Learn more →The Wake Tech Contractors Academy is an eight-week training program specifically for small, minority- and women-owned businesses in Wake County interested in pursuing contracting opportunities. The program will help participants develop their business to increase capacity and compete at a higher level in the public sector. Participants will network with industry leaders and learn from industry experts.
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