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Applications Open: ScaleUp 2027 Helps Western North Carolina Businesses Build for Growth

Applications are now open for Mountain BizWorks‘ fifteenth ScaleUp WNC cohort. ScaleUp is Mountain BizWorks’ flagship growth program for established Western North Carolina small businesses with strong growth and scale potential. Interested companies should apply to join the ScaleUp cohort by Thursday, January 14, 2027. The program begins March 12, 2027. Since its launch in…

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Something’s Cooking: Five Local Food and Beverage Entrepreneurs to Pitch at Mountain Raise

Join Mountain BizWorks for Mountain Raise, its annual “barn raising” for the WNC local economy. This year’s event is Thursday, November 5, from 6–9 p.m. at Highland Brewing Event Center. Guests will hear from five local businesses looking for support to grow, and, for the first time, all presenters are food and beverage entrepreneurs. FedUp…

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Future Forward: Build Resilience and Momentum for Your Small Business

Topographic map graphic with a red line marking a path from ‘After Hurricane Helene’ to an orange SOS point, ending at a green location marker labeled ‘Future Forward: We Are Here.’ Illustration represents the journey of small businesses rebuilding after disaster through Future Forward resilience workshops.

In a world where change is constant, resilience is the key to long-term success. That’s why Mountain BizWorks created Future Forward, a dynamic small business resilience workshop and coaching series designed for small business owners ready to strengthen their foundations and seize new opportunities. Small Business Resilience Workshops “Future Forward was born out of the…

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Craft Your Commerce Invites Creatives to Expand Their Entrepreneurial Skills with Fall Workshops

Mountain BizWorks’ fall 2024 Craft Your Commerce series expands on The Entrepreneur’s Toolkit theme, adding new learning opportunities for creative entrepreneurs. This fall’s offering includes expanding revenue streams, growing a team, and learning best practices for your web presence as a creative business. Registration is now open, and workshops kick off with a Makers’ Mixer…

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Mountain BizWorks Welcomes 8 Outdoor-Focused Businesses into Fifth Cohort of its Waypoint Accelerator Program

ASHEVILLE, NC—November 9, 2023— Mountain BizWorks welcomes the 5th cohort of its annual Waypoint Accelerator Program, launching November 2023 and continuing through March 2024. The first of its kind on the East Coast, the Waypoint Accelerator provides promising early-stage outdoor businesses with targeted support and resources to help elevate them to the next waypoints of…

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Mountain BizWorks está Aceptando Solicitudes para la Primera Cohorte Catalizadora de Latinos

Mountain BizWorks está aceptando solicitudes para su primera cohorte catalizadora de latinos, que se impartirá íntegramente en español. El programa de desarrollo empresarial, basado en la exitosa cohorte catalizadora multicultural para empresarios de color, se enfoca en el desarrollo de habilidades prácticas empresariales y de liderazgo. Las solicitudes se aceptarán del 17 de enero al…

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