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FULL – Alpine

Name: FULL – Alpine
Start: 2026-02-04T09:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-02-04T12:30:00-05:00
Location: Goodwill Workforce Development Center

with Christine Dibenedetto

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Dates

Wednesdays

Feb 4 - Mar 18

Time

9:30 am - 12:30 pm

Price

$375

Location

1616 Patton Avenue
Asheville, NC 28806 United States + Google Map

addScholarships available

Financial aid is available for all of our learning programs through the WNC Strong: Recover Forward Scholarship Program. Request a scholarship within an online registration form if you live in Western North Carolina.

Scholarship benefits include:

Up to 80% off all classes and workshops
Up to 10 hours of free 1-on-1 business coaching
Eligibility for anyone in WNC, at any stage of business
A commitment that no one will be turned away for lack of funds

Questions? Email scholarship@mountainbizworks.org.

There will be an optional independent group study session during the 7 weeks.

The course fee is $375; however, we have scholarships available thanks to the Recover Forward program. If you are not applying for a scholarship, a minimum deposit of 50% of the total is due upon enrollment to reserve your seat and will be followed by an email confirmation of your placement within a few business days. A pay link will be included in your email confirmation for submitting any remaining class balances.

The Alpine Course is designed to support founders of businesses that have been operating for at least one year.

Alpine will give you the opportunity to explore your options by assessing where you have been through financial, marketing and customer analytics along with revisiting your mission, vision, and values, as well as peer to peer support. This course will help you ideate new ways of doing business, create a deep understanding of your financials and what they mean, and examine your customer segment through a variety of exercises and conversations. We will re-connect with your why and help you imagine new short and long term goals to grow and sustain your business.

During this 7-week course, you will get up and out of your day-to-day operations and regain an aerial perspective of where you have been, where you are now, and where your business is headed in a peer-to-peer learning environment.

This course will build on the core concepts of our popular Foundations Business Planning course while also assisting entrepreneurs in determining whether our ScaleUp WNC program may be a good fit for them in the future.

Facilitator

Meet our facilitator for this course.

Christine DiBenedetto

Christine DiBenedetto is a multi-faceted business owner and entrepreneur. Co-owner of a large and successful salon that started as a two person business and grew into a large compa...

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Christine DiBenedetto is a multi-faceted business owner and entrepreneur. Co-owner of a large and successful salon that started as a two person business and grew into a large company with 20 employees that has influenced salons throughout the southeast. Her entrepreneurial spirit and business acumen gave way to a successful theatre group, profitable blog, thriving business, specialty education, real estate investing, and now as a life and business coach. She is mother of two children.

Course Pricing

The course fee is $375; however, scholarships are available (see below). If you are not applying for a scholarship, a minimum deposit of 50% of the total is due upon enrollment to reserve your seat and will be followed by an email confirmation of your placement within a few business days. A pay link will be included in your email confirmation for submitting any remaining balances.

Course Schedule

Some courses have a built-in make up class for holidays or inclement weather. Attendance for all classes is recommended to not fall behind in any of the material. Week 1 is required, but if you have a scheduling conflict where you would miss any other classes, please let us know. Additional support may be available for any missed class material.

1-on-1 coaching

Our dreamers build stronger companies with coaches.

During or following the course, One-On-One Business Coaching may be a great way to reinforce and deepen your understanding of the topics you learn in class and relate them to your business concept.

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