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| 0 events, | 2 events, - Strategic recovery requires lean, focused financial planning. This workshop teaches you how to prioritize spending, uncover new revenue opportunities, and develop a practical, fundable strategy. You’ll also examine options for renegotiating debt, engaging capital partners, and making structural financial changes that support long-term resilience. Reclaim financial control and design a recovery that makes sense for - Ready to Market Your Business? Start Here! You’ve got a product or service you’re excited to share with the world—but how do you get the word out? With so many marketing options available, it can feel overwhelming to create a strategy that’s both effective and affordable. Join us for a 6-week course that will help | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 2 events, - What is covered: Financial Tools - Financial Tools will introduce you to the tools to understand the basics of business finance so you can make informed decisions on how to organize and manage your business finances. Topics discussed are record keeping; bookkeeping; accounting; creating, understanding and using financial statements and reports. Accounting Software - this class - Join us for an information session to discover what resources are available at Mountain BizWorks that will help you start, grow, and thrive in your business. Hosted by our Learning Programs Manager, Holly Rivers, this session is a great opportunity to learn more about Mountain BizWorks’ small business lending and learning programs. | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 1 event, Outdoor Economy Conference Outdoor Economy Conference returns to Cherokee, NC this September 15-18. The 2024 event was postponed due to the impacts of Hurricane Helene, so the theme of this year's event will feature nationwide expertise on "Investing in the Outdoor Recreation Ecosystem". Early Bird tickets are now available at outdooreconomy.org. | 1 event, | 1 event, | 1 event, | 0 events, | 1 event, - This in-person, two-day series presented by Mountain BizWorks and John C. Campbell Folk School includes a hands-on workshop to help you start or pivot your creative business, a panel discussion with professional craft artists on their career paths, and an opportunity to receive a 1:1 coaching session. $50 price includes all sessions and lunch both $50 |
| 0 events, | 1 event, - Build your strategy into a system with this hands-on quarterly planning workshop. Learn how to define measurable growth goals, set accountability rhythms, and align your leadership team around shared priorities. You’ll also explore the "growth, fulfillment, and innovation engines" that drive sustainable success. This session gives you the structure you need to execute on your | 3 events, - 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 - Our Foundations business planning course helps guide ideas from concept to reality in a participatory, supportive learning environment. Join a cohort of aspiring and existing entrepreneurs to gain an aerial perspective of your vision and the comprehensive business skills necessary to help bring your visions into reality. Participants will gain a clear aerial perspective of - We're back, bookworms! This fall, Craft Your Commerce will be digging into the book How to Not Always be Working, by Cody Cook-Parrot. From the publisher: "Filled with practical advice to help you curb your unhelpful obsessions and build boundaries between your work, your job, and your life—How to Not Always Be Working is for | 1 event, - Join us for an information session to discover what resources are available at Mountain BizWorks that will help you start, grow, and thrive in your business. Hosted by our Learning Programs Coordinator, Amanda Ross, this session is a great opportunity to learn more about Mountain BizWorks’ small business lending and learning programs. | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, |
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 1 event, - Our Foundations business planning course helps guide ideas from concept to reality in a participatory, supportive learning environment. Join a cohort of aspiring and existing entrepreneurs to gain an aerial perspective of your vision and the comprehensive business skills necessary to help bring your visions into reality. Participants will gain a clear aerial perspective of | 1 event, - RESCHEDULED | This workshop has been moved to Friday, October 3rd, 11:00am-1:00pm Workshop Description: Now is the time to plan your holiday season for success. Join marketing expert Catherine Campbell for a workshop where you'll learn the same strategies Catherine has used to help plan, organize and execute marketing campaigns that have generated over $3.5M | 0 events, |
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