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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
Workshop Description: What can I deduct? Do I bring receipts to my accountant? Is my creative work a business or a hobby? What is a Schedule C? How do I deduct my home studio? Why do freelancers have to pay taxes quarterly, and how do I do that? Hannah will discuss the basic tax equation,
Free to attend, lunch is on us! Please only sign up if you can definitely make it, and if your plans change, email leah@mountainbizworks.org to cancel your registration. Join us for a casual and fun lunch get-together to celebrate the holiday season and the 2025 Power Pass initiative! Mingle with other makers and creatives, and
Stay grounded, organized, and financially on track with Money Mondays, a monthly group session designed to help you meet your financial goals with clarity and confidence. Led by experienced bookkeeper and accountant Deanna Lynch, these sessions offer expert instruction, practical tools, and space for open discussion and peer support. Whether you’re refining your budget, untangling
ScaleUp is an intensive cohort-based program for existing WNC small businesses with strong growth potential. ScaleUp provides mentorship, management training, growth capital connections, and other critical resources to help companies achieve sustained growth and contribute to the small business-led economic development of our WNC communities. Apply by 1/15/26! To learn more about ScaleUp, visit the
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
The close of the calendar year is the perfect opportunity to pause, reflect, and reset. In this workshop, we’ll take a deep dive into the past year, examining your finances (both business and personal), sales trends, customer data, and time management practices. Together, we’ll assess your progress toward annual goals and identify areas for growth
Join author Hannah Cole for a two-part discussion of her new book, Taxes for Humans. As both a tax expert and an artist, Hannah excels at demystifying taxes for anyone, but especially for creative people. If you've ever found yourself wanting a simple, kind, and practical explanation of how to handle your taxes as a
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
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
Traditional goal-setting rarely fits the creative entrepreneur’s reality. This workshop introduces mindset shifts and practical tools tailored to makers and craft-based business owners. You’ll leave with a menu of small experiments you can put into practice immediately—so you can build momentum in a way that supports both your creativity and your business growth. What You’ll
This is marketing for people who hate schmoozing. This workshop will be focused on empowering you to choose marketing strategies that are authentic, effective, and sustainable for you.
Come meet and mingle with members of the Craft Your Commerce and Women in Trades communities - we know we have so much crossover!
This workshop will walk you step-by-step through the essentials of creating a clear, actionable marketing plan designed specifically for your creative business.
In this in-person, interactive workshop, we’ll explore your mission, vision, and values—then apply them to real-world business structures using the Business Model Canvas.
Get a full picture of what Mountain BizWorks can offer, from foundational tools, finance expertise and learning to scale. RSVP using dates below.
Thu, April 30
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