• Orientation Session  Virtual

    Virtual Online — Zoom

    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.

    Craft Your Commerce Connect | A Year in Financials: Looking Back at 2025, Looking Forward to 2026  In-Person

    Center for Craft Asheville

    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

    $12
  • Orientation Session  In-Person

    Mountain BizWorks Asheville

    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.

    Craft Your Commerce Book Club | Taxes for Humans by Hannah Cole  Free

    Center for Craft - Michael Sherrill Loft Asheville

    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

    Free

    FULL – Alpine  In-Person

    Goodwill Workforce Development Center Asheville

    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

    FULL – Foundations Business Planning Course  In-Person

    Mountain BizWorks Asheville Office Asheville

    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

    Financial Series  Virtual

    Virtual Online — Zoom

    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

    Craft Your Commerce Connect | The Experimenter’s Guide to Goals: Small Shifts, Real Momentum  In-Person

    Center for Craft Asheville

    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

    $12
  • FULL – Foundations Business Planning Course  Virtual

    Virtual Online — Zoom

    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

    FULL – Financial Series  In-Person

    Mountain BizWorks Asheville Office Asheville

    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

    Orientation Session  Virtual

    Virtual Online — Zoom

    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.

  • Marketing Plans Made Simple  Virtual

    Virtual Online — Zoom

    This workshop will walk you step-by-step through the essentials of creating a clear, actionable marketing plan designed specifically for your creative business.